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The Sunday Times January 21, 2007 Mission possible It’s been 35 years since man walked on the moon. But now Nasa plans to go back and build a permanent base there. And this time, they can’t do it without Britain. By Bryan Appleyard The Sunday Times January 21, 2007 From...

The Sunday Times January 21, 2007 Pest control — Sandringham style The fox, which is one of Britain's commonest mammals, is seen by many people as a pest that kills farmers' chickens. They are now also being increasingly seen in towns and cities. The fox never stood a chance when it...

I cannot shake your hand, sir. I'm a Muslim and you're a man By MARTIN SMITH 20th January 2007 The Metropolitan Police Force - the police force of London - is Britain's largest A Muslim woman police officer has sparked a new debate by refusing to shake hands with Britain's most...

CD Review: Towers of London - Blood, Sweat and Towers Written by Larry Sakin Towers of London are a controversial punk rock band from London who formed in 2003. Their music mixes elements of hard rock music with '77-style British punk. The band have divided the opinions of the British...

Scottish Nationalists, knowing that the Constitutional Monarchy is the most sensible form of governance in the world today, have said that Scotland will remain a Monarchy and NOT become a Republic if it became an independent nation. But they don't want a Monarch of their own - this still want to...

The Times January 20, 2007 A British historian has revealed the suggestive nature of a letter written in code by Charles I (Jack Hill) Has a naughty word exposed Charles I? Dalya Alberge, Arts Correspondent * Historian cracks code in lover's letter * View of 'stuffy' Charles will...

If you're ready to bomb, you won't have to. If you're not, you will have to. Peter Hitchens, only in The Mail on Sunday, tells us that it's vital that Britain continues to have a nuclear deterrent Royal Navy nuclear submarine HMS Repulse One contributor says I'm inconsistent when I...

Gordon Brown: Call me Gandhi Vocal ... Mr Brown, Britain's Prime Minister-in-waiting, talks to kids at a Delhi school and, inset, Gandhi who is a hero to Brown By GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON Political Editor, in India January 19, 2007 GORDON Brown last night declared he will be Prime...

90mph storm Kyrill's a killer Tragic ... wall collapsed on boy as he walked with his grandmother and right, truck in which female driver died lays in canal after flyover fall after the worst storm to hit Britain in 17 years left a trail of devastation By GARY O'SHEA, JOHN SCOTT...

The Times January 19, 2007 A sewer is the best medicine, poll declares David Rose * Sanitation voted top medical advance * But doctors backed anaesthesia The London cholera epidemic of 1854 killed around 10,000 people. Before sewers were widespread British cities, which...

Richard Littlejohn Daily Mail This is the REAL racism on Channel 4 19th January 2007 RICHARD LITTLEJOHN always tells it as it is Foul-mouthed Jade Goody (centre) is the leader of the gang, which also includes Jo O'Meara and Danielle Lloyd (also picture), who "racially abused"...

Abu Hamza's home could be seized to pay £1.1m legal bill 18th January 2007 Abu Hamza's home could be seized to pay £1.1m legal bill Abu Hamza faces having his home seized after judges ruled he must repay his £1.1million legal aid bill. The hook-handed Muslim cleric, who is...

British rockers Koopa have made history by becoming the first unsigned band to enter the British Top 40 charts. The Essex lads - Ollie Cooper, Stu Cooper and Joe Murphy - have literally played to just one man and his dog. Changes to the British charts just this month means that, for the...

This is what someone said in reply to this story on another discussion forum.... "Canada's navy is out of money for operations as the military diverts resources to the fight in Afghanistan. Canada, just like France, is constantly out of money; so much of their $$ goes to national...

Soon-to-be British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has pledged to make British citizens richer - and has also attacked France, Germany and other Continental Europeans for their anti-Americanism. Brown is more anti-EU than Blair is and the EU can expect Brown not to be as much of a pushover as...

SAS seizes Taliban leader in secret war By Tom Coghlan in Kabul 18/01/2007 A team of SAS soldiers captured a key Taliban commander yesterday in a lightning raid on a heavily-fortified compound in southern Afghanistan. Without a shot being fired, the force of fewer than 30...

More cash ... Gordon Brown Brown's cash boost for MI6 By GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON Political Editor January 17, 2007 MI6 is to get a huge cash boost from Gordon Brown to lead the fight in crushing Muslim extremists. The Chancellor has been convinced by Secret Intelligence Service...

Diplomatic row deepens after Indian woman is "racially abused" on British TV show Britain and India have been plunged into diplomatic crisis all because of a reality TV show. In scenes which could be described as "going over the top", people across India burnt effigies of the producers of...

Details of a battle between the British and the Taliban in which Royal Marines bravely strapped themselves to their Apache helicopters. Strapped to Apaches and dodging fire, how troops recovered fallen comrade · Marine died during failed attack on Taliban fort · Four soldiers...

The Scots destroyed the Union – so vote SNP By Simon Heffer 17/01/2007 I have been trying to remember the last time I felt British. It must be at least 15 years ago. Ironically, it was just before I wrote a book about one of the most British Scotsmen in history, Thomas Carlyle. Here...