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Elizabeth's Spy Network By Alexandra Briscoe Elizabeth I's coat of arms As a Protestant Queen, Elizabeth was forced to live with the threat of assassination from Catholics throughout her reign (including plans to overthrow her by her own cousin, the Catholic queen of Scotland...

Sunk by its own weight in gold Wave goodbye ... last moments of HMS Sussex captured on canvas By TIM SPANTON March 31, 2007 THE SUN EXPERTS are planning to salvage more than £2BILLION of gold and silver from the wreck of a British warship that sank 300 years ago. HMS Sussex was...

The FO and the UN won't protect Britain By Simon Heffer 31/03/2007 Why must Britain listen to the weak UN? I start to wonder whether it might not be time for us to get as nasty with other countries as they do with us. As we wait anxiously to see what will happen to our 15...

New series of Dr Who, tonight on BBC. In the new series, the Doctor and his new assistant travel back in time and meet William Shakespeare and come across Daleks in 1930s Manhattan..... Fans mad for Doctor's new companion By Tim Masters Entertainment editor, BBC News Agyeman...

The new series of Doctor Who starts tonight and the Doctor has a new sidekick. And there will also be a Dr Who spin-off starring his robotic dog K-9..... K-9 Adventures is a forthcoming 26-part comedy/adventure series focusing on the adventures of the robot dog K-9, done in a mixture...

Iran crisis is Blair's true legacy By MAX HASTINGS 30th March 2007 The Royal Navy wouldn't have put up with any crap from the Iranians in the 1840s when Lord Palmerston was Foreign Secretary (and much better than the soppy Margaret Beckett we have today) One day in 1848, the...

These are REAL ADS from a Scottish lonely hearts club column.>>> Grossly overweight Buckie turf-cutter, 42 years old and 23 stone,Gemini, seeks nimble sexpot, preferably South American, for tangosessions, candlelit dinners and humid nights of screaming passion.Must have own car and be willing...

British man, from Tooting, London, is a Hindu GODDESS in India Tooting man is Hindu goddess By JULIE MOULT and JOHN ASKILL and from PAMELA TIMMS in India March 30, 2007 JOBLESS Steve Cooper has found work at last — as an Indian GODDESS who thousands of Hindus believe can cure...

Picture: The ghostly Angel of the Vatican by OLINKA KOSTER 30th March 2007 When retired policeman Andy Key went on a trip to Rome, he was struck by the beauty of sunlight streaming through a window in the Vatican. As the Pope made an address nearby, he decided to capture the stunning...

The girls putting the magic into the new Harry Potter film By CLAIRE BATES 30th March 2007 Movie: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Country: Britain Director: David Yates Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for one of his most difficult years yet. Not only must he study...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, who will become British Prime Minister in June, made a surprise visit to British soldiers in Afghanistan today with Defence Secretary Des Browne.... Brown visits UK troops in Afghanistan 30th March 2007 Chancellor Gordon Brown made a surprise...

Battle gets hairy for troops Our beards ... troops ditch razors March 29, 2007 RAF Lossiemouth RAF ground forces have been urged to grow beards to help in the battle with insurgents in Afghanistan. A squadron is heading to Kandahar next week to defend the local airfield from...

Do Americans suffer from some sort of inferiority complex? South Park depicts the Queen's suicide after plot to conquer US fails 29th March 2007 South Park, the cartoon series that has pushed the bounds of taste for a decade, has perhaps produced its most spectacularly offensive episode...

The end ... Harry Potter Potter's final cover revealed By TOM HARVEY March 28, 2007 THE covers of the final Harry Potter book have been revealed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be published on July 21. It is the seventh and final instalment in JK Rowling’s saga - and...

25th anniversary of the Falklands War, Britain V Argentina Army of lost souls ignored on their return By Sophie Arie 28/03/2007 How Argentina's army, defeated by the British, were betrayed by Argentina's ruling military junta after the war The Argentine veteran never talked about...

Darwin delayed publishing Origin of Species for 20 years 'because he was busy' 28th March 2007 Darwin: Put Origin of Species on the backburner 'because he was busy'. Darwin also discovered that another Englishman, by coincidence, also came up with the idea of evolution at around the same...

World's tallest man marries woman two feet shorter 28th March 2007 The world's tallest man, whose search for a bride covered the world, has married a woman from his home town nearly half his age and more than two feet shorter. Bao Xishun, 56, a 7-ft, 9-inch herdsman listed by Guinness...

Iran TV shows female navy captive Royal Navy sailor Faye Turney shown in a video eating a meal with her captured colleagues on British TV tonight. The Iranians say they will release her. Iranian state television has broadcast an interview with captured British female sailor Faye...

Samba stunna ... Ana is all smiles Prince and the Brazilian babe By JAMIE PYATT March 27, 2007 STUNNING student Ana Ferreira told last night of the moment she was groped by Prince William. The 18-year-old recalled: “I was a little bit drunk myself but felt something brush my...

Lefty Royal: "Tony Blair isn't socialist enough." Ségolène Royal will find it difficult to work with Britain's Conservative Party as president of France, her significant other told the Daily Telegraph. She also rejects Margaret Thatcher as "ruthless" and says that Tony Blair hasn't been...