Gladiators 'fought in Cheshire'
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Gladiatorial games were probably held at Britain's largest Roman amphitheatre, archaeologists reveal.
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The northern city of Manchester unexpectedly won the fight to become the site of Britainâs first Las Vegas-style supercasino.
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China&#39;s terracotta army is set to invade Britain on Thursday as some of the famous warriors go on show in London in a hotly-anticipated exhibition.
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In the few days since a drama company in the Midlands canceled the run of a contentious play in the face of violent religious protests, British theater has been grappling with
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Some of the most stylish fuzzy faces from across the globe gathered in Britain on Saturday to do battle over their beards.
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When I compare the current attack of the Olympics with the original Games in ancient Greece, a theme emerges. Back then, athletes were occasionally disemboweled and those who stepped over the line were flogged.
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INTERNET security firm Surfcontrol, which has a UK base in Congleton, Cheshire, said it had received a preliminary approach which may lead to a bid for the company.   However, it stressed there was no certainty an offer would be made.  (c) 2006 Daily Post; Liverpool.
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Tamil rebels and Sri Lankan troops fought fierce battles in the north at the weekend, leaving several combatants dead or wounded, according to conflicting statements from both sides Sunday.
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One of the greatest fights in recent boxing history was eclipsed on Saturday when Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales put on yet another memorable brawl.
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The team examined samples from four animal mummiesâtwo hawks, a cat, and an ibisâdating from 818 BC to 343 BC The mummies are housed in the collection of the Liverpool Museum in Liverpool, England.
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An impressive England win over Walesâ¦.a game they looked in complete controlâ¦..means only one thing for Azerbaijanâ¦.defeat. This England side is beginning to look like a formidable outfit.
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Injuries suffered in Lancashire incident 'not life-threatening'
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The gale that engulfed England&#39;s footballers against Azerbaijan in Baku on Wednesday night would have had ominous significance in the times of Samuel Pepys, when a superstitious populace believed
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The cavernous Wembley Conference Center in northwest London is one of three voter registration sites in Britain, which is home to about a quarter-million Iraqi exiles.
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ATHENS, Greece - Into the heart of the 2004 Olympics and the 1,000-year-old stadium symbolic of it ran a little touch of Jacksonville Sunday.
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By Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent and George Jones, Political Editor. Ministers were accused last night of misleading Parliament over the redeployment of British troops in Iraq to an American-controlled area.
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Scuffles broke out when some 250 opponents of a ban on fox hunting in England and Wales tried to breach police lines outside a Labour Party fund-raising event in Wales.