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Equipping UK’s Armed Forces is a constant battle By Michael Evans, Defence Editor THE British Armed Forces are often described as the most professional and most combat-experienced in the world. But are they the best-paid and the best-equipped? Britain spends more on defence, buys...

Ancient Glastonbury in Somerset is experiencing a problem with Catholics who are performing unwanted religious ceremonies. One Catholic has been fined and two cautioned by the police after performing an "alternative Hallowe'en" festival. The Times November 04, 2006 Bad vibes in...

The Queen may not be able to open Parliament due to her bad back. Contingency plans are being drawn up....... Parliament opening streamlined in wake of Queen's back problems by RICHARD KAY and GEOFFREY LEVY 3rd November 2006 The Queen is now back at work - but cut...

Six more countries want to go nuclear Experts fear the countries will develop a bomb Six Arab states have announced they are embarking on programmes to master atomic technology, sparking fears of a nuclear race. The Times said the move, which followed the West's failure to curb...

Mediterranean rivals Nov 2nd 2006 From The Economist print edition Spain, long one of Europe's also-rans, is about to join the big league; Italy is going in the other direction As Italy, along with France and Germany, has a dying, moribund economy, Spain is booming. Some time in the near...

A tableau of raw human grief yet utterly uplifting By ROBERT HARDMAN 3rd November 2006 Moving: This sculpture - with each human figure almost the same size as a real person - with be on one of the walls of the new memorial. A similar sculpture will adorn the wall opposite which will...

Shot dead then hit by 50k volts Shocking ... model poses with Taser gun, raider 'Teflon Bob', top right inset, and Mr De Menezes, bottom right inset Main picture: REX By ANTHONY FRANCE and MIKE SULLIVAN November 03, 2006 AN armed robber shot dead by one of the cops who...

27% of British teenagers regularly get drunk, compared with just a tiny 5% in Italy and 3% in France. 44% of British teenagers have had a fight in the last year, compared to just 28% of German teenagers. British teenagers are 'worst behaved' in Europe By LAURA ROBERTS Last updated at...

Snap-happy fan causes carnage at Towcester By COLIN MACKENZIE 3rd November 2006 Racing was counting the cost of an horrific pile-up at Towcester last night after a blundering spectator stuck his camera through the wing of a hurdle. He wanted the ultimate racing close-up as the field...

British Army unveils new Trojan tank Mighty Machine: the British Army's new Trojan tank Get out of the way!....The Army's new heavily armoured engineer tank Trojan moving a car at Bovington Military Training Area in Dorset. © PA Army unveils new Trojan tank November 04, 2006 THE...

Stonehenge savaged in American attack ......though Bath gets high marks By Nigel Reynolds, Arts Correspondent Last Updated: 2:57pm GMT 02/11/2006 Stonehenge, Britain’s most iconic heritage site, has been savaged by a leading publication in the American tourist industry...

Taliban rapped in paras' video Wallop ... paras take on the Taliban in scenes from film By JOHN KAY Chief Reporter November 02, 2006 To see the Paras' video and to listen to their song, click here- http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/1,,2006500812,00.html HERO Paras have...

The Daily Mail is proud to be to associated with the Armed Forces Memorial Appeal. Their task is to provide a National Monument of beauty, meaning and substance, to act as a lasting Memorial to the men and women of the United Kingdom Armed Forces who have lost their lives while on duty or as a...

Guy Fawkes dropped for bonfire night 2nd November 2006 A London borough, obsessed with political correctness, has banned Guy Fawkes Night (November 5th) and replaced it with a Bengali folk tale. The evening of November 5th is when effigies of the Catholic terrorist Guy Fawkes are burned...

De Menezes family 'horrified' by new police shooting By STEPHEN WRIGHT, Chief Crime Correspondent 2nd November 2006 Mr de Menezes was shot dead at point-blank range by two officers the day after the July 21 attempted bombings The scene of the shooting outside a building society in Kent...

The TimesNovember 01, 2006 Understand Chelsea versus Sheffield, and you will see the Iraq game plan Daniel Finkelstein, supporter of the War in Iraq Sheffield United VS Chelsea, October 2006 CLEAR THE AREA, then stand well back. I am about to deal with a very serious subject in a...

A medieval abbey has been found in Bermondsey, London under what is now London's largest antique market. It is 900 years old. Medieval abbey found under popular market The Daily Mail 1st November 2006 Uncovered: The church walls are uncovered by archaeologists (top right) and how the...

How British women beat the French on glamour By Sarah Womack, Social Affairs Correspondent Last Updated: 3:22am GMT 01/11/2006 English rose: British women are now seen as more glamorous than their French counterparts French women may be held up as icons of style and...

Britain's spookiest roads The M6 motorway is Britain's longest motorway. It's also the most haunted. It runs from Warwickshire right up to near the English/Scottish border. Some of the ghosts seen on this road include Roman soldiers. Platt Lane in Manchester, the site of a coal mining...

Old Bailey scuffle before race-hate trial 1st November 2006 Fisty cuffs: police and pro-Muslim demonstrators fight outside the Old Bailey A scuffle broke out between police and pro-Muslim demonstrators outside the Old Bailey today as a man was due to go on trial accused of a race...