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It's that time of year again in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer unveiled the annual Budget and, with Britain currently in recession, Alistair Darling has unveiled several measures which he hopes will get the world's 5th largest economy back on track again. Most other countries' Financial...

Despite Britain suffering its worst recession since 1945, some authorities still think it is acceptable to use £2 million of taxpayers' money to pay for a 60ft tall head alongside the M62 motorway in Merseyside, which must resemble a giant that is rising out of the ground. St Helens Borough...

"Ve vere only following udders!" The quiet, tranquil English countryside is not normally the place you would expect to find a beast created by the Nazis which was seen as an unwanted reminder of German oppression and efforts to build a master Aryan race. But now it's inhabited by the auroch...

The Lions take on the Springboks this summer - and it'll be like nothing you've ever seen on a David Attenborough show. Earlier this year, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland played against each other in the Six Nations. Now those teams have merged, united as the whole of the British Isles to...

British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has been rushed to hospital. The 67-year-old, who is Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, is undergoing tests at Addenbrooke's Hospital in the city. Hawking, who...

Ireland's national day is St Patrick's Day, celebrated every 17th March with copious amounts of drinking, and the wearing of the shamrock. Wales's national day is St David's Day, celebrated every 1st March (except 2006 when it was celebrated on 2nd March due to 1st March being Ash Wednesday)...

We are all agreed that Health and safety in certain workplaces is important. It is much needed in a work environment such as a building site or a mine. Most Western European countries and those of North America probably have some equivalent of Britain's Health And Safety At Work Act 1974...

A new survey has revealed that the Queen is the most trustworthy public figure in Britain. 53% of those polled said they believed the Queen would keep her word, a higher figure than any other person and far higher than any politican. Prince Charles was the second-most trustworthy Royal...

2012 will be the year of the London Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. But it could also be the year of an event that we wouldn't be looking forward to. It could be the year that a huge solar storm hits the Earth and, if it does, it could spell disastrous consequences. A similar...

A British soldier in Afghanistan was shot in the head - but just an hour later was back manning his machine gun. When a bullet pierced Pte Leon Wilson's helmet and sent him flying, his buddies naturally thought he was dead. But they were amazed when he got back up without a scratch on him...

Animal lover Richard Lavelle has baffled experts by getting foxes to stand on their hind legs. Every night, Mr Ravelle, an 80-year-old retired GP, gets the animals to perform the feat in his garden in Littleover, Derbyshire, in return for some food. Animal lover baffles experts by training...

During the Edwardian era (1901-1910), Britain still had a great Empire, the largest the world had ever known and whose population dwarved even that of China, and as a result, maps of the world were swathed in pink (though the Empire would get larger still, and would not reach its zenith until...

On Saturday, Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, became Britain's longest-serving consort ever, overtaking Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III, who was consort between 1761 and 1818 (George III died in 1820) - a period of 57 years and 70 days. Prince Philip, who served in...

Ahhh, the glorious British spring and summer. The winter has gone, the sun shines brightly, colourful flowers brighten up our villages and meadows, birds sing merrily in the trees, warm beer is drunk in a pretty garden of an 800-year-old pub - and cricket is back. The new Liverpool Victoria...

A Zimbabwean, Andy Flower, has been named as the new coach of the England cricket team. Flower, the former captain of the Zimbabwe team, has been acting coach of England since January when Peter Moores was sacked. Flower impressed during that stint, leading England to victory in the one-day...

When these two English giants were drawn against each other in this year's European Cup quarter final, there were groans from many people. After all, Liverpool and Chelsea have played each other in the latter stages of this competition every year since 2005, with goals in many of the games as...

A bayonet charge undertaken by British soldiers against the Mahdi Army in Afghanistan in 2004 is being used by the US as an example of how to tackle insurgents. Just 20 British soldiers took on 100 insurgents, but when they started running out of ammo the British fixed bayonets and charged...

Thousands gathered today in the cities of Liverpool, Nottingham and Sheffield to mark the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, when 96 Liverpool fans were killed at Hillsborough Stadium, the worst disaster in British sporting history. Fans today gathered at Anfield, Liverpool's...

One of the many advantages of having a constitutional monarchy is that we have an excuse to party every so often. Take jubilees, which celebrate significant anniversaries of monarchs coming to the throne - silver jubilee for 25 years on the throne, golden jubilee for 50 years on the throne and...

The Queen and other members of the Royal Family today attended Easter Sunday service at Windsor Castle's St George's Chapel. Whereas the Pope is Head of the Catholic Church and can therefore only be a Catholic, the British Monarch is Head of the Church of England and can therefore only be...