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The new owners of a derelict 206-year-old pub say they hope to reopen it as "Britain's highest whisky distillery". The Cat and Fiddle Inn, which opened in 1813 and is 1,689ft (515m) above sea...

As Britain frees herself, it's much different for other Member States. Very disturbing... Translation "[Germany's] Federal Council wants to better protect the EU symbols such as the flag and the anthem from slurs. In a bill passed on Friday, the State Chamber proposes a new offence, which...

It will be remembered as the year the Brexit deadlock was finally broken. But amid all the chaos and conniving, 2019 had its comic moments in the corridors of power. Sunday Political Editor...

Historic England has revealed the most important archaeological discoveries of the decade as the 2010s draw to a close. The list included the grave of Richard III, Britain's oldest...

After Britain leaves the EU on January 31, we will see Brexit slip across that indefinable but crucial dividing line between current affairs and history...

The cattle class Prime Minister: 'Low profile' Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds save the taxpayer tens of thousands by flying economy on £1,300 British Airways tickets to their Caribbean New Year break...

So Blair, like many Remainers, had vested interests in stopping Brexit... Tony Blair 'was bidding for contracts with the EU for his 'institute for global change' as he campaigned against Brexit'...

Singer Olivia Newton-John has been made a dame in a New Year Honours list that recognises four members of England's 2019 Cricket World Cup winning squad...

Britain is leaving the EU at 11pm on Friday 31st January 2020, but that doesn't mean Britain hates Europe. Britain is, after all, IN Europe. It's just the EU it doesn't like...

Getting Brexit done should only be the start of the changes made by a Government that at last has the chance to be radical and ambitious... MARK WALLACE Civil servants had their own way for years… but not under Boris Johnson...

Britain outside of the EU would not be immune to serious troubles within the EU. Indeed, anything as big as the collapse of the Eurozone would be an economic shock of global proportions. Nevertheless, a UK in full control of its borders and trade policy would be in a better position to...

A New England on the Black Sea was created more than 500 years before its American successor, naming towns after their homeland like the Pilgrim Fathers...

Before Wembley got its world famous football stadium, a Victorian railway magnate had even grander plans to turn the borough's marshy fields into London's answer to the Eiffel Tower... Watkin's Wembley...

Ireland's premier Leo Varadkar has said he will not dismiss the idea of building a bridge between Northern Ireland and Scotland, but insisted the UK must pay for it. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the...

BRITAIN’s economy has defied forecasts predicting it would be overtaken by France as a new report reveals we have cemented sixth place in the world... OOH LA LA Britain’s economy defies forecast that...

What follows is a list of the stuff I’d like the Government to do. Some of them, as you will see, are very specific to me and might not find accord nationally...

In 2019, we witnessed an epic battle between the law and politics. Pro-Remain campaigner Gina Miller, tax lawyer Jolyon Maugham and others became famous for launching cases that sought to slow down or halt the Brexit process. They succeeded for a while, but only until the voters made their...

"Breathtaking" Roman and Anglo-Saxon artefacts have been discovered in burial sites near the edge of an airport. Pots, jugs and jewellery were found in Baginton, next to Lunt Roman Fort and Coventry Airport in Warwickshire. Archaeologists believe two of the graves contained a "high status"...

Colourful crowds welcomed the winter solstice at Stonehenge this morning as the sun rose for the shortest day in the year. Hundreds of people gathered at the prehistoric monument in...

The new House of Commons Speaker has said that Big Ben can ring out for Brexit, marking a change in direction to his predecessor John Bercow...