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Fans watching a Shakespeare play at the Globe Theatre, a thatched reconstruction of an Elizabethan open-air theatre on the south bank of the Thames, have been fainting in shock at the harrowing scenes in one of Shakespeare's bloodiest plays. Lots of the audience at the Globe stand up whilst...

A few months ago I posted some photos here of the British countryside sent in to the Daily Mail by its readers. Here are some more photos, of Britain in the springtime, that have been taken by Daily Mail readers , in its Spring Photo competition. Here is the winning photo - The Mail has had...

Rubber highway to beat congestion By Jonathan Fildes Science and technology reporter, BBC News Artist's impression of the Holdfast Rubber Highway A congestion-beating project has been launched that could lead to some of the UK's 9,000 miles (14,500km in silly measurements) of...

Prince William, the President of the English Football Association, has met the England team to wish them luck for the World Cup. Striker Peter Crouch, who is 7 foot 6 inches tall, also gave the prince a good laugh by performing his body-popping dance. Crouch performed the silly dance to...

Hamster survives giant shredder Mike the hamster with new owner Liam Bull A hamster has survived almost unscathed after spending several minutes passing through an industrial shredder. The rodent is thought to have got into a skip of rubbish that was taken to Recyclo recycling plant in...

Oasis' Definitely Maybe has been voted the Greatest Album of All Time, beating Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. 17 of the Top 20 Greatest Albums of All Time are by British acts, and were voted for by fans worldwide. The Times June 02, 2006 Definitely the greatest album (maybe) By...

The Times June 02, 2006 Banned by half-baked bureaucracy By Simon de Bruxelles A home-made birthday cake for a 96-year-old man has fallen foul of health and safety police HE WAS born before the discovery of antibiotics and survived the Depression and two world wars, yet staff at a...

(Remember that's it's 10am in Britain now, just in case you are confused over the time) Times Online June 02, 2006 Police at the scene in Forest Gate this morning. Road surrounding the incident have been sealed off Man shot in early morning London anti-terror raid By Philippe...

BBC to take on Google and AOL 20:49pm 31st May 2006 The BBC has outlined the scale of its global ambitions after the director-general said its aim was to rival internet giants Google and AOL. Mark Thompson said the BBC was the only European brand with the clout to take on the American...

US 'falling behind' in stem cell research Liz Ford Thursday June 1, 2006 Britain: world-beater in stem cell research. A lack of state support for stem cell research in the US has resulted in the country falling behind other nations in this area of science, a group of American politicians...

FRENCH Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has launched a desperate bid to stem France’s brain drain, which has seen hundreds of thousands of its brightest citizens leave for the UK. De Villepin has announced 40 modest measures designed to make it easier for French expatriates to return, as...

The English Champions have signed Ukrainian Andriy Shevchenko from AC Milan for £30million. This comes just a few weeks after they also sign Michael Ballack - and manager Jose Mourinho has said that he now intends to sign Roberto Carlos. --------------------------------------- Blues net...

Scottish tennis "star" Andy Murray, has said that he will wear a Paraguay shirt on June 10th. He's also said that he will support all of England's opponents in the World Cup. (The Scots love to support England's opponents during the World Cup if Scotland don't qualify - which is nearly every...

Haunting caught on photograph May 28 2006 By The Sunday Sun This scary shadow may not look like much to the untrained eye, but ghost hunters believe it could prove that spooks exist. And it was taken right here in the North of England. The apparent apparition was snapped during a...

In the US and Canada, being married for 78 days is a long time. But this couple have been married for 78 years....... The secret of our 78-year marriage? Argue every day 31st May 2006 A couple who celebrated their 78th wedding anniversary yesterday have been named as Britain's...

The Times May 31, 2006 Trapped in a tunnel on night train to nowhere By Will Pavia Almost 150 Tube passengers were left to sweat for two hours IT WAS hot, it was dark and it was not where they had planned to end their Bank Holiday weekend. Yesterday Transport for London began an...

Britain's shocking knife culture. On May 18th, Kiyan Prince, a promising footballer for Queens Park Rangers, was stabbed to death outside his school. Policewoman Nisha Patel-Nasri was also killed when she was stabbed outside her home. These led to a nationwide knife amnesty. But, since then...

Sail of the 18th century By JEROME STARKEY HMS Resolution sank off the coast of Southern England in the 1703 hurricane that is the strongest storm ever recorded in England claiming 8000 lives STUNNED divers have stumbled across the wreck of a warship that sank 300 years ago. Naval...

Mayor targeted as youths fight police near Paris 2 hours, 51 minutes ago al-Reuters Tuesday May 30, 2006 Youths clashed with police in a Paris suburb overnight and attacked the home of the local mayor in disturbances one police union said were the worst since a wave of urban riots shook...

Hard cheese for rollers Tuesday, May 30, 2006 3000 spectators watch as the contestants tumble down a hill as they chase a cheese. This traditional adrenaline-fuelled race relies on stamina – and plenty of cheese. Daredevil athletes slipped, somersaulted and tumbled down a 200m hill...