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Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire - Massive explosion rips through oil depot. Huge black cloud darkens the area. Reports of a low-flying plane in the area shortly below the blast are unconfirmed. Evacuations as blasts tear through oil depot 09:14am 11th December 2005 A series of...

Roman Emperor Hadrian knew the truth when he built the wall.... From an English newspaper - The Times September 28, 2005 The Times Hadrian knew the truth by Ross Clark “HAVE A WEE DRAM afore ye go,” runs the traditional old Scottish greeting — or, in the English translation: “I’m...

Blair, thankfully, still refuses to back down to the arrogant and greedy French. Blair warned Jacques Chirac that Britain will scupper a deal on the EU budget unless France agrees to a wholescale review of farm subsidies. And now, even Germany is starting to take Britain's side as Blair looks...

In 2005, Hammasa Kohistani became the first Muslim woman to win the Miss England title. She fled to Britain from her native Afghanistan to escape the Taliban and became a British citizen. Now she wants to win the Miss World competition as her way of saying "thank you" to England for giving her...

Here's the draw for the 2006 football World Cup in Germany - Group A Germany Costa Rica Poland Ecuador Group B England Paraguay Sweden Trinidad and Tobago Group C Argentina Ivory Coast Serbia and Montenegro Netherlands Group D Mexico Angola Portugal...

Chimp shot dead after escape attempt 9th December 2005 A chimpanzee has been shot dead today after it escaped from a zoo. Police issued an urgent warning to the public after the adult female chimp escaped from Flamingo Land zoo, near Malton, North Yorkshire, shortly after 10am. The...

British rock band, Blood Retch, from Wales, apparently caused a suicide - the band's own lead singer... 'Evil' music blamed for suicide Gareth Bonetto, 29, was the singer with Blood Retch The father of a heavy metal rock singer who killed himself has blamed the band's "dark and evil"...

Oliver Cromwell was the leader of England for a few years during the 1650s. The English Civil War of the 1640s was fought between those who supported the Monarchy and those who wanted England to become a Republic. The Republicans, led by Cromwell, won the war. But England was only a Republic...

The discovery of a new mammal in the Asian rainforest was greeted with excitement. But how many other mysterious creatures are lurking in the undergrowth, asks James Meek Wednesday December 7, 2005 The Guardian The mysterious new creature found in Borneo is caught on camera. Photograph...

Red bus revamp for green living Each bus is designed to be environmentally friendly Falling asleep on the bus is about to become easier as a new scheme providing short-term housing aboard double deckers is to be launched. Eight buses have been refitted with kitchens, bathrooms and...

An ingenious plan by the British to try and obtain the release of 4 Western civilians in Iraq - use a captured Islamic terrorist imprisoned in Britain as a pawn to obtain the release of the Brit, the American and the two Canadians. The Times December 08, 2005 Terror suspect pleads from jail...

From TOM NEWTON DUNN, Defence Editor in Iraq AN Iraqi woman wept yesterday as she told Saddam Hussein’s trial how his torturers stripped, electrocuted, beat and abused her. The woman, identified only as Witness A, gave harrowing details of a sex assault when she was only 16 by secret police...

PM denies knowledge of 'CIA torture' David Fickling and agencies Wednesday December 7, 2005 Tony Blair told parliament today he knows nothing about alleged torture going on in CIA detention camps in eastern Europe, speaking during his first prime minister's questions opposite the new Tory...

The Times December 07, 2005 MI6 secrets come in from the cold By Michael Evans, Defence Editor THE secrets of MI6’s archives, where some of the great mysteries of Britain’s intelligence operations are buried, are to be brought into the open. Keith Jeffery, Professor of Modern History...

From The Sun - Why don't you execute us* By TOM NEWTON DUNN in Iraq SADDAM Hussein’s trial descended into chaos yesterday as one of his cronies asked: “Why don’t you just execute us now?” The mad scenes, which included a walkout by the defence team, came as the first witness described life...

5 December 2005 I COULDN'T SAVE WIFE FROM KILLER BEES DEVOTED James Carmichael told yesterday how he was powerless to save his wife from a swarm of killer African bees. The retired Scots engineer wept as he recalled how he lay helpless with a broken leg while wife Mariana was stung to death...

David Cameron was today elected as the new leader of the Tories, beating his opponent David Davis. David Cameron will become the Prime Minister if the Tories win the next election in either 2009 or 2010. Cameron, who is only 39, has only been in politics for 4 years. His previous job was at...

Are the US, Britain, Japan, India gonna be the world's 4 biggest powers for the years to come? The Big Four Alliance The New Bush Strategy By Thomas Donnelly Posted: Friday, December 2, 2005 NATIONAL SECURITY OUTLOOK AEI Online Publication Date: December 2, 2005 December 2005 Over the...

Again, in the EU, Britain is on the side of righteousness and democracy, and France is on the side of the wrong. The EU is notoriously undemocratic. Its laws are made by the Council of Ministers - which is very secretive. In fact, only the laws of CUBA and NORTH KOREA are made in more secrecy...

Voltaire famously said of the Holy Roman Empire that it was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. Perhaps something similar could be said of the EU, which seems less European and less united with every passing year. It is in Book III of "War and Peace" that Tolstoy memorably describes the...