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The Telegraph A Paratrooper who ran to the aid of a wounded American soldier while under heavy fire could be among the first British troops to be awarded a gallantry medal in Afghanistan. Pte Peter McKinley has been praised by his commanders for a "massive display of bravery" after saving the...

England fans attacked by hooligans By Sean O’Neill Hostility off the pitch erupted in violence last night as riot police shielded English supporters after an attempted ambush by drunken German mob. GERMAN riot police charged crowds of football supporters in the centre of Cologne last night at...

Buckingham Palce gardens will be turned into a fantasy land based on the stories from British children's literature, and will involve a hunt where the 2000 children at the party have to search around for the Queen's missing handbag that contains a speech, that she herself will read out once it...

06/21/2006 Mind the clouds, feel the solstice The summer solstice began with a gloomy, grey-streaked sunrise at Stonehenge this morning. Around 17,000 people, fewer than the expected 25,000, gathered to greet the longest day of the year with drinks, chanting and spiritual openness. An...

Mystery man throws his money away... literally! 20th June 2006 Dash for cash: the notes rain down A town-centre scrum erupted when a mystery man hurled what is thought to be thousands of pounds in the air. Passers-by dashed across the street to fill their pockets after he shouted: 'Who...

A FULLY GROWN Scotsman attacked a 7 year old Scottish/New Zealand boy......because he was wearing an England football shirt. Boy, 7, attacked in Scotland for wearing England shirt 21st June 2006 A seven-year-old football fan punched in the head by a racist thug because he was wearing an...

Front garden yields ancient tools Only one other handaxe of this type has been found that is bigger The Britons of 250,000 years ago were a good deal more sophisticated than they are sometimes given credit for, new archaeological evidence suggests. It comes in the form of giant flint...

England play Sweden tonight in the World Cup a team who, mysteriously, England haven't beaten since 1968 when England were the World Champions. Thankfully, though, tonight's game isn't a must-win game. But what of the nation itself? Isn't it a little cold and.....boring? That's what Helena...

Ancient monument aligned to sun Isle of Anglesey, Wales. The sun streams into the chamber through the narrow entrance An archaeologist has discovered that the passage into a burial mound on Anglesey was built to catch the rising sun on the summer solstice. Steve Burrow said he was...

Druids and moon worship in the sacred landscape of Callanish DIANE MACLEAN Isle of Lewis, Scotland, Britain. A member of a druid organisation beats farewell to the sun as she waits for the lunar standstill. IT HAD been unseasonably hot all day and the great standing stones at Callanish...

England's best player Wayne Rooney will start tonight's game against Sweden, and the England coach has said that he will scare the life out of the Swedes. England haven't beaten Sweden since 1968, but this game isn't a must-win game for England as we have already qualified for the next round...

A survey has found something that generations of Brits have always known - that French shop assistants are amongst the most surly, unhelpful and least knowledgeable shop assistants in Europe. The Germans and the British top the poll for efficiency, knowledge and helpfulness. French agree...

England's WAGS - the team's wives and girlfriend - have had a bust-up in a nightclub with a group of German fans who taunted the WAGS that Germany will win the World Cup. The angry WAGS then retaliated in brilliant style - The Sun Wags lose their rags. Fury at German taunts. Three WAGS...

Experts' hope over shipwreck find The wrecks could shed light on 18th Century life Two well-preserved 18th Century shipwrecks, found by a team of Bristol archaeologists in the Caribbean, could shed new light on life in the 1700s. They were discovered in 2005 while the Bristol University...

Owen Hargreaves, England's English/Welsh/Canadian/German midfielder says the current Germans team are nothing compared to England. The two teams could meet in the next round. What a disaster it would be for the Germans if they are knocked out against their bitter rivals in only the Last16 of...

Today, two of the Queen's sons - Prince Edward and Prince Andrew - have been made Knights of the Garter. The Order of the Garter was established in 1348 by Edward III and are chosen by the Queen without advice from Government ministers. This was the first time all four of the Queen's children...

Several places, including Barnsley and Sheffield, have said that they were the birthplace of Robin Hood. But Sheffield may have won the argument. --------------------------- Robin's digs in Sheffield By ALASTAIR TAYLOR THE ancient home of Robin Hood may have been unearthed — in...

123 British men, women and children died in the "Black Hole of Calcutta." The Times June 19, 2006 A forgotten monument to the blackest days of empire From Ashling O'Connor in Calcutta IT STANDS, overgrown with weeds, in a corner of the neglected grounds of St John’s Church in...

First the Germans have a go at Beckham's wife, mother, sister and children, then an Argie player wears boots celebrating cheating Maradona's Hand of God goal against England in 1986, now the Spanish are calling England striker Peter Crouch - who is a huge 6 foot 7 inches tall - a "two metre...

How Cromwell gave us Joan Collins and other luminaries By Charles Moore (Filed: 17/06/2006) Daily Telegraph Oliver Cromwell: leader of the Roundheads against the Cavaliers during the English Civil War, England's leader (Lord Protector) during the decade that England was a republic, and the...