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The Times March 06, 2006 Nessie the elephant? By David Lister Palaeontologist 'solves' the riddle of Loch Ness SHE has been described as everything from a wave on the surface of Britain’s most famous loch to an overweight eel or a misdirected sturgeon; but after years of conflicting...

Quiet, please! by CHRISTOPHER LEAKE, Mail on Sunday 5th March 2006 Too big a bang: A Royal Artillery gun crew The Royal Artillery is being forced to test 'quieter' cannon rounds in case its 21-gun salutes breach EU noise regulations. Soldiers from the unit are investigating a variety...

Campus storm over 'racist' don Leeds University refuses to sack a lecturer accused of a slur against black people, citing his right to free speech Anushka Asthana and Jessica Salter Sunday March 5, 2006 The Observer Students and lecturers are calling for a Leeds University don to be...

A chicken (obviously): Don't eat a French one. Sunset for France's famous chickens Wall of preventive measures erected against bird flu jeopardizes future of a cultural icon SUSAN SACHS Special to The Globe and Mail BOURG-EN-BRESSE, FRANCE -- The darling of gourmet chefs, cosseted every...

The Nazi bid to poison Shetland IAN MATHER (imather@scotlandonsunday.com) FOR at least two years, Britons nervously watched the seas and skies of the English Channel for a Nazi invasion fleet that never came. But remarkable, newly-released British secret service documents reveal that...

Celebration marks Spitfire debut 5th March 2006 A celebrated test pilot will take to the skies in a Spitfire as the country celebrates the first flight of the world famous aircraft 70 years ago. Alex Henshaw, 93, was the chief test pilot for the Spitfire throughout most of the war, based at...

Shop owner vows to keep selling golliwogs 5th March 2006 A shop owner has pledged to continue selling toy golliwogs after three of them were seized by police investigating a complaint, it emerged today. The dolls were removed from a window display at A&E Pettifer's store in the market town...

Australian U-turn on the national anthem By Nick Squires in Sydney (Filed: 04/03/2006) Australia: Changed its mind and decided to show some politeness. God Save the Queen will be performed at the opening ceremony of this month's Commonwealth Games (the Commonwealth's equivalent of the...

LONDON (AFP) - Tony Blair triggered strong reactions from parents of soldiers killed in Iraq and the political opposition, after the British prime minister evoked God in his decision to go to war. Details emerged Friday of Blair's interview on an ITV1 television talk show where he said God and...

The London Underground map, the Spitfire, the Concorde and the World Wide Web have been voted amongst the Top 25 best British designs and inventions. The Top 3 have been chosen. Top three 'iconic' designs named The map is based on an electrical circuit The London Underground map, the...

Miners free after sub-zero ordeal Eighteen miners have been rescued after being trapped in sub-zero temperatures in a pit cage in South Yorkshire. The men were trapped for two hours on Friday morning when the cage at Maltby Colliery suddenly stopped as it descended a shaft. All were...

I bet not many people new that Jacques Chirac, France's (Al Francia's) president has a Muslim grandchild - Al Francia. Imagine that you are a cosseted member of the French elite. One child is doing the khâgne, aiming for rue d’Ulm. Another is now a politechnicien. You are very...

The Times March 03, 2006 There are forceful arguments against the Iraq war, but a coffin is not one Notebook by Mick Hume Burning British soldier dives from his armoured vehicle after having petrol bombs thrown at him. GRIEF-STRICKEN families of British soldiers killed on active...

Beam comes loose in Holyrood chamber IAN SWANSON SCOTTISH POLITICAL EDITOR What a laughing stock: the expensive Scottish Parliament building was recently voted "Britain's Ugliest Building." URGENT safety checks were being carried out on the roof of the Scottish Parliament today after one...

By JOHN COLES HALF a million starlings are making life a misery for townsfolk — by dropping 14 TONS of poop on them every day. The migrating flock is 100 times larger than normal and has caused mayhem after settling on rooftops. Just like in Alfred Hitchcock’s film The Birds, the sky turns...

Pub ghoul is bum pincher A RANDY ghost is getting cheeky with women at a pub — by pinching them on the bottom. Staff have reported a series of incidents with the groping ghoul at the 115-year-old inn. He approaches women working in the kitchen at the Cornish Arms in St Blazey...

Once the best in the world, British music has spent the last ten years or so in the doldrums with an annoying churn out of manufactured pop. But British music is starting to get back to its best again - with rock band Arctic Monkeys at number 1 in the US indie album charts (the fastest-selling...

The Times March 02, 2006 Horror fantasy of killer 'obsessed by Freddy Krueger' By Steve Bird A SCHIZOPHRENIC who murdered four people to fulfil his ambition of becoming a serial killer was obsessed with horror films and wanted to be Freddy Krueger, a jury was told yesterday. Daniel...

Online amateurs crack Nazi codes By Adam Blenford BBC News The Enigma machine vexed Allied codebreakers for years Three German ciphers unsolved since World War II are finally being cracked, helped by thousands of home computers. The codes resisted the best efforts of the celebrated...

The place not to be seen in. A new restaurant where diners eat in pitch black darkness has opened in London. Customers at Dans Le Noir have no idea what they are eating, reports the Daily Telegraph. The idea, based on a successful restaurant in Paris, is that not being able to see what you're...