The countryside is in crisis. But for once it isn't the threat of disease to livestock, the purchasing power of the supermarkets or house building plans that is ruining rural England. It is the extinction of that species so integral to a thriving village life - the eligible young woman. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Certainly shaping my life as a current day Anglo-Saxon (Born to English parents in England), and laying the basic history of everyone who ever migrated from England, to the Americas, Australia, and to other places picked by DAVEtheFISH 1 year ago

Dan Seals, brother of Jim Seals of Seals & Croft blessed us with a lot of great music. As England Dan and John Ford Coley he gave us the classic ""I'd Really Love to See You Tonight". He was also extremely successful as a solo country artist. picked by bernardblack 8 months ago

University of Exeter archaeologists have discovered a Roman fort in South East Cornwall, England. Dating back to the first century AD, this is only the third Roman fort ever to have been found in the county. The team believes its location, close to a silver mine, may be significant in shedding light on the history of the Romans in Cornwall. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

This week Natural England officially deemed the ring-necked parakeet a pest. It is a non-native bird which can wreck havoc. Some are stating that calling the non-native bird a pest is akin to making different races eat at separate dining establishments. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

You won't believe the regulations that the UK is imposing on the once world famous pubs of England. Sad. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

Intelligence is taking a hit in England. Wednesday, on two separate incidences highly classified documents were left on trains. The first one involved Al Qaeda and Iraq. The second set left on a different train detailed strategy on tackling terrorist funding, drugs trafficking and money laundering. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

He was riding in Lake Pontchartrain with a companion when they both fell into the strong current water. She made it to a pylon, but he did not survive. Hill spent much of his time since Hurricane Katrina helping rebuild the homes of family members. picked by Moe 3 years ago

A group of ladies in England have knitted their entire village - to scale.
...every inch of this village - Mersham, in Kent - has been lovingly knitted by a small group of very twinkly ladies who started 23 years ago with a couple of cottages and some pigs, and ended up creating more than 60 properties, complete with bins, outdoor loos, gas tanks, cars and even a smart red telephone box. picked by bingo 7 months ago

A local in the bar told him and his friends to stop singing and shot him in the thigh with a pistol when they carried on.

*i love the sports* picked by bornbad 6 months ago

England is competing with Florida more and more. Man at a pub gets pissed off when the cricket game is turned off right before the ending. He lights up in protest. Refuses to put it out, staff presses "panic button" and riot police in full gear show up. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

New details of a buried ancient Roman town in England are being revealed for the first time using the latest technology. The newly uncovered features include street grids, clustered public buildings such as temples and baths, the town’s water supply system and possibly a large theater. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Jeremy <ha ha> Clarkson of <giggle> TopGear published his <chuckle> bank account info to prove that <chortle> the fear over the loss of <snicker> the private data disc in England <guffaw> was overblown. He was proven <tehee> wrong when someone was able to <hee-haw> donate £500 to the British Diabetic Association. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

In England a group of Muslims turned on the radical extremist groups, telling them they were 'sick and tired' of their behavior. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

In another example showing that the US is alone in valuing free speech, a 20-year old man in England has been convicted of racial abuse because he jokingly called some white security guards "honky". picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

No one likes getting a speeding ticket in the post.

But when South Australian police sent one half way around the world to David Smart in northern England, the 65-year-old former surveyor was flabbergasted. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The Local Government Association warned that the worst cases of obesity will be increasingly seen as evidence of "parental neglect," and that social workers will have to step in to offer advice to protect the child's welfare. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

There is a program in England that dictates that if your doctor feels you're too sick to live, you should be left to die. Some are old. Some are MISTAKENLY THOUGHT to have cancer. Some are babies, who are allowed to die "for the good of the child".
"Free" medical care is expensive enough, rationing may or may not be required but it is even more costly. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

This winter a 50-foot-wide strip of Roger Middleditch's sugar-beet field fell into the North Sea, his rich East Anglian lands reduced by a large fraction of their acreage. The adjacent potato field, once 23 acres, is now less than 3 — too small to plant at all, he said. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A series that ran in England back in 1994 staring Penn Jillette and Teller. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago