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Young Brits now prefer going to traditional pubs rather than clubs and discos - Drink and drugs Teenage kicks Sep 1st 2005 From The Economist print edition Young Britons are drinking more but popping less TWENTY years ago, it was the football hooligan. Ten to 15 years ago, it was the...

British tabloid "The Sun" is reporting that Daniel Craig is close to being announced as the next Bond. All sorts of crazy stories get printed in British tabloids, so once again, take this one with a grain of salt. Based Upon: (2/20/05) This 21st installment in the Eon/Broccolli series of...

Germans hunt Heim, the last Nazi doctor By Tony Paterson in Berlin Published: 30 August 2005 German prosecutors are stepping up the hunt for a notorious former Nazi concentration camp doctor regarded as one of Second World War's most sadistic criminals after unearthing bank documents that...

The Queen lends a 400 year old salt container, one of the Crown Jewels, to a Devon city. Daily Mail. Queen lends £750,000 jewel to Exeter 13:18pm 30th August 2005 Classy condiments: The Queen's £750,000 salt container The Queen has allowed one of the Crown Jewels on display in the...

Sept. 5, 2005 issue - Twenty-five years ago this week, state-run economies were dealt a mortal blow. A Polish electrician named Lech Walesa negotiated an agreement with a communist government establishing a free and independent labor union in the Soviet bloc. The world has never been the same...

The French are depressed at the prospect of returning to work, and the fact that France's biggest rival and enemy (Britain) is economically vastly better off than France makes it even worse for them. The Times. The French holidays end this week and the French are thoroughly miserable. Here...

Thousands of spectators watched as two schoolgirls set alight a replica of Nelson's flagship HMS Victory to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. See the photos the burning ship here. Pictures © PA ------------------------- A team of 30 volunteers took two years to build...

Will Britain's "grime" scene challenge American rappers at black music awards? August 25, 2005 The Times Life of grime may help British rap clean up at awards By Adam Sherwin, Media Reporter IT IS the abrasive sound chronicling violence and turf wars on Britain’s most deprived...

We all know that in most things, Britain is outperforming France at the moment. But Britain is even starting to outperform France when it comes to WINE. Alcohol consumption in Britain has increased, whilst in France and Germany, whose people are becoming more health-conscious, alcohol...

The so-called Piano Man is actually a homosexual German and CANNOT even play the piano - Mysterious Piano Man 'exposed as fake' 11:01am 22nd August 2005 The mysterious so-called Piano Man has been discharged from the care of an NHS Trust after being exposed as a fake, according to...

British music once dominated the world - from the Beatles in the 1960's to the year 1984 when 20 UK music artists were in the US Top 100. In recent years, however, UK music see,s to have declined slightly, but is British starting to be at its best again? In 2004, UK artists dominated the UK...

Like his father, he's fallen in love. Unlike his father, he's determined not to throw it away. Could Wills' Home Counties girl be a princess sooner than anyone imagined? Here, we put the spotlight on Kate Middleton - and her deeply serious romance with Prince William. Kate has been described as...

BBC gambles on £60m saga for a Roman triumph Massive Anglo-American production returns to the toga territory that was first conquered by I, Claudius Vanessa Thorpe, arts and media correspondent Sunday August 21, 2005 The Observer The August bank holiday weekend could make or break the...

Islamic cleric says Ireland is a 'legitimate target' By Mick McCaffrey 17 August 2005 A notorious British-based Islamic extremist has said Ireland is a "legitimate" target for al-Qa'ida terror attacks. Anjem Choudary, who has close links to the infamous hate preacher, Omar Bakri Mohammed...

I don't know if you get Wallace and Gromit in Canada, but it is a British animation that is usually shown here at Easter, Christmas and New Year. It's about a middle-aged man (Wallace) and his dog (Gromit) who go on hilariously funny adventures in the North of England. The movie version of the...

The Estonians (not big admirers of the French and Germans and prefer to ally themselves with America and Britain) are showing France and Germany how to run an economy. This little country, only the size of Holland and with a population of just 1.5 million, is booming. www.iht.com . . ...

Good news. Britain is getting new designs on its coins, which could be a sign that the Government has decided never to adopt the Euro. From The Times - Picture the future of British money By Alan Hamilton Coins are about to get a makeover and the Royal Mint is offering hard cash for new...

A BRILLIANT idea from Lord Chief Justice Woolf. Send less criminals to jail! By TREVOR KAVANAGH Political Editor BRITAIN’S top judge yesterday called for a sentencing shake-up that would put FEWER criminals in jail. Lord Chief Justice Woolf’s views fly in the face of international evidence...

The best reason yet for Britain to leave the EU. By TIM SPANTON THE EU has declared a crackpot war on busty barmaids — by trying to ban them from wearing low-cut tops. Po-faced penpushers have deemed it a HEALTH HAZARD for bar girls to show too much cleavage. And in a daft directive that...

By TIM SPANTON THE EU has declared a crackpot war on busty barmaids — by trying to ban them from wearing low-cut tops. Po-faced penpushers have deemed it a HEALTH HAZARD for bar girls to show too much cleavage. And in a daft directive that will have drinkers choking on their pints...