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BRITAIN has suffered its first PIRATE attack in nearly 200 years — on the Mersey in Liverpool. A cargo ship was boarded by two Scousers disguised as deck hands. But they left with nothing after crew rumbled the pair and chased them off.

For the last 13 years Jack has been the most popular boys' name in the land. But in multicultural Britain children named after the Muslim prophet Mohammed come a close second.

A HOSPITAL porter has been suspended after a row over a crucifix being covered up in a prayer room. The male porter had allegedly gone to use the room, which is available to visitors and staff of all faiths, at the Royal Manchester Children's Hosp...

LONDON - A man who had been declared dead after a canoeing accident but in fact survived hid in his home for three years before his arrest this week, his wife told British newspapers Saturday. The man faked his death as a way to solve financial pr...

LONDON -- The British government was reeling under a political firestorm Wednesday brought on by revelations that the personal identity and banking details of 25 million Britons had been lost in the government's internal mail system.

A unique alliance of senior politicians and churchmen will tomorrow make a historic stand against an attempt by the Government to "drive the last nail in the coffin of the traditional family". MPs and peers from all parties, backed by both Anglica...

A nine-year-old girl who began an internet blog after being diagnosed with leukaemia has received death threats on her online diary. Messages have been posted on Sophie Foxley's website threatening to set her house on fire and murder her.

A man who had gone into a diabetic coma on a bus in Leeds was shot twice with a Taser gun by police who feared he may have been a security threat. Nicholas Gaubert has described how the incident happened in July 2005, just a week before the fatal ...

Pity, for a moment, the most interesting man in the world, Alistair Darling. Last Friday he had an impossible mission, and I apologise in advance for teasing him about it. The Chancellor of the Exchequer went to Stirling University in his - and mu...

Train passengers face routine airline-style bag checks and body searches as part of a new counter-terror crackdown announced by Gordon Brown. He conjured up visions of ''Fortress Britain" as he unveiled a succession of security measures at airport...