Britain became island in 24 hours
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Scientist proposes 'Biblical-style flood' A sonar probe of the bed of the English Channel has produced evidence that Britain may have become an island is less than 24 hours, the Daily Telegraph reports.â¦
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LONDON: A total of 20 Britons have been confirmed dead in the tsunami disaster that swept Asian coastlines following a massive undersea earthquake, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday.
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Whitehaven in Cumbria becomes the first area in the UK to officially begin switching from analogue to digital TV.
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A British rescue ship reached a Canadian submarine and its 57 sailors stranded for nearly 24 hours in high seas in the north Atlantic after a fire caused a loss of power.
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LONDON, Aug 12 (IPS) - The British team arrived in Athens some days back   for the Olympics, like so many others. But only with the British  team has  the arrival been related to travelling to the moon.
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A service to mark the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War is held on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic.
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On the Isle of Man, admittedly...
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By SARAH BRUCE  A NEW species of tree has been discovered on an island off Scotland's West Coast.   Naturalists found the Catacol whitebeam in a remote corner in the north of Arran.
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Britain was separated from mainland Europe after a big flood about 200,000 years ago, a sonar study confirms.
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A total of 24 Britons have been confirmed dead in the tidal wave disaster that swept Asian coastlines following a massive undersea earthquake, the Foreign Office said.
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Comment is free: Darra Singh: Britain continues to grow more diverse. So cohesion is everyone's business.
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Britainâs transfer of power entered its final countdown on Sunday when the governing Labor Party anointed Gordon Brown as his successor.
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700,000 years attempting entry Humans failed to colonise Britain seven times before they finally settled, according to the Ancient Human Occupation of Britain Project. The five year scientific effort has re-examined a heap of data from fossils and flint tools.â¦
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Britain has become a significantly more tolerant nation over the last 20 years, research shows
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A tiny windswept British island with just 110 inhabitants might be hard to spot on most maps but its one restaurant it has still beaten hundreds of big city eateries to a coveted Michelin star.
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Text of report by Radio New Zealand International on 17 September  [Newsreader] Residents of the remote Pitcairn Island are a step closer to the outside world with the introduction of a host of modern communications.
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WAYNE BENNETT thought it would take the Kangaroos 70 minutes to put Britain away in their Tri-Nations rugby league Test early yesterday morning (AEDT).