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A Christmas card sent from Ruthin to Bylchau in Wales arrived 3 months late - as the postal staff confused Bylchau with Beijing.... From Ruthin to Bylchau via Beijing... the card that missed Xmas Mar 27 2006 Staff Reporter, Western Mail A CHRISTMAS card has just been received by a...

Lobster liberation claims probed Police are investigating animal rights links to the lobster attack Police are investigating claims a lobster pot attack near Stranraer, Scotland, was carried out by an animal rights group. Graffiti painted in the incident at Port Logan attributed the...

The Times March 30, 2006 Is the next driver of the Tardis set to be a woman? By Simon de Bruxelles Sigourney Weaver tops the BBC's list as a perfect Doctor Who, reports our correspondent HE HAS crossed time and space as an old man in a frock coat, a scarf-wearing eccentric with a shock...

Who says the Irish aren't stoopid? A Ryanair (Irish) airliner flying from Liverpool to the City of Derry in Northern Ireland ended up landing at a British Army airfield by mistake - Times March 30, 2006 The pilot of Ryanair flight 9884 from Liverpool to City of Derry faces an inquiry...

OECD data paint gloomy picture for protesting French youth Whether in terms of the labour market, education or quality of life, a broad range of data published by the OECD paints a gloomy picture for the prospects facing French youth as they demonstrate en masse against the government's new...

Noah's Ark plan from top Moon man By Pallab Ghosh BBC Science Correspondent, at the BA festival EU's first lunar probe is due to orbit the Moon in November The European Space Agency's chief scientist has said there should be a "Noah's Ark" on the Moon, in case life on Earth is wiped...

Fifteen policemen respond to handbag snatch By CHRIS BROOKE, Daily Mail 29th March 2006 Operation handbag: A dozen police officers arrive at the scene of the crime by foot, bicycle, car and van Police hurried to the scene from all directions. Soon the suspect was surrounded by more...

by Gawain Towler Posted Mar 28, 2006 The goings on in Paris over the last few weeks are a satire, wrapped in a parody, enveloping a lampoon, served on a dish of burlesque tartar. I used to write satire for a living, but I would not have dared to write this current fiasco. Imagine all that you...

The Times March 29, 2006 Sweethearts reunited, 62 years after Normandy By Michael Horsnell THEY had not set eyes on each other since 1944, when Marie-Henriette Steffens bravely sheltered him from the Germans after his tank broke down. But for more than 61 years after kissing her...

The Times March 29, 2006 Warning: may contain irony By Will Pavia An early day motion written by Roger McGough to celebrate Liverpool fell foul of parliamentary rules PARLIAMENTARY officials have stopped an early day motion that was feared to contain irony. The motion, tabled...

Britain's changing wildlife What have the short-haired bumblebee and the red-backed shrike got in common? They are now officially extinct in Britain. Unlike the golden twin-spot moth, a native of North Africa, which quite happily breeds here now. Whether due to global warming, changing farm...

As usual, Americans thing they are above the law.... US gets in a jam with London mayor over road toll By Christopher Adams in London Published: March 27 2006 21:48 | Last updated: March 27 2006 21:48 London’s mayor on Monday accused the US ambassador to the UK of behaving “like a chiselling...

Times Online March 28, 2006 Pickets at school gates in Burleigh Community College, Loughborough (Darren Staples/Reuters) Traffic chaos, schools closed as million strike over pensions By Philippe Naughton Schools were closed in Scotland, the North of England, Wales and Northern...

Kiss me, Barlow by TOM BRYANT, Daily Mail 28th March 2006 They are both national institutions. One helped Britannia rule the waves. The other helped Coronation Street rule the airwaves. And each had a liking for the ladies. So, in death, the legends of Horatio Nelson and Mike Baldwin...

FRENCH POLYNESIA: Temaru Launches Open Challenge To France Monday: March 27, 2006 French Polynesia’s President Oscar Temaru has publicly challenged France and its minister for overseas territories to enter into a public debate on the move towards independence. Speaking during the closing...

In 1993, Britain was shocked when 2 year old James Bulger was murdered by two ten year olds - Robert Thompson and Jon Venables. They were locked up but released 5 years ago with completely new identities so that no-one will recognise them. But it has been revealed that Thompson, now 23, is gay...

Times Online March 27, 2006 Pardon possible for WW1 soldier shot as "coward" By Sam Knight and agencies Private Harry Farr in 1916 (PA) The Ministry of Defence says it will look again at granting a reprieve to a soldier shot during the First World War for cowardice, the High...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blair: anti-Americanism is madness Matthew Tempest and agencies Monday March 27, 2006 Tony Blair today described anti-Americanism across Europe as "madness", although admitted the US could be a "difficult...

France ranks near the BOTTOM of Europe's IQ league - The Times March 27, 2006 Germans are brainiest (but at least we're smarter than the French) By Helen Nugent BRITAIN and France have experienced long periods of conflict and rivalry but now victory in one area can be claimed...

The Times March 27, 2006 Britain's FBI casts its net from opium farmer to street dealer By Sean O’Neill and Frances Gibb POLICE with wide-ranging powers of search, seizure, arrest and interrogation — described as Britain’s FBI — go into action a week today against international...