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Four UK diplomats expelled as Russia retaliates By Matthew Moore and agencies 19/07/2007 The Telegraph Russia has expelled four British diplomats from Moscow, in tit-for-tat retaliation for the expulsion of four of its own officials by the British earlier this week. Moscow will also...

Father and son treasure hunters discover Viking treasure worth £1m 19th July 2007 Daily Mail A £1 million collection of Viking artefacts, discovered by a father and son team of amateur treasure-hunters using metal detectors, is set to be unveiled at the British Museum. Experts say the...

British defence secretary Des Browne has said that other NATO troops need to be sent to Afghanistan. The number of British soldiers in Afghanistan has recently risen from 5,500 to 7,700 and Browne wants other countries - notably France and Germay - to pull their weight instead of leaving all the...

Another victory for the British against Islamic extremists. Four men were jailed today for a total of 22 years for soliciting murder against British citizens and threatening "Bomb, Bomb UK." Outside the OId Bailey in central London, crowds of Muslims spouted bile in protest, waving placards...

Commuter claims £1.5m after slipping on 'killer' petal outside florist By CHRISTIAN GYSIN 18th July 2007 Daily Mail It was one yellow petal lying forlornly on the ground next to Bella Patel's flower shop. But it caused a whole bunch of problems. A commuter who says he slipped on...

Hitman at the Hilton hotel Sworn enemies ... Berezovsky, who wants president Putin, right, to be overthrown, was target of Russian assassination plot. Berezovsky now lives in Britain. Picture, right: REUTERS By ONLINE REPORTERS July 18, 2007 The Sun A RUSSIAN hitman planned to execute...

English champions Manchester United are taking part in a pre-season tour of the Far East where they are very popular. They have millions of fans throughout Japan and China and, thanks to the buying of Manchester United merchandise, such as shirts, in those countries the region is very lucrative...

The Cold War is back The new arms race is deadly because Russia is so fragile Fraser Nelson The Spectator The front cover of the current issue of Spectator A little over a week ago, Vladimir Putin tested a weapon deadlier than anything developed by the Soviet Union. A missile...

Camilla stuns Prince Charles with knife threat 17th July 2007 Daily Mail When a knife-wielding Camilla says she doesn't want to be Queen, Prince Charles better listen - or else. Onlookers were stunned today when the Duchess menacingly waved a blade under Prince Charles's nose as she...

Saddam's friend George Galloway (who once praised the dictator for his "courage and indefatigability") has been suspended from the House of Commons over illicit Iraq cash. Scotsman Galloway, a member of Left-wing political party Respect, is Member of Parliament for London borough Bethnal Green...

Russia preparing 'targeted response very soon' in diplomat crisis 17th July 2007 Daily Mail Alexander Litvinenko died last November from a fatal dose of the radioactive isotope polonium 210. The murder has sparked a diplomatic rift between Britain and Russia The Russian government...

Enemy destroy all in their path Keep your Enemy closer ... band storms the charts, their debut album at No1 July 16, 2007 The Sun BRILLIANT Coventry band THE ENEMY deservedly stormed to No1 yesterday with their debut album We’ll Live And Die In These Towns. The band — TOM CLARKE...

New earthquake hits Japan as death toll rises Seven dead and 600 injured in quakes 16th July 2007 Daily Mail A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Japanese coast today, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, hours after another quake of similar strength killed at least seven people in...

Meet the Brit, Lewis Pugh, who has the astonishing ability to increase his body temperature allowing him to swim in icy cold water. He has just become the first person to swim to the North Pole. He now has several swimming "firsts" to his name...... Briton astounds the world by becoming the...

British-Russians relations fall furthern into the mire as the British expel four Russian diplomats in response to the refusal by the Russians to extradite the chief suspect of the murder of British citizen Alexander Litvinenko last year Many are now asking: Is this the start of a new Cold War...

Robot Air Attack Squadron Bound for Iraq Sunday July 15, 2007 7:01 PM By CHARLES J. HANLEY AP Special Correspondent The MQ-9 Reaper (originally the RQ-9 Predator B) is outfitted with infrared, laser and radar targeting, and with a ton and a half of guided bombs and missiles. They...

It looks like the British are being engaged in more dangerous fighting than the Americans in Iraq. The British death rate is higher than that for the US Army. British death rate in Iraq higher than US By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent, Sunday Telegraph 15/07/2007 Daily Mail Deaths...

Only the eccentric (and class-obsessed) British can invent Chap Olympics take place. In these games, a groups of chaps (gentlemen) take part in crazy games such as Hop, Skip and Gin & Tonic (G&T), which is like the normal Olympics Hop, Skip and Jump but the athlete carries a G&T and isn't...

Beckham brand set to expand with new chain of nightclubs By KATIE NICHOLL 14th July 2007 Daily Mail Settled in Los Angeles for only a matter of days, David and Victoria Beckham are already hatching a business venture to conquer America. They are planning to establish a chain of elite...

SAS members stage revolt as 'PC Plod' joins their secret club By CHRISTOPHER LEAKE 14th July 2007 Daily Mail SAS soldiers A bitter row has erupted at Britain's most secretive private club – over an influx of members from the police force. Entrance to the Special Forces Club has...