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King Charles I was executed in 1649, heralding in a unique decade in British history - 1649 to 1660 was the only time in the country's history in which we had no Monarchy. The Execution of Charles I By Professor Ann Hughes Bust of Charles I in Whitehall, London How could a nation...

How Britain became the manufacturing giant of the world and the world's FIRST industrialised and urbanised country..... Britain as Workshop of the World By Christine MacLeod A representation of the Great Exhibition of 1851, held at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London The...

A French football fan was shot dead by a black policeman after a gang of French anti-Semitics attacked a Hapoel Tel Aviv fan after the Israeli team beat Paris in the UEFA Cup ----------------------------------------- Attacked black policeman kills football thug By Peter Allen in Paris...

SAS sergeant shot dead by Iraq rebels 25th November 2006 British troops on patrol in Iraq An SAS sergeant died yesterday after being shot by Iraqi insurgents in Basra. He is thought to be the first member of the elite unit killed in action since Iraq was invaded in March...

French presidential candidate Ségolène Royal has told Britain that it must choose between either Europe or the United States. Personally, I would prefer Britain to choose the United States. Britain has more in common with that country than our "allies" across the Channel....... Ségolène...

English wine A novel kind of fizz Nov 23rd 2006 From The Economist print edition English vineyards are making a surprising comeback English wine: Watch out, Frenchies. The British are coming! The British are coming! WHEN Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in 1536, he put paid to...

Class trip to mosque blocked by parents 22.11.06 Cancelled trip: Children didn't get to see this Croydon (London) mosque Parents have forced a school trip to a mosque to be abandoned because they objected to their children learning about Islam. Atwood Primary in Croydon was...

Explosives inside Stormont Security alert ... Stormont evacuated. Michael Stone is a Loyalist (pro-British) soldier who has carried out attacks against the IRA - once killing three mourners at a funeral for dead IRA members. Before being found with a suspect package inside the Northern...

Russian spy was killed by radiation 24th November 2006 Alexander Litvinenko died yesterday The British goverment have confirmed the former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned by radiation. A large quantity of alpha radiation - probably from a substance called...

A Muslim man, who was fasting during Ramadan, has been jailed for two months for killing a swan. All swans in Great Britain belong to the Monarch. When told of this , Shamshu Miah said "I hate the Queen. I hate this country." So why the hell did he choose to live here...

Hubble telescope's top ten greatest space photographs By MICHAEL HANLON, Daily Mail's Science Editor 23rd November 2006 For a while it looked as if the whole mission would end in embarrassing failure. After it was launched in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope, a $1.5 billion...

Britain's favourite nursery rhymes have been changed and given themes more relevant to 21st-Century Britain..... Nursery rhymes get naughty By MICHAEL DEACON November 23, 2006 BRITAIN'S best-loved nursery rhymes have been given a 21st century facelift – and the new versions are...

CRICKET THE ASHES 2006/07 Australia have got off to a good start in the Ashes, but they should still be wary - they were off to a flier last year, but England went on to win. Sportsmail's Mike Dickson reports from Brisbane as Ricky Ponting wins round one of the Ashes battle By MIKE...

Britain shows that it still makes the best TV in the world after it swept the board at the International Emmy Awards. Now, Americans wish to remake some of Britain's famous comedies and other TV shows. The Times November 22, 2006 US orders remakes of British shows that...

The unacknowledged soldiers injured while serving their country By DAN NEWLING and TOM KELLY 22nd November 2006 Recovering: Sergeant Mick Brennan lost both his legs in Iraq. Battle-scarred but unbowed, these photographs show for the first time just some of the thousands of...

Queen given peace pipe at native American ceremony 22nd November 2006 The Queen received a peace pipe today as she attended the funeral blessing of a native American Indian chieftain in a symbolic righting of a wrong. Mahomet Weyonomon, who died in 1736, was finally given the...

London police links with 'cult' Scientologists: Forging ties with the police Gifts worth thousands of pounds have been lavished on police officers by the controversial Church of Scientology. Invitations to charity dinners, music concerts and a film premiere were all accepted...

Continental European Universities - mainly those in France, Germany and Italy - are pitifully below standard and don't provide the skills and research needed to help the Continent compete with rampant Asia. Not enough is being spent on higher education in these countries. But there is a...

Troops fighting for the world PM ... meeting Our Boys in Helmand From MICHAEL LEA in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan NOVEMBER 21, 2006 BRAVE British troops battling on the Afghan frontline were told by Tony Blair yesterday that they were “fighting for the world”. The PM said the...

'Poisoned by radiation' Shocking ... a deteriorated Alexander Litvinenko, former KGB spy now living in Britain NOVEMBER 21, 2006 A FORMER Russian spy may have been poisoned with radioactive thallium at a London restaurant, a medical expert said. John Henry, a toxicologist...