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Former US central bank chief Alan Greenspan has agreed to become an honorary adviser to the UK Treasury. The announcement by Chancellor Gordon Brown came less than seven hours after Mr Greenspan's near 19-year tenure as Federal Reserve chairman ended. Mr Brown said his new adviser would help...

Ski holiday ride 'cures' deaf man Mr Glover explains A former soldier who lost his hearing 15 years ago has suddenly regained it on a ski lift in the Italian Dolomites. Derek Glover, 72, from Bourne, Lincolnshire, was 7,000ft up on holiday with his daughter when he heard a loud pop...

Flock of Houdini birds hits city A flock of ring-necked parakeets has been seen (Picture from RSPB (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Birds) An aggressive parrot, known as the Houdini of the captive bird world, has caused concern after a flock was reported flying over...

Jack the Ripper has been voted the worst Brit of the last 1000 years. However, no-one knows who he was so he may not even have been British at all. By PETE BELL Sun Online JACK the Ripper remains notorious almost 120 years after his reign of terror - and he's just been voted the worst...

Grim milestone as 100th British soldier killed in Iraq By Simon Freeman and agencies British soldiers killed in Iraq (L to R): Lance Corporal Allan Douglas; Sergeant John Jones; Sergeant Chris Hickey; Major Matthew Bacon; Fusilier Donal Anthony Meade (MoD) A British soldier was killed by...

Tyburn was a former village in the county of Middlesex which now forms part of London's City of Westminster. It took its name from the Tyburn or Ty Bourne stream, a tributary of the River Thames which is now completely covered over between its source and its outfall into the Thames at Vauxhall...

Oops! Last week a visitor to a Cambridge museum accidentally smashed three Qing dynasty vases. Careless? Wait till you hear about the fate of the Tosseli Ceramic Locomotive. Report by Laura Barton Tuesday January 31, 2006 The Guardian Accidents, famously, do happen. Alas this adage cannot...

Chasing the money: where to earn the most Mercer's 2005 International Geographic Salary Differential Report (www.mercerhr.com) reveals that the United States has dropped out of the world's 10 highest paying countries. The depreciation of the U.S. dollar is an undoubted factor, but the...

The Times January 30, 2006 Heroin addict, 11, collapses at school By David Lister, Scotland Correspondent Girl who told doctors she 'chased the dragon' had bought drug in £10 bags at a Glasgow (obviously) shopping centre AN 11-YEAR-OLD girl who collapsed in school was being treated in...

So how near is a near-miss? 30th January 2006 Close: Aviation experts say this wasn't a near miss This is the moment horrified on-lookers thought they were about to witness a mid-air collision. An airbus A300 operating for transport firm DHL appears to be perilously close to a Japan...

Blair will quit as PM within 2 years. The Chancellor Gordon Brown will become the next PM/ Blair to quit as PM 'within two years' 30th January 2006 Handover: Tony Blair and Gordon Brown Tony Blair has reached "a new understanding" with Gordon Brown that will see him take over as Prime...

King James VII (of Scotland), James II (of England) Setting the Stage The term Jacobite is the name commonly given to English and Scottish supporters of the exiled Stuart dynasty, in particular the Roman Catholic line of these Kings. The name is derived from Jacobus, the Latin name for King...

British farmers are fighting Brussels in an effort to continue using Imperial measurements - the most popular form of measurements in use in Britain. The Sunday Times January 29, 2006 Pinta and sliced loaf may face EU ban David Cracknell, Political Editor LAWS that threaten the British...

The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Force - London's police force - Sir Ian Blair (who is notorious for being rabidly politically correct) said this week: "Why did the Soham murders dominate the news so much? Was it because it was two white girls who were murdered?" In this article...

London, as it appeared from Bankside, Southwark, During the Great Fire — Derived from a Print of the Period by Visscher The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the City of London from September 2 to September 5, 1666, and resulted more or less in the destruction...

England are already favourites to win Euro2008 after being handed an easy group in the qualifiers. Times Online January 27, 2006 Euro 2008 draw By Times Online and Agencies After a week of intense speculation as to who will succeed Sven-Göran Eriksson as England's head coach, that man...

Treasure from a ship that sank off Gibraltar belongs to the British. If it was retrieved, it would be a big payout for Britain. However, the Spanish are trying to stop the dig saying that part of the treasure belongs to them - but according to international law it's Britain's. The Times...

On 1st February, the Royal Navy's first Type 45 destroyer will be lauched. The Type 45 destroyer will be the world's most advanced warship, and will be larger than the current Type 42 destroyer which it is replacing. The others will be called HMS Dauntless, HMS Diamond, HMS Dragon, HMS...

26 January 2006 ARCTIC MONKEYS' DEBUT TOPS THE BEATLES By Allison Martin ARCTIC Monkeys have beaten The Beatles in a list of the all-time greatest British albums. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not came fifth despite only being released on Monday. Revolver by The Beatles came...

Ireland's president during World War II offered condolences to Nazi Germany's representative in Dublin over the death of Adolf Hitler, newly declassified government records show. Until now, historians had believed that Ireland's prime minister at the time, Eamon de Valera, was the only...