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Rwanda, a tiny African nation that is a former French colony has, like other African nations such as South Africa and Kenya, embraced cricket by establishing a cricket board. Also, despite being a former French colony, it wants to join the British Commonwealth rather than the French equivalent...

The FA Cup is the world's oldest and greatest domestic tournament, with a massive 687 teams at the start of the tournament. Yesterday a player for non-league side Barrow AFC was jailed for breaking a Bristol Rovers player's jaw in an FA Cup, First Round game. The Times January 12, 2007...

A search is one to find the heir to the English throne - the ancestors of the person who may have been Monarch had William the Conqueror lost the Battle of Hastings. This person could be living anywhere in the world... Worldwide quest to find heir to throne - if 1066 had not happened...

The TimesJanuary 11, 2007 Jaywalking don hit by full force of the law Will Pavia * Five officers pin professor to ground * It's lucky he was not shot, says wife Felipe Fernandez-Armesto A distinguished British historian who tried to cross a road in Atlanta, Georgia, has complained...

Moment 600 years ago that terror came to Mummies of the Amazon by BARRY WIGMORE - More by this author » 10th January 2007 The horror: This woman's body has been "frozen" into what looks like a look of horror since the moment she died over 600 years ago Frozen in time: A...

David Beckham, who was the England football team's captain until just after the 2006 World Cup, has played in the English Premiership for Manchester United and Spain's Primera Liga for Real Madrid. Now he's quit Real Madrid and will play in America's Major League Soccer (MLS) for LA Galaxy...

"Dozens" of Taliban killed by the British (although it could be as high as 100) and just one British soldier injured in Afghanistan battle... British marines wipe out Taliban training camp DAVID LEASK in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan January 08 2007 Royal Marines in...

Giant owl attacks drinkers Danger ... eagle owls, the largest owls in Europe, hunt foxes, deer — and us MORE ANIMAL TALES By ROBIN PERRIE January 10, 2007 A GIANT owl that devours foxes and small deer is terrorising shoppers and drinkers in a town centre. It launches itself...

Britain to go on solo mission to the Moon by 2010 All the other countries in Europe have to join together under ESA (European Space Agency) to send craft to space. But Britain its planning to launch a mission to space ON ITS OWN by 2010 - it wants to go to the Moon. Britain's first mission to...

Small country seeks investors 8th January 2007 The former British WWII base, Roughs Tower, declared itself an independent country in 1967 and became known as Sealand. In 1968, it fought a "War of Independence" against the Royal Navy. Johannes Seiger is Sealand's Prime Minister...

Never mind being polite, these days the British are almost as loud, rude, obnoxious and ignorant of the language and local customs as the Americans are abroad. But who cares? January 09, 2007 No manners, we're British Despite having a reputation of being "reserved", the British are often...

The Americans have always called the British ugly - bad teeth, bad hair, etc. But Betty Ugly shows that now the Americans, who have always embraced "beautiful people", show that they can also respect ugly people. The Times January 08, 2007 We've always done ugly. After all, we do...

Savile Row gets Italy hot under the collar Richard Owen in Rome Saville Row, Westminster, London. Saville Row is competing with Italy over who makes the world's best tailors The normally discreet world of men’s tailoring has been shaken by a dispute over who has the best tailors...

Rory the Shetland pony has become an unlikely friend with a group of labradors.... You don't foal anyone pretending to be a dog by ANDREW LEVY 8th January 2007 Playtime: When Rory and Millie aren't chasing each other, they are fetching sticks Just like his labrador...

Tony Blair, who is in his last weeks as British Prime Minister before Gordon Brown takes over, tells the Americans that he will NOT said any more troops to Iraq.... Blair refuses to match US troop 'surge' in Iraq 8th January 2007 "Poodle" no longer: Blair will not send more troops to...

Brown plans 'independent' foreign policy By Ben Russell, Political Correspondent 08 January 2007 Gordon Brown will take over from Tony Blair as British Prime Minister this year. He said that he will seek a foreign policy independent from that of the US (but will ensure that Britain...

Chirac of Arabia - a new book about the French President and his relationship with Iraq's Baath Party and Saddam Hussein. Book Review by Amir Taheri In the winter of 2002 and the spring of 2003, Jacques Chirac resembled a tornado of political energy focused on a single objective...

Come, friendly bombs Brendan O'Neill Published 08 January 2007 Can a bullet, bomb or rocket ever be "environmentally friendly"? Arms manufacturers in America and Britain seem to think so. Can a bullet, bomb or rocket ever be "friendly"? Arms manufacturers in America and Britain...

Military chiefs now need more and more pilots to join new British Army Apache squadrons. They are looking for recruits as young as 17 to form an elite teenage Apache squadron whilst they are still at college or university so that there will always be plenty of skilled Apache pilots entering...

The BBC's drama series "Rome" returns this week, and it is even more blood-thirsty and depraved than ever before The first series of Rome attracted 7.2 million viewers on its opening night in November 2005 and became BBC2's highest-rated programme of the year. The BBC still makes the best TV...