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LONDON (Reuters) - Singing patriotic songs and waving Union Jacks, thousands of Britons flocked to a muddy patch of grass outside parliament on a damp Friday night to toast their moment of history: Britain’s departure from the European Union.

THE government was drawn into a diplomatic row with the United States and Italy last night, after a senior British ambassador described President George Bush as "the best recruiting sergeant for al-Qaeda". Sir Ivor Roberts, the British ambassador in Rome, made the extraordinary comment during a weekend meeting of politicians and journalists. His remarks were designed to be off-the-record but they proved so explosive that Italy's leading newspaper, Corriere della Sera, decided to breach the rule and publish them. Corriere reported Sir Ivor as saying: "George W Bush is the best recruiting sergeant for al-Qaeda. If there is anyone ready...

After lying buried in a grave near Lucknow for 145 years, an Englishman has been 'discovered' to have supernatural powers. Local people are today flocking to the site with hopes of having their most cherished wishes fulfilled. Devotees of Captain F. Wale, a British officer who raised and commanded the First Irregular Sikh Cavalry and was killed at Lucknow Residency during the mutiny of 1857, bring an interesting assortment of goodies as offering - fruits and flowers are being supplemented with liquor, cigarettes and meat. The Cult of the Gora Baba (as the dead Englishman has fondly been re-christened) has...