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Monty Python-like British musical has been a success in America - As Spamalot goes on sale, silliness erupts · Monty Python musical heads home after US glory · Queue for tickets quietens fears about UK reception Charlotte Higgins, arts correspondent Wednesday February 22, 2006 The...

Brosnan Feels for New 007 Star Pierce Brosnan has every sympathy for new Bond Daniel Craig after his first 007 stunt went wrong. Craig had his teeth knocked out during a fight scene for the movie Casino Royale. Brosnan said he knew just how dangerous playing the superspy can be. "I...

A city made out of biscuits has arrived at a Selfridges store in London - (The inhabitants of Biscuit Town look up in horror as a giant human descends upon their city.) It was a lot for shoppers at Selfridges to digest: a city made entirely out of biscuits. © PA ------------------ Chinese...

London is the most diverse city in the world, with hundreds of different languages spoken by Londoners. White Hart Lane Secondary School (equivalent to High School in the US) in Tottenham, North London (near Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane soccer stadium) has 59 languages spoken by its...

Yobs' filthy curse on ewe POLICE are hunting a gang of thugs who sprayed obscenities on four sheep. Yobs lured the animals with food before daubing foot-high four-letter words on their sides. Owner Josie Kirby, 55, said they were “severely distressed” when she found them huddled...

A man shot his landlord in the head with a crossbow, hit him several times with a hammer, blasted him with an air rifle, attacked him with a knife and then sat down and watched TV, Crossbow slaying horror A man allegedly blasted his landlord in the head with a crossbow before calmly...

Strange happenings near radar dome RICHARD BATSON 20 February 2006 08:30 The giant grey "golf ball" cuts a sinister shape on the seaside skyline as it goes about its silent duty of helping protect the nation. But strange things, that could be part of an X-Files episode, are happening in the...

Bird flu is almost upon Britain, so the raven master of the Tower of London has kept the Tower's ravens indoors. According to legend, if all of the ravens leave, the Tower will collapse and Britain will fall - Tower's ravens are kept indoors The raven master said they do not like to...

The City of London, the 1 mile x 1 mile centre of London, is to instal internet access for 350,000 workers. The "Square Mile" is the world's biggest financial centre. Wireless network to cover City Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent Tuesday February 21, 2006 The Guardian The City of...

Neolithic site wins reprieve from diggers Conservationists in Yorkshire today won their fight to save the prehistoric site of Thornborough Henges from a gravel extraction scheme, writes Martin Wainwright Tuesday February 21, 2006 Thornborough Henges. Photograph: English Heritage It...

The British have been voted the most boring people in the world. However, in the same survey, Britain was found to be the world's FAVOURITE nation. Canada was voted the world's third favourite nation. Britons Rated 'Most Boring' People Pity about the people: Britain is a great place to...

Robert Walpole - Britain's first Prime Minister. He was PM from 1721 to 1742. The War of Jenkins' Ear was a conflict between Great Britain and Spain that lasted from 1739 to 1748. After 1742 it merged into the larger War of the Austrian Succession. Under the 1729 Treaty of Seville, the...

Who killed Bambi? SCENE OF CARNAGE: Archie with the grim remains he discovered. HILLWALKER Archie Warren fears a killer cat is on the loose in Inverkip. He claims the big black cat has already pounced on a baby deer, ripped it apart and devoured all but its head. Its next victim could...

Whispering game By Brendan O'Neill The paediatrician confused with a paedophile has become a cautionary tale against hysteria over sex offenders. But the details have become confused, even down to whether it was a male or female doctor. What really happened? Whenever the debate about...

Who gig in Leeds again Harewood House - THE Who are to play their first gig in Leeds since a concert there turned the group into rock legends 36 years ago. The 1970 album Live At Leeds is rated among the best-ever live records. Now surviving members Roger Daltrey, 61, and Pete...

Bird flu has reached Italy, Austria and Germany. It has now reached Britain's nearest neighbour on the Continent - France. With 180 million poultry fowl, Britain has Europe's 2nd-largest poultry farming industry after France, and we need to do all we can to make sure bird flu has little impact...

Historian admits Holocaust denial charge 20th February 2006 Right-wing British historian David Irving pleaded guilty to criminal charges of denying the Holocaust and conceded he erred in contending there were no Nazi gas chambers at Auschwitz as his trial opened in Vienna. Irving, 67, told...

Britain's Andy Murray, ranked only 60th in the world, beats America's Andy Roddick. Magnificent Murray knocks out Roddick 19th February 2006 Andy Murray: Biggest win of his career Britain's Andy Murray pulled off the biggest win of his young career when beating top seed Andy Roddick in...

Predators 'drove human evolution' By Paul Rincon BBC News science reporter, St Louis "Good, Lord! We appear to be dinner, Old Chap. Still, never mind, Old Boy. Fancy a quick spot of tiffin before we die?" The alternative view that man was the one hunted, was suggested The popular...

If the Spanish and the Americans want the treasure, then they'll have to fight us for it...... Three-way fight for world's biggest sunken treasure By Jonathan Thompson Published: 19 February 2006 HMS Sussex sank in 1694. Three nations are fighting over the world's greatest hoard of...