This Britain
Two-day holiday to mark Queen's 60th Jubilee
May Day bank holiday will be moved to 4 June and there will be an extra bank holiday on 5 June, Lord Mandelson announced.
Inside This Britain
Bookies slash odds on coldest-ever January
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Freezing weather looks set to grip Britain for at least another week, forecasters said yesterday as road and rail networks struggled to function.
Revealed: Enid Blyton and the Hitler appeasers' dinner
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Her husband stormed out in disgust – but it seems the creator of Noddy and the Famous Five was happy to remain.
How to survive life-changing events in 2010: By the people they happened to in 2009
Sunday, 3 January 2010
WHAT TO DO IF... YOUR HOME IS FLOODED
Call this a real winter?
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Predictions are dire, but David Randall reckons this winter will have to get a whole lot worse to trouble the bad weather records of yesteryear.
What to do if...your home is flooded
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Donna Clark, 38, lives in Cockermouth. Her house was devastated by the floods that hit Cumbria in November, which caused a total of more than £100m worth of damage to more than 1,000 homes
Minor British Institutions: Winsor & Newton
Saturday, 2 January 2010
You may not have realised, but those squidgy tubes of paint that artists use are a British invention. The collapsible, screw-cap tube mechanism seems an obvious way to store paint nowadays, but, when it was patented in 1842 by the Winsor & Newton company it was something of a revelation, a small contribution to the golden era of British inventiveness.
The beach hut goes upmarket – in Whitley Bay
Friday, 1 January 2010
The traditional British refuge from the rain gets the luxury resort treatment
New stamps to show album covers
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
A dogs' home, the Girl Guides and album covers will all be featured on new stamps being released in 2010.
The bells are ringing – but for how long?
Sunday, 27 December 2009
A Slice of Britain: An essential part of the soundtrack of Britain, church bellringing relies on a dwindling number of skilled ringers who dash from tower to tower.
2009: The Good, the Bad and the Bonkers
Sunday, 27 December 2009
We all know the Booker, Turner, and Orange Prizes, and the Oscars, Grammys, and Perriers. But not every award handed out in the course of the year is as high-profile. Some – perhaps more socially useful – gongs do not get the coverage they deserve. Time to put that right. Here, then, are The Other Awards of the year
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11 Israeli army officers fear arrest in UK
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5Iceland ditches bank compensation deal
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