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'Zidane was goaded by racist slur' 10th July 2006 Final duties: The Algerian Zinedine Zidane arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris today to meet French President Jacques Chirac. Like a lot of the "France" team - probably the majority of it - he isn't French. Zinedine Zidane, who...

Brightest light in universe to examine lung cancer cells James Randerson, science correspondent Friday July 7, 2006 The Guardian The Diamond sychrotron in Oxfordshire will produce the brightest light in the known universe to help scientists study lung cancer cells. It is the size of 5...

The Sunday Times July 09, 2006 Nation may lose £3.5m Shakespeare first edition Richard Brooks, Arts Editor A RARE first edition of Shakespeare’s complete plays is expected to sell for more than £3.5m at auction this week but could end up leaving Britain. The compendium of 36 plays is...

TB scare scuppers Queen's ship tour 8th July 2006 Helicopter carrier HMS Ocean is the Royal Navy's biggest warship until the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers are launched The Queen has been forced to cancel a visit to Britain's biggest warship on Friday after two crewmen contracted...

British troops in Afghanistan told not to shave 'to fit in with locals' By CHRISTOPHER LEAKE, The Mail on Sunday 8th July 2006 The Army is abandoning military tradition by allowing beards The British Army has abandoned more than a century of military tradition by allowing its...

British rockers Muse have released their new album - Black Holes and Revelations. The Devon band have just compiled their greatest album to date. In 2001, they were voted "Best British Band" by Kerrang! magazine. Britain's grandest rockers boldy go where no band has gone before So, just...

Blackbeard (c. 1680–November 22, 1718) was the nickname of Edward Teach, alias Edward Thatch (other sources give his name as Edward Drummond), a notorious English pirate who had a short reign of terror in the Caribbean Sea between 1716 and 1718, during a period of time referred to as the Golden...

British pupils happiest, says survey British pupils happiest, says survey British teenagers are less likely to feel lonely or outcast at school than those in other Western countries, according to an OECD survey reported by BBC News Online. The findings come from a massive study of...

A recent study has shown that the English are a lot healthier than Americans and English males have the second-highest life expectancy in Europe. Maybe it's all the tea we drink, and could be why Americans are starting to embrace it for its health benefits...

The Times July 08, 2006 Britain's oldest mother, 62, gives birth to a son By Jonathan Richards BRITAIN’S oldest mother described last night her joy at having given birth to a baby boy at the age of 62. Patricia Rashbrook, who became pregnant after having IVF treatment from a...

English Heritage Knights' Tournament 2006 The tournament featuring jousting knights is becoming very popular in Britain - crowds of 10,000 people turning up to watch some battles, held in famous historic locations. Like football, even replica shirts are on sale and the tournament may one day...

English Heritage Knights' Tournament 2006 The men working days and knights by Robert Hardman, Daily Mail 8th July 2006 Charge of the knight brigade: Robert Hardman gallops towards his opponent The view is awful. If I lift my head at a certain angle, I can just see my opponent...

For the last 20 years, Brit Joe Bennet has lived in New Zealand - the same size as Britain and Italy but with a population of just 3 million. When he came back to Britain and went on a tour of the country to see how it had changed in 20 years, he was amazed by the "sheer crush" of people. Here...

The Times July 08, 2006 Young, gifted, blacklisted - Ronaldo pays price for theatrics From George Caulkin, in Berlin Germany's Polish striker Lukas Podolski wins the Best Young Player Award Ronaldo's antics ruined his chance of getting the award. AFTER a miserable World Cup, there...

The Times July 08, 2006 Duke shocks with Romania quip By David Sanderson The Queen's husband in renowned for saying the wrong things at the wrong time in the wrong place. After verbal indiscretions involving the “slitty-eyed Chinese”, “potbellied Hungarians” and “drunken Scotsmen” one...

As a recent poll showed that the British don't like America's foreign policy too much and that we think that Americans don't care too much about the rest of the world, the people of New Britain, Connecticut say: "We don't care what the British think."...

Fergie gets Lippi By STEVEN HOWARD MARCELLO LIPPI is being lined up to join Alex Ferguson at Manchester United. Italy boss Lippi has told friends he will quit after Sunday’s World Cup final. He is now being linked with a role alongside Old Trafford chief Fergie. And that could see him...

Newcastle go for Beckham By LEE CLAYTON and COLIN YOUNG, Daily Mail 7th July 2006 Newcastle United striker Michael Owen models the team's new 2006/07 away shirt. David Beckham has held talks with Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd about a sensational return to English football. On...

Melvyn Bragg talks about the rise of the "beautiful game" and how it has become the world's greatest team sport. The game was invented in England. The first ever international match was between Scotland and England in 1872 at Hamilton Park in Glasgow. It was a 0-0 draw. Since then, it has...

Herons - Britain is becoming overrun with the large birds. First the fox, so common in Britain that it was once hunted although now it's illegal, started moving into towns and cities rather than just being in the countryside. Now the heron is doing the same thing. According to the Royal...