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Back in the 1800s and early 1900s, Britain led the world in engineering and manufacturing. The country gained the nickname "The Workshop of the World." Now a new exhibition at the Science Museum in London celebrates Britain's many engineering feats in the exhibition "Dan Dare & The Birth Of...

The Queen's husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, agreed to co-operate in a new fly-on-the-wall documentary, to be shown on Channel 3 (ITV1) tomorrow night because he was worried about his gaffe-prone and grumpy image. The two-part special called The Duke, which took 18 months to...

Ryan Giggs scored Manchester United's winning goal to hand them a record 10th Premiership title and a 17th English title in total (The former First Division was English football's top flight division until the Premiership was established in 1992). United are now just one title short of...

Last night, London, and two royal princes, showed their gratitude to Britain's Armed Forces in a spectacular one hour long salute as the sun went down. Thousands gathered at St Paul's Cathedral - which also celebrates its 300th birthday on 20th December - to watch members of the RAF, Royal...

A photograph taken in March 1876 is probably the earliest ever photo of the England football team - and probably the earliest of ANY national football team. The England football team is the oldest nation football team in the world, formed 6 months before the next oldest, Scotland. The first...

A giant statue of a horse - 33 times the size of a real horse - may become the South of England's answer to the North of England's Angel of the North. The giant white horse is inspired by Horsa, one of the first Anglo-Saxons (the ancestors of the modern day English) to arrive in England. he...

In 1922, what is now the Republic of Ireland broke away from Britain and became an independent state. But will Scotland do the same over the next 10 years or so? According to the Daily Mail, it will be highly unlikely that Scotland becomes independent - it probably won't be able to cope as...

Until recently, it was thought that the earliest photo ever taken was taken in 1826 by Frenchman Nicéphore Niépce which shows the roofs of a group of buildings in the French countryside and a tree in the distance. But new evidence shows that the first photo was taken by the British way back in...

When you are the most famous woman in the world, it's hard to be anonymous when you are outside in public. But Queen Elizabeth II managed to do that this weekend when she took a one and a half mile trip on a miniature steam train, crowded with members of the public, around the grounds of a...

Tributes have been paid to Trooper Ratu Babakobau of the Blues and Royals section of the Household Cavalry after he was killed in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb. He is the British Army's 95th fatality in Afghanistan. Babakobau was a member of the same 60-strong squadron of the Blues and Royals...

An invasion of thousands of British students at a small Spanish resort for a sports tournament has left the local people angry after they wrecked the place after spending many days drinking (the British can certainly beat any nation in a drinking contest if ever there was one).... 'We never...

I bet this makes you proud to be American... Greetings from Guantanamo Bay ... and the sickest souvenir shop in the world By ANGELA LEVIN 4th May 2008 Daily Mail Mockery: A child's T-shirt proclaiming the camp a tourist spot The sands are white, the sea laps gently and crowds of...

The Tories massacred Labour in the English and Welsh Local Elections on 1st May, inflicting Labour's heaviest defeat in Local Elections in 40 years. London was no different. Almost 2.5 million Londoners (out of an electorate of almost 5.5 million people) voted in the London Mayoral Elections...

Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party suffered its worst electoral performance for at least 40 years in the English and Welsh local elections. The Government had a net loss of 331 seats and their projected share of the vote at 24% was the lowest recorded and left them in third place...

British defence giant BAE Systems is creating a series of tiny electronic spiders, insects and snakes that could become the eyes and ears of soldiers on the battlefield, helping to save thousands of lives. Prototypes could be on the front line by the end of the year and will be used by the...

Archaeologists working in beautiful Gloucester, Gloucestershire, have uncovered a Roman grave dating to the 100s or 200s containing the remains of 91 men, women and children who were hurriedly buried there after an outbreak of disease. Not only that, but theburial site is now occupied by...

The world's oldest and greatest democracy cranks into action today as local elections are held in Britain. Local elections are being held throughout England and Wales (Scotland and Northern Ireland can hold their local elections seperately though, of course, a General Election has to be held...

British soldier Prince William, currently serving with the RAF on detachment, made a secret visit to British soldiers in Afghanistan earlier this week. On the way back, the future King William V, who leanred how to fly during his time at the RAF, took the controls of a huge RAF C-17 Globemaster...

Italy is renowned for probably being the most beautiful country in the world. It has probably the most beautiful architecture and food of any country and its 58 million people probably speak the world's most beautiful language. It has more history and historical artefacts in any small village or...

Drinkers at a pub in Darlington, County Durham, were amazed when the face of Jesus appeared on a bottle of Bulmers cider... Face of Jesus appears on cider bottle to amazement of pub drinkers By PAUL SIMS 1st May 2008 Daily Mail It may have been made from the Forbidden Fruit but for...