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Top scientist gives up on creationists James Randerson, science correspondent Tuesday May 30, 2006 The Guardian A leading British scientist said yesterday that he had given up trying to persuade creationists that Darwin's theory is correct after repeatedly being misrepresented and, he said...

The Times May 30, 2006 If only Britain had thought of something like Magna Carta . . . By Alan Hamilton The Magna Carta. THE Americans have Independence Day, the French have Bastille Day and every year on November 28 the Albanians commemorate liberation from the Ottoman Empire in 1912...

Why the US, with its protection of its ports from P&O, the notoriously protectionist France, which even protected a yogurt company, the rest of Europe and maybe Canada, should take note..... Why Britain welcomes foreign takeovers Even London's 300-year-old stock exchange is up for sale, but...

The Celtic nations of the UK - Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland - and the North of England are so dependent on public money that it is causing a "sovietisation" of many parts of the country. They now have even more bloated welfare states than France. The Celtic nations and parts of...

Two more British soldiers have died in Iraq. It brings the total number of deaths of British military personnel so far to 113. ----------------------------------------------- Times Online May 29, 2006 Two British troops killed by roadside bomb in Basra By Times Online and agencies Two...

A majority of Brits believe in psychic powers, and more than 40% report reading others' thoughts or having theirs read. In the most haunted country in the world, a fifth (20%) of Brits said they have actually seen a ghost - a huge number - and 29% believe in life after death. Britons report...

England Rugby union World Champions England slaughtered the Barbarians (a World XV side) today. It will give them confidence going into their games against Australia in Sydney and Melbourne. Barbarians fall at Twickenham Sunday May 28 2006 England record a morale-boosting win England 46 -...

The Sunday Times May 28, 2006 Follow the Cup from home The World Cup finals kick off on June 9. Derek Clements selects star sites for passionate pundits and football newbies Come on, England! You may not be going to the World Cup in Germany next month, but you can still enjoy the...

The Sunday Times May 28, 2006 British troops in 5-day chase of Taliban Tim Albone, Lashkar Gah Tough soldiers. IN the wild, unforgiving terrain of southern Afghanistan, over which people have fought for centuries, the latest players on the battlefield are crack British troops in light...

England win the Soccer Aid Cup, beating Rest of the World 2-1 in the Final. But it wasn't the proper England and Rest of the World teams. They both consisted of ex-players and also celebrities. The tournament was in aid of UNICEF children's charity. A huge crowd of 72,000 watched the game at...

March of the World Cup Nazis By DAVID JONES, Daily Mail 27th May 2006 Racial hatred, brutal beatings and murders. Hitler's Reich? No, modern Germany just 12 weeks before the World Cup. No wonder black Britons are being told their lives are at risk... With its cobbled streets, ornamental...

Europe: Contrasting Reactions to the Militant Threat Police outside a house in the Whalley Range area of Manchester during an anti-terror raid. On that day, 9 suspects were arrested. But are the French doing enough? In the early morning hours of May 24, the Police's Anti-Terrorist Unit...

Second Test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pietersen's audacious century takes breath away David Hopps at Edgbaston Saturday May 27, 2006 The Guardian England VS Sri Lanka 2nd Test, at Edgbaston, Birmingham Latest score 1st Innings Sri...

Charles to import kiln for his eco-friendly village by REBECCA ENGLISH, Daily Mail 27th May 2006 Poundbury, Dorset - Prince Charles's eco-friendly village. Fascinated: Prince Charles wants to import this kiln to make bricks and tiles for his eco-friendly village He's long been a...

A new craze sweeping Britain allows mother of newborn babies to keep fit. They use their babies as weights and their prams as exercising aids. Get ready to see it in Canada and the US. May 23, 2006 — By Kate Kelland Powerpramming on Clapham Common, London. About to do a spot of...

Europe's future A venture at a standstill May 25th 2006 From The Economist print edition Twelve months after the French and Dutch said no, the European Union has yet to rediscover its purpose AS CHOU EN-LAI observed of the 1789 revolution in France, the full impact of events in that...

Girls 'ordered out' at gunpoint The incident happened at a house in Galliagh Three teenage girls have been ordered to leave Londonderry by a gang of masked and armed men who broke into a house in the city on Thursday night. Six men armed with a handgun and a baseball bat entered the...

The Sun 500,000 hoodies in gangs By MICHAEL LEA Political Correspondent Gangs of "hoodies" roam the streets. HALF a million youths are members of gangs involved in drug-taking and binge drinking, shock Government findings revealed yesterday. Some roam in mobs of up to 50 bent on...

The Times May 26, 2006 How two philosophers and a farmer cracked an age-old conundrum By Alan Hamilton It was the egg that came first, not the chicken, according to a study of the poultry pecking order IT IS the ultimate conundrum of the poultry world, debated by generations of...

Britain gave the world railways. And our trains have been the butt of jokes in recent years as they have been notorious for being older, more old-fashioned, slower and much dirtier than traines on the European Continent. But now Britain has surpassed France in terms of the quality of the...