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Why the French have sought refuge in London By Alex Spillius 31/01/2007 One Frenchman, who has moved to London, has said that the British are much more positive and dynamic than the French There is perhaps one phrase that best sums up the positive feelings French expatriates...

A ceremony has been held as 5 British Army regiments merge together to form a new "super regiment" called The Rifles..... Parades mark end of regiments Cap badge ceremony ... 2nd Battalion The Light Infantry By ONLINE REPORTER February 01, 2007 A SPECIAL parade was held in the...

Times Online February 01, 2007 800 more UK troops heading for Afghanistan Sam Knight The Sherwood Foresters are heading to Afghanistan A further 800 British troops will be sent to fight the Taleban in southern Afghanistan in the coming months, the Secretary of Defence announced...

400 years ago - 30th January 1607 - a tsunami in the Bristol Channel killed 2000 people. It was probably the worst, and costliest, natural disaster to have hit Britain. ******************* Anniversary of 1607 killer wave Simon Haslett has researched the cause of the killer wave A...

A starter palace for Prince William and Kate? By Nick Britten 31/01/2007 The Prince of Wales has been given the green light to build an eco-friendly house, rumoured to be a "starter home" for Prince William once he gets married. Planning permission has been granted for the...

Britain The ceremony takes place in Lerwick, far north in the Shetland Isles. Lerwick is the northernmost town in Britain. It is one of the first of the many eccentric ceremonies and rituals that take place throughout Britain each year. The others will include chasing after a cheese that's...

Plot to behead Muslim British soldier is foiled in Britain's 2nd-largest city..... Ninth arrest in Muslim soldier 'kidnap terror plot' 31st January 2007 Police outside a house in Jackson Road in Alum Rock, Birmingham, where suspects were arrested today A heavy police...

Stonehenge builders' houses found The ancient village would have housed hundreds of people and was occupied around 2500 BC, the same period that Stonehenge was built (Image: National Geographic) Archaeologists say they have found a huge ancient settlement used by the people who...

People power? There should be a law against it! 30th January 2007 Daily Mail RICHARD LITTLEJOHN The public are to be asked which laws they would like changed. Suggestions can be made on a new website set up by the Law Commission. Sir Terence Etherton, the High Court judge who...

Why is it than when it comes to fighting wars the Americans are so useless and the British are so much better? US warplanes hit British tank convoy in Iraq, inquest told By Emma Henry and agencies 30/01/2007 A teenage soldier awarded the highest British honour for gallantry has...

How grandma's apple tree shook experts to the core By JAMES MILLS 29th January 2007 Diana Toms: Her humble tree is the only one of its kind in the world Diana Toms has always been proud of the ancient apple tree in her garden. It was planted by her great-great-great...

Mention the Blitz, and most people think of the Luftwaffe's destruction of London from 1940-41 which many British still call "The 2nd Great Fire of London." But not much mention is made of the actual first Blitz of Britain in 1915 when German zeppelins bombed many British cities. It was during...

January 25, 2007 Fans wallow in 'filth' Goth-metal band on tour in support of latest album By Aaron Yoxheimer British heavy rockers Cradle of Filth are the pioneers in their type of heavy metal British heavy rockers Cradle of Filth are the pioneers in their type of music...

In 1807, Britain became the first country in the world to abolish slavery. From then on, one of the jobs of the Royal Navy was to capture foreign ships - such as those from America, France and Denmark - to stop them continuing to transport slaves. On one of these ships was Midshipman Henry...

Britain top of the pop chants By MARTIN PHILLIPS January 29, 2007 Passion ... British soccer fans have mixed wit and cruelty in their classic chants WE may be rubbish at most sports but Brits are the undisputed champs of . . . football chants. Fans have always mixed good old...

The biggest British movie ever, Casino Royale (2006), has broken box office records in the world's biggest nation.... The Times January 29, 2007 Lingling Qi . . . licensed to kill Jane Macartney in Beijing * First Bond film to be shown in China * 007 finds favour with the censors...

The Times January 29, 2007 Stanley Baker and Michael Caine in Zulu (1964). One of the film’s British Army tunics will be auctioned, as will the robe worn by Alec Guinness in Star Wars, below For your size only . . . fabric of British film industry up for sale Jack Malvern Sir Alec...

Britain the lock-up capital of Europe By Philip Johnston and Graeme Wilson 29/01/2007 Prisons in England and Wales (but not Scotland and Northern Ireland which have separate penal systems) lock up more people per head of the population than any other major country in Europe...

Darwin's Beagle ship replica plan Charles Darwin developed his early theories of evolution on board the Beagle which he sailed on from 1831 to 1836. Plans are being drawn up to build a £3.3m working replica of the boat that took Charles Darwin around the world at Milford Haven in...

British soldiers seize mortars from militants 28th January 2007 British soldiers with the seized weapons British soldiers believe they have the upper hand after seizing up to 500 mortar rounds from militants in southern Iraq. Acting on intelligence, around 250 soldiers from 1...