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People injured in cable car crash Two gondolas collided on the mountain range Up to eight people have been injured after a collision between two cable cars at the Nevis Range near Fort William in north west Scotland. The RAF said between five and eight people had been hurt. A child is...

The new FIFA World Rankings have been released. The USA, who were ranked 5th, have fallen all the way down to 16th whereas England, who were 10th, have moved up and taken that vacant 5th spot. The World Rankings are based on results over the last 4 years. New World Champions Italy move from...

Is it fair that British citizens wanted by the US can be extradited to Yankeeland but American citizens wanted by Britain can't be extradited to Britain? Anyway, a banker who was a witness in the US fraud case against the so-called NatWest Three has been found dead in a park in east London...

The Times July 13, 2006 'Illegal' funeral pyre burnt in secret By Andrew Norfolk The first open-air cremation to be carried out in Britain since 1934 A MAN’S body was reduced to ashes in a farmer’s field yesterday, after a small group of mourners witnessed the lighting of Britain’s...

BBC 'put troops at risk' By GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON Political Editor The BBC puts Our Boys at risk. FURIOUS ministers last night suggested BBC chiefs had put the lives of British soldiers at risk in Afghanistan. Defence Secretary Des(erter) Browne blasted “careless” talk which...

Orange lodge arson attack By SUN ONLINE REPORTER REPUBLICAN arsonists have been blamed after a hall used by the Protestant Orange order in Northern Ireland was destroyed by fire. Orange order members say the 130 year-old hall, at Lavin, Co Antrim, will have to be totally rebuilt...

Britain's population could grow by 10 million or so within just 50 years due to immigration. ------------------------------------- Population 'could hit 70m unless we get a grip on immigration' 12th July 2006 Britain's population is 60 million, twice that of Canada. Britain's population...

High-Struttin', Head-Buttin' France By Nidra Poller : BIO| 11 Jul 2006 What do they have in common, the bald noggin of Zizou d'Aguemoune and the white mane of Galouzeau de Villepin? What is the connection between the vainglorious 2003 UN oration of then Foreign Minister Dominique de...

Wake up to the old reality By Daniel Ben-Simon Those poor French; they were counting so heavily on winning the World Cup final and letting it carry them beyond the grim reality that envelops them. How fervently they wished for it to make them forget - if only briefly - the malaise affecting...

The UK film industry is booming - Australia would love our success Audiences just love British films - and there's more of them in cinemas than ever, says John Woodward Tuesday July 11, 2006 The Guardian Britain spends more money on making movies than every country except the US. Guy...

Dark Sun Sizzling Credit: TRACE Project, Stanford-Lockheed Institute for Space Research, NASA Explanation: Is this our Sun? Yes. Even on a normal day, our Sun is a sizzling ball of seething hot gas. Unpredictably, regions of strong and tangled magnetic fields arise, causing sunspots and...

Art brings steam power to the digital revolution Charlotte Higgins, arts correspondent Tuesday July 11, 2006 The Guardian Alan Gibbs works on Jeremy Deller's Steam-Powered Internet Machine. This is his artwork. Photograph: Roger Bamber In a field near Sandwich in Kent, Alan Gibbs, a...

Nelson reappears after first facelift for 20 years 11th July 2006 A ballerina strikes a pose beneath the new-look Nelson The completion of restoration work on Nelson's Column was marked today by four dancers going through their paces atop the granite column 151 feet above London's...

Britain is the world's crop circle capital. Now, even the world's first 3D crop circle has appeared - World's first 3D crop circle found in English field 10th July 2006 The crop circle is 360-feet in diameter and was discovered on a wheat field in Oxfordshire. It resembles...

Britain The Times July 11, 2006 Hindus say it's time to ditch the Asian tag By Ruth Gledhill , Religion Correspondent They feel neglected and marginalised and yearn to be understood as a community HINDUS living in Britain do not want to be described as “Asian”, according to a...

The kingdoms that occupied these isles before the present kingdoms - England and Scotland - and the Principality of Wales occupied them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Kingdoms of what is now modern Wales came about by several means after Roman...

Check out Forefather....... Members Name: Wulfstan Instruments: Guitar, Bass, Voice Current Playlist: Cannibal Corpse "Kill", Bal-Sagoth "The Chthonic Chronicles" 1349 "Hellfire", Primal Fear "Seven Seals" Name: Athelstan Instruments: Guitar, Bass, Keyboard Current Playlist: Obtest...

Bid to wipe Penny Lane off the map 9th July 2006 Penny Lane in Liverpool was made world famous by a Beatles song. Penny Lane - the street made famous by the Beatles' song - faced being wiped from the map because of its associations with the slave trade. Councillors in Liverpool are...

Simon Rothsein describes his day at the T in The Park music festival at Kinross, Scotland. All the fun of the Park By SIMON ROTHSTEIN Sun Online JUDGING by the amount of beer sold at T In The Park - reportedly 816 pints a minute - it's definitely a case of if you remember it you were...

The Primarktic Monkeys "I said I bet that you look good.....at the snooker table" WITH all that chart success, you’d think ARCTIC MONKEYS frontman ALEX TURNER would be shopping in Harrods. But I can reveal the humble singer is snubbing designer stores — and instead splashing out in his...