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The Scotsman Spectacular shower of meteors sparked fear of air crash MURDO MACLEAN COASTGUARDS were inundated with frantic phone calls at the weekend after a bright fireball was seen plunging from the sky over the Hebrides, prompting fears of a plane crash. Seven shore rescue teams were...

The cowardly French have pledged only a measly 200 troops to Lebanon. Because of that, the RAF has decided to help out with some PROPER power. But no British troops will be going to Lebanon because, unlike France, we have thousands getting their hands dirty in Iraq and Afghanistan...... 20...

It is the first weekend of the new Barclays Premiership season, the most exciting and entertaining football league in Europe. And there was not a boring 0-0 draw in sight. Rooney and winker Ronaldo seem to have put aside their differences. Rooney scored twice and Ronaldo once in Manchester...

A contest was launched in February in response to widespread Muslim outrage at the publication of Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed in European newspapers. Iran cartoon show mocks Holocaust Tehran exhibition attacks West's 'double standards' over religious satire Robert Tait...

The fourth and final Test match between England and Pakistan has been abandoned after Pakistan were accused of ball tampering. England were given 5 penalty runs because of the cheating. After play resumed after tea, Pakistan refused to come back onto the field and stayed in their dressing room...

With doublespeaking France, honor gets lost in translation August 20, 2006 By Jules Crittenden Boston Herald City Editor France has its huge Muslim population, the largest in Western Europe, to satisfy. French is the traditional language of diplomacy. Diplomacy is the art of saying one...

Occultists slaughter sheep on Prince Charles's estate By NICK CONSTABLE 19th August 2006 Butchered: A mobile phone photo of the dead sheep. Below, PC David Pickles Sheep have been mutilated and slaughtered in what appears to be bizarre occult rituals on land owned by Prince...

Thriving Iraqi city where invasion has worked By BARBARA JONES 19th August 2006 Thriving Iraqi city where invasion has worked Prosperty, democracy, security ... and even chilled lager. The Mail on Sunday discovers a corner of this benighted country where the invasion HAS worked With...

Passengers refuse to fly until Asians are removed Passengers refuse to allow holiday jet to take off until two Asian men are thrown off plane By CHRISTOPHER LEAKE and ANDREW CHAPMAN 20th August 2006 'Suspicions': Jo and Heath Schofield with daughter Isabel. Below: Passengers...

Britain is the most beautiful country in the world and each English town and village has more beautiful, historical sights than the whole of North America. Why go abroad on holiday? Why fly abroad on holiday when Britain offers so much? by Max Hastings 19th August 2006 We are on...

The Time Team believe that, ironically, a Roundhead garrison good be found within the grounds of Buckingham Palace. --------------------------------------------------- Time Team to seek buried treasure at Buckingham Palace By Caroline Davies (Filed: 19/08/2006) The Queen's 80th birthday...

Britain has more tornadoes per square mile than any other country. And now today's weather: a mudslide and tornado by TOM KELLY 18th August 2006 The mudslide in the village of Gulval, near Penzance, Cornwall (top) and the tornado (below) which was spotted forty minutes later. A...

The Times August 19, 2006 Quake aid 'is linked to terror suspects' By Dominic Kennedy, Chiade O’Shea and Hannah Devlin THE Pakistan earthquake appeal has emerged as a potential link between some of the terror suspects arrested over the alleged plot to destroy transatlantic aircraft...

The Times of London said France suffered from "a loss of nerves" after it decided to send just a poxy 200 soldiers to Southern Lebanon. Even Italian newspapers (remember, Italy sent troops to Iraq alongside the US and Britain) have been poking fun at the French...

Chinese treasure trove buried for over a thousand years 17th August 2006 They've laid buried for over a thousand years, their mystery concealed by the compact soil of China’s ancient hinterland. This team of six horses once pulled the two-wheeled Emperor’s cart through the streets of...

Member of the St John Ambulance and groups of trauma councillors are being sent to rock festivals in Gloucestershire and Staffordshire because gloomy rockers Radiohead and Morrissey are performing........ The Times August 18, 2006 Outlook is gloomy as rockers sing the blues at 'mopefest'...

Despite the British Army fighting dangerous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it seems not to have deterred brave British men and women from joining up. A survey also shows that 80% of the British people think that the British Army is the best in the world..... Army recruitment on the increase...

Europe resolves to shore up defences. BBC News The Continental Euroweenies have been impressed by Britain's strong stance against terrorism. An emergency meeting of European Union ministers, held in London in response to the alleged plot to blow up planes taking off from British airports...

When it comes to handing out prison sentences, Britain is much harsher than any other European country. The UK has the European Union's biggest prison population, and has more people serving life sentences than the rest of Europe COMBINED. England and Wales have a prison capacity of 79,600...

At least the British people get it Spectator Great Britain In his book The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki writes that ‘under the right circumstances, groups are remarkably intelligent, and are often smarter than the smartest people in them’. Our poll today shows that the response of the...