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Serious treason, and helping the enemy during war, still carry the death penalty by hanging in Britain (you could also be beheaded up until 1973), but it's unlikely to occur in this case. The soldier can be jailed for up to seven years if found guilty. The Times December 21, 2006...

Three women shoppers, armed only with handbags, made a citizens' arrest of a wanted criminal in Worcester city centre. One of them whacked him with her handbag as the other two barred his way..... The three lady Christmas shoppers who made a fair cop By JAMES TOZER 20th December 2006...

Turbaned Andy shows off his jet-setting with themed Christmas card By RICHARD KAY 20th December 2006 Prince Andrew's fitting headgear Say what you like about Prince Andrew, but you have to admire his chutzpah. But even he may come to regret the indulgence of appearing in a...

Making toast ... Prince William Wills drops in on homeless By ONLINE REPORTER December 20, 2006 PRINCE William met homeless youngsters today on a private visit to a Centrepoint hostel. The 24-year-old chatted to teenagers as he dropped in on a shelter to help with...

The Vatican City wants to create its own football (soccer) team and compete in Serie A, the highest division in the Italian league, against the likes of Roma, Napoli, AC Milan and Fiorentina.. The Vatican City is the world's smallest country,the size of just 5 football pitches, and surrounded...

Who can we count on to stand by us: Europe or America? By Simon Heffer 20/12/2006 The Telegraph Britain and the United States should always remain good friends. Britain should never rely on - and trust - the Continental Europeans. Why, I wonder, does Tony Blair go on? I...

Some one on another forum, in response to this story, wrote: Goddess Britannia loves free speech WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Lord Monckton, Viscount of Brenchley, has sent an open letter to Senators Rockefeller (D-WV) and Snowe (R-Maine) in response to their recent open letter...

IN THE EU, ONLY THE BRITISH AND THE SWEDES WILL MEET THEIR KYOTO TARGETS. Europe (not counting Britain and Sweden) have no right to lecture the United States on not having signed the Kyoto treaty........ EU vs. USA on CO2: Sellafield power station, Cumbria: Britain is one of just two...

Solved at last: the burning mystery of Joan of Arc France's favourite saint was martyred by her English foes, who ordered her remains to be cast into the Seine. Now scientists believe they have established the facts surrounding her execution Alex Duval Smith in Paris Sunday December 17...

Littlejohn: Spare us the 'People's Prostitute' routine... 18th December 2006 Daily Mail BRITAIN SHOULD NEVER LEGALISE PROSTITUTION THE WAY THE DUTCH AND GERMANS HAVE DONE. Let's get the caveat out of the way from the off. The five women murdered in Ipswich were tragic, lost souls...

Last veteran of both world wars dies aged 106 19th December 2006 A hero: Captain Kenneth Cummins served in the Royal Navy in the First World War and in the Merchant Navy in the Second World War The last remaining Briton to see active service in both the First and Second World...

The British have kept the Pound and are now richer than the French, Germans, Italians and Spanish who all have the Euro. Of the world's largest economies (US, UK, Japan, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, China), the British are now the 2nd-richest in the world after the United States...

The Runaway Bride is a special episode of the long running British science fiction television series Doctor Who starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor. The special is to be produced for Christmas 2006, set to air on December 25 (Christmas Day)[1], and will play much the same role that The...

Amazing pictures of an RAF Hercules plane that hit a landmine in Afghanistan. Amazingly, all 31 people onboard the plane managed to escape..... VIP plane hits landmine RAF Hercules puts down on runway in the Afghan desert, top left, bursts into flames as it strikes the landmine, top...

Peter McKay Daily Mail 18th December 2006 Little Britain's Vicky Pollard: British kids would easily beat their soppy American counterparts in a drinking contest. The illegal drinking age in the US is 21 compared to just 18 in Britain. A month after Miss Great Britain, Danielle...

Police arrest man over Suffolk murders Lee Glendinning A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering five prostitutes who have been found dead in Ipswich over the past three weeks. The man was arrested at his home in Trimley, near Felixstowe at 7:20 this morning police...

A house in a place called Harewood Park could become the future King and Queen's countryside home..... The Sunday Times December 17, 2006 Charles plans a mansion fit for lovebirds John Elliott Beaming ... proud Kate, right, watches the Prince's passing out parade THE Prince of...

In the Gender Gap Report of 2006, France ranks just SEVENTIETH in the world when it comes to the rights and the freedom that women have in their. In Britain, women got the vote in 1918 but in France they didn't get the vote until as recently as 1944 (so much for Republics, then). And when...

The Foolishness of France Mark Steyn Steyn Online December 11th 2006 Considering that it seems to be every prominent Canadian’s preferred second nationality, from the Governor-General and the new Leader of the Opposition down, France is a faraway country of which we know little. One had...

The Goodwin Sands are a ten-mile long sandbank off the coast of Kent, Southern England, in the English Channel and completely surrounded by water. Thanks to British eccentricity games of cricket were often held there for over 150 years until some humourless killjoy managed to get it banned in...