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An Anglo-Saxon warrior face mask. Centuries ago, what is now England was once seven independent Anglo-Saxon, Germanic kingdoms - together known as the Heptarchy - who often fought wars against one another and were inhabited by people who were originally from the areas that is now Germany and...

BBC Chile's General Pinochet 'dead' Chile's former military leader Augusto Pinochet has died, Chilean TV reports. The 91-year-old had been receiving treatment at a Santiago military hospital after an earlier heart attack. Gen Pinochet was in power from 1973-90 after overthrowing...

New British movie The Queen has been watched by almost 1 million people in France since it opened there two months ago. Despite being a British movie, it has been watched in Britain by just 1.3 million people since it opened here THREE months ago. The movie is so popular in France that French...

A Government-backed Islamic organisation is trying to persuade British Muslims to fight FOR Great Britain rather than fight AGAINST it. The organisation is telling fellow Muslims that joining the British Army and dying whilst fighting for Britain is an act of martyrdom. The Sunday...

Army expected to dismiss all charges against colonel in war crimes case By CHRISTOPHER LEAKE 9th December 2006 Mousa and son: There is not much evidence to suggest that he was killed by the British The trial of the first British Army commander to face 'war crimes' charges in...

& Soon to hit the streets of France and Germany, a bloody Muslim ceremony. Don't watch if you don't like the sight of blood.

King's rocking horse goes on show The rocking horse is thought to have belonged to King Charles I who died in 1649 A rocking horse which is thought to have belonged to King Charles I has gone on display at a London museum. The 17th Century horse, made from softwood and elm, is...

It's not just the more regular business world in which the British have, unlike their Continental European counterparts, been much against protectionism. Not only are we happy to let foreigners buy our industrial companies but now we are even willing to let them buy our most famous football...

Iraq troops 'home in 2008' Talks ... Blair, left, and Bush will discuss the new Iraq report By ANDREW PORTER Deputy Political Editor December 07, 2006 PRIME Minister Tony Blair was forced to concede in the Commons yesterday that the war in Iraq was not being won. It came as a...

Ties between Britain and Russia have been strained even further after BBC Russia in Moscow is mysteriously taken off air after the Litvinenko murder in London. The Times December 09, 2006 Russian regime is accused of intimidating British interests Richard Beeston, Diplomatic...

Thirty two Year 7 (11 to 13 year old) children at a South Yorkshire Secondary School (High School) had to be taken to hospital after mass hysteria broke out whilst they watched a film on human biology. All 627 children at the school were evacuated from the building. Strangely, reports of mass...

Don't come here if you don't like it, warns Blair 8th December 2006 Tony Blair: Crackdown on funding for religious groups Tony Blair today issued a strong warning to ethnic minorities that if they do not like Britain, they should not come here. The Prime Minister said...

Couple celebrate a bright Christmas By CLAIRE BATES 8th December 2006 It would be fair to say that Bernie and Denise Lumsden from Bristol like to celebrate the festive season...a lot. In the name of Christmas cheer the couple have decorated their house with 40,000 bulbs in a dazzling...

British troops seize suspected terror chef in Iraq 8th December 2006 British soldiers - and a few Danish soldiers (who were kind enough to take part in the War in Iraq) - have seized a terror suspect in Afghanistan. Duke of Lancaster Regiment The Staffordshire Regiment British...

Britain and Germany facing EU treaty clash By David Rennie in Brussels 07/12/2006 Germany yesterday unveiled a master plan for resurrecting the European Union constitution (even though the French and Dutch democratically voted against it), setting the stage for a...

Anglophile French footballer Thierry Henry, who plays for London team Arsenal and has a British wife and daughter, says that the British are more tolerant of race and religion than almost every other country Henry said this week that he will never go to Barcelona and wants to stay at his...

'Horse whisperer' tames unruly animal into posing for Christmas card LUKE SALKELD 6th December 2006 Top: Tom - who was once "deadly" - poses for the Christmas card in Emma's house. Below: Horse whisperer Emma, 24, at work with one of her problem patients Curled up beneath a...

Chaos and confusion as large tornado leaves hundreds homeless as Christmas approaches Britain has more tornadoes per square kilometre than any other country in the world. It is the world's twister capital. Now a tornado has hit London leaving hundreds of people homeless... Twister...

On patrol with Taliban Hunters Direct hit ... British soldiers' Land Rover stands near a Taliban fighter's body Pictures: ANDY BUSH RELATED STORIES RELATED WEBSITES By TOM NEWTON DUNN Defence Editor, in Helmand southern Afghanistan IT was a good day’s work for the Taliban...

Battling the Taliban in the dark Fight night ... Royal Marines use night vision goggles and thermal imaging to battle in darkness From TOM NEWTON DUNN Defence Editor NOVEMBER 13, 2006 THE evil Taliban regime was toppled from power in Afghanistan five years ago — but the fight...