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Musicians unlock mystery melody in Da Vinci Code chapel 1st May 2007 Daily Mail A Scottish church which featured in the bestselling novel 'The Da Vinci Code' has revealed another mystery hidden in secret code for almost 600 years. A father and son who became fascinated by symbols carved...

Brits lead huge Taliban assault By ONLINE REPORTER April 30, 2007 British soldiers in Afghanistan A BRITISH led mission involving more than 2,000 NATO and Afghan troops was launched this morning to drive Taliban fighters from their heartland in southern Afghanistan. The British-led...

An Australian man who is obsessed by everything British builds a new carriage, and gives it to the Queen as a gift. It's name: BRITANNIA. It is built from materials that the Anglophile has picked up from great cathedrals such as St Paul's and Canterbury as well as segments from King Henry VIII's...

Was this the real-life Gladiator? 30th April 2007 Young pretender: Russell Crowe as Maximus With gritty heroism, Russell Crowe strode around the amphitheatre in the film Gladiator. Now archaeologists have discovered a Roman hardman who may have been the real-life champion...

Stonehenge was built by the Romans (and other great British myths) 30th April 2007 Daily Mail BRITS ARE IGNORANT OF MANY PLACES WITHIN THEIR OWN COUNTRY In these days of cheap jet travel, most Britons are well up on their foreign landmarks. But to many, their homeland is a closed...

Officials order gran to rename her 'Robin tarts' because they don't contain robin 30th April 2007 One of Val Temple's muppet tarts Baker Val Temple was stunned when barmy bureaucrats forced her to rename her novelty Robin Tarts - because they don't contain the red breasted birds...

How Elf 'n' safety stole my country 29th April 2007 Daily Mail RICHARD LITTLEJOHN From putting on handrails on the sides of mountains (for people's safety), chopping down palm trees on the English Riviera in case their leaves poke children in the eyes and preventing children from...

Fertiliser bombers jailed for at least 95 years By Duncan Gardham and Bonnie Malkin 30/04/2007 The Telegraph The leader of a British al Qa'eda cell has been jailed for at least 20 years for plotting a bombing campaign to rival the September 11 terror attacks. (L to R) Jawad...

The view from here (Above) "The Ladder", photographed at Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire in 1844 (by Fox Talbot) Lacock Abbey was the home of Fox Talbot, a pioneer of early photograph and who invented the negative system. (Below) The construction of Nelson's Column in London in 1843, just 38...

Most Britons want looser ties to Europe By Melissa Kite and Liam Halligan, Sunday Telegraph 29/04/2007 An overwhelming majority of people want a referendum on Britain's relationship with Europe and the possibility of "loosening" ties. A new poll has found that 69 per cent...

The Telegraph's Adam Lusher tests the RAF's new Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft....... Typhoon delivers the fright stuff By Adam Lusher, Sunday Telegraph 29/04/2007 WHICH NATIONS' AIRFORCES ARE HAVING THE EUROFIGHTERS? ..................Total No of Eurofighters.......Current size of...

Britannia's American slaves By Alasdair Palmer, Sunday Telegraph Daily Mail 29/04/2007 400 years after the first British colony in America, slavery is alive and well. Virginia, founded by the British. Jamestown, named after King James I, celebrates its 400th birthday this year...

Dominic Lawson: Why I don't believe God is green by DOMINIC LAWSON, on why man-made Global Warming is a load of nonsense 28th April 2007 DAILY MAIL HUMANS BREATHE OUT CARBON DIOXIDE. SO, TO BE "GREEN", SHOULD WE ALL HOLD OUR BREATHS? Pope Benedict said that 'we should all respect...

Members of the Insect tribe of the Commonwealth nation of Papua New Guinea, whose Head of State is Queen Elizabeth II, have visited London and were amazed by what they saw. They were in awe of the great dome of St Paul's Cathedral, and technology such as the London Underground The...

Australia have made history by becoming the first team ever to win the Cricket World Cup for the third time in succession. They beat Sri Lanka yesterday by 53 runs (according to the Duckworth/Lewis Method) Australia crowned world champions CRICKET WORLD CUP FINAL Australia 281-4...

Theme park's ad for a Fat Controller banned as discrimination 27th April 2007 Daily Mail When zoo bosses decided to invest in a real Thomas the Tank Engine train for their young visitors, naturally they wanted a Fat Controller too. So they decided to advertise for a portly gentleman who...

Rise up, Englishmen Liam Byrne Liam Byrne on why we have to prevent the United Kingdom from splitting up The United Kingdom is the most successful Union on Earth, comprising the Germanic nation of England and the Celtic nations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (and, formally, what...

Inside America's toughest jail Grim ... Tent City in Arizona puts Britain's soft jails to shame Pictures: MARK PETERMAN From HARRY MACADAM in Arizona The Sun April 28, 2007 Arizona HIGH above the Arizona desert, a pink neon sign flashes the word “vacancy” from a...

If you hate France, then pray that Royal wins the French Presidency in May. The Left-Wing candidate has, like many recent French leaders, a hapless economic policy (so there'll be no hope of France's economy being pulled out of the mire), an entertaining sex life and Bush-like gaff prone...

Online slave records help Britons trace past By Ben Fenton 28/04/2007 Chilling records of the traffic in humankind were made available on the internet for the first time yesterday, allowing thousands of Britons to trace their slave and slave-owning ancestors. Hundreds of thousands of...