In a shock announcement today the world has learned that huge reserves of oil have been discovered in the south west region of France, near the border with Spain and close to the Basque region.
It has been disclosed today that the prime minister of the UK, Toby Blair, has been honoured with a medal for his bravery as a part-time reservist in the Iraq war. The startling revelation that the medal is none other than the revered Victoria Cross...
In a shock revelation after his release from an interrogation camp today, scientist Mortuary Vanunu claimed that he had been abducted by aliens, who conducted experiments on his brain over a period of 18 years in an attempt to erase his memory. A tec...
A standoff continues today at the Warbucks Building in Najaf Street, New York City. Situated at the centre of the Moral Desert neighbourhood of the holy city, the Warbucks Building is the holiest place in the USA and millions of pilgrims a year come...
The Craggy Island United star player, Father David Feckham, has been secretly "confessionalling away" for years, a recent news leak has revealed. Instead of keeping to his strict confessional list on the windswept Craggy Island parish, the feckless...
London, Englandland - A major terror plot has been foiled, thanks to the combined resources of UK and US intelligence services.
Washington DC, USA - In what appears to be a serious U-turn in the White House Iraqi WMD stance, it appears that the much-publicised mobile "WMD factory trailers" - a part of key evidence used to justify the war - were not what they seemed. General S...
Florida, USA - During a dramatic speech by president G W Bush the strongest evidence documented so far emerged about the existence of the so-called "USEY syndrome". It has been claimed that the condition manifests itself in a series of symp...
Brussels, 1 April 2004 - It's official, folks. GM has finally pulled out of Europe after years of controversy over its products. The final straw for the giant global corporation was reached with the fate of its flagship GM Trabby car. Following y...
Wolverhampton, UK - He's done it again. The 70s glam rocker, Blobby Solder has changed career yet again and this time it's into educational movies. Following his dazzlng career as front man and singer in special needs band, Slade, TV personal...
It's the question on the lips of every avid fan of the FF1 competition - will Baron von Schumacher be top scorer again this year? In his dashing leathers and trade-mark bright red, triple-spoiler speed machine, the aristocratic ace is tipped to win t...
In what has been described as the biggest IT breakthrough since the 1940s and Bletchley Park's "Collossus", hypercomputing has arrived with a splash. High above the north Pacific coastline, the world's first hyperscram computer was booted up earl...
From our Science Consultant, Dr Oliver Postgate - After what had been written off as a complete disaster only weeks ago, the UK's plucky Beagle 2 Mars project received a welcome boost today, when news was released of a dramatic rescue involving six...
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09:00 26 March 2004
In the spirit of Alfred Nobel's foundation and the famous Peace Prize created by the inventor of nitroglycerine e...
From our Middle East Correspondent...