Local housewives were left flustered last night thanks to schoolboys and their enthusiasm for Halloween larks.
Answering the door to suspected trick-or-treaters the women were, in stead, surprised to be regaled with romantic poetry.
"It all sta...
Fans of thinking man's totty boffin Alice Roberts are furious at what they describe as a scheduling "fiasco" with tonight's prime-time viewing.
Prof Roberts's latest programme Prehistoric Autopsy screens at 9pm on BBC2 - clashing directly with pop...
South African cricket captain Graeme Smith is said to be "devastated" following the news that Andrew Strauss is to retire from professional cricket.
Strauss was expected to announce his resignation today after a winter and summer during which his...
Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez, Juan Mata... a team line-up to die for?
Well it seems fans of stricken Portsmouth, will soon be on life support as some of the greatest names in the game sign up to help the club out of its difficulti...
A local playground is the centre of Great Britain's hopes for gymnastic gold in 2016 and beyond.
While groups of yummy mummies and alpha mums look on with pride, toddlers and youngsters barely out of nappies are learning the ropes on the apparatus...
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is wrong when he says we should not hang bankers in anger over the current financial mess, says a leading academic.
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph today, Mr Blair defends the free market and liberal econo...
Some of Britain's top pop and rock stars are at the centre of a row over heirarchy following publication of a letter about music piracy in a national newspaper.
The letter to the Daily Telegraph is signed by pop mogul Simon Cowell, Roger Daltrey a...
Dorking Police's amateur hobbyists were celebrating yesterday after sweeping the board at the town's Annual Festival.
The force's enthusiasts picked up the top gongs in contests for painting, photography, acting, gardening... you name it: if there...
Adam Clayton, bass player with Irish megastar rock band U2, is said to be "upset and in hiding" following a court case in which his personal assistant was jailed for seven years.
Carol Hawkins was jailed by Judge Patrick McCartan at Dublin's Circu...
The future of pre-clearance US emigration facilities at Shannon Airport, Ireland, is causing concern.
UK Irish community newspaper The Irish World reports this week: "It comes amid reports that the US Department of Homeland Security is set to redu...
Never mind the bollocks - it's Question Time!
BBC chiefs are bracing themselves for they don't quite know what tonight as political debate show Question Time features former Sex Pistol John Lydon as a panellist.
Lydon - or Johnny Rotten, as he...
A nationwide fashion chain is planning to market a T-shirt bearing a print of a Nazi map of Europe in 1943.
TossPot came up with the idea following the success of a shirt whose design is a reproduction of an antique map depicting the transatlantic...
Cern scientists revealing results from the Large Hadron Collider have claimed the discovery of a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson.
Boffins have been searching for 45 years for the particle which they believe will explain how matter at...
A top football expert has branded Spain's progression to the final of Euro 2012 'hilarious'.
EIF News & Features sports editor, Thelonious Adidas, was watching the Portugal v Spain semi-final on TV at his home in West Wittering because we refu...
Top broadcast journalist Robert Peston has ambitious career plans for when the current world-wide financial crisis ends.
The BBC's business editor is planning to take Hollywood by storm and star in a series of adventure blockbusters portraying the...
History boffins are calling for the rehabilitation of a legendary pervert who research suggests wasn't such a bad guy after all.
Peeping Tom has been the nickname for pervert voyeurs ever since the middle ages when, according to legend, he looked...
Scottish ministers fear the savage retribution of their leader after their annual summer tour of the country during which they will hold meetings on Skye, and in Renfrew and Orkney.
This will be the fifth consecutive year that the Cabinet has emba...
As the world watched Belfast today in anticipation of an historical handshake, details emerged of unsavoury scenes during preparations for the event.
During Her Majesty's Jubilee visit to Northern Ireland she was expected to shake hands with Deput...