The blue rectangle, originally adopted from the Union Flag since erstwhile Malaya was a British colony, now means unity of the people of the country. The flag was adopted on May 26, 1950.

This short film explores the countries that make up the United Kingdom and identifies a key human and physical feature of each one. It also shares the flags of the countries that make up the ...

James's central ambition was to make these two very foreign countries into one new state, Great Britain ... the earliest designs for James's new British flag. Each design seems to capture what ...

Nations large and small are represented in the World Flags project, including India, South Africa, Great Britain ... to create characters for all 200 countries competing in the Games He starts ...

In 1963, Canada embarked on a seemingly harmless attempt to create its own flag but the issue revealed a nation hotly divided on what symbol should unite the country. The parliamentary debate on ...

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state consisting of four countries – England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It includes the island of Great ...

But all corners of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ... which makes us acutely aware that the Union flag doesn’t hold universal appeal in all parts of the country. • MINI revolution ...

From Ramore Head, a rocky promontory in the small ­seaside town of Portrush in County Antrim, you can see three countries on a ... this must be one of Britain’s finest coastlines.

The parade of athletes was led into the Maracana by Ibrahim Al-Hussein, the flag bearer ... in Rio, Great Britain’s Sarah Storey and New Zealand’s Sophie Pascoe became the most decorated Paralympians ...

"It's really special for a lot of young people, that they now can play at the pinnacle of sport and represent their country in flag football," former Great Britain player Afia Law, now NFL Flag's ...

Weather conditions triggered red flag warnings Tuesday in the Northeast and firefighters in California continued to battle a ...