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Archaeologists in Scotland have unearthed a large stone ball which is thought to have been launched from a powerful medieval catapult during a siege of Edinburgh Castle...

Why us? Why is the UK the first – and only – country to decide to leave the EU? Greenland, Algeria (when it was part of the French empire) and the French Caribbean island of St Barthélemy have all been in the EU and are no more, but the UK is the first full member country to hold a...

Built by Abraham Darby in 1779, the Iron Bridge in the small town of Ironbridge, Shropshire, is the world's oldest iron bridge and a major tourist attraction...

What are the main things that won’t happen? Here are five to be starting with... Coffee House...

There is plenty of fault on the EU side, for leaving the UK with a draft treaty so one-sided that it seems inevitable that Parliament will reject it. Even then the EU refused to compromise at all when Theresa May asked for some wiggle room. Many helped push the EU and Juncker in this...

A fox was found snoozing on top of a microwave after it sneaked into a south-west London home. The animal came in through the cat flap and smashed plant pots before curling up on top of the...

Monty Python star Michael Palin has been knighted and model Twiggy made a dame in a New Year Honours list that also recognises the achievements of England manager Gareth Southgate...

How scientists in the South Orkney Islands in the British Antarctic Territory - a British overseas territory - are spending Christmas... Penguins and elephant seals: Christmas at the end of the world...

Time is running out — and it isn’t on their side. Either Remainers accept Mrs May's dodgy deal by March 29 - highly unlikely - or we’re OUT. As Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom explains, MPs cannot block Brexit...

A woman claims she snapped a ghost haunting a Christmas tree - moments after a glass bauble mysteriously smashed on its own...

Historic Royal Palaces has objected to the building of a new "attention-seeking" skyscraper, claiming it would overshadow the Tower of London and detract from its prominence in the city's skyline...

The Queen will say in her Christmas Day broadcast that the Christian message of "peace on earth and goodwill to all" is "needed as much as ever"...

The best way to avoid Brexit bust-ups is to pretend that Remain folk are right about virtually everything... COFFEE HOUSE...

Remainer MPs try to overthrow democracy - and then wonder why people get angry with them... Of course Anna Soubry is being protested against...

If one thing has become clear among all the mess and murk over Brexit in recent weeks, and even years, it is this: Remainers are obsessed with money... Leavers are the true cosmopolitans...

The millions who voted to leave did not HATE the European Union in 2016. But thanks to Jean-Claude Juncker and the rest of the EU bullies, by God, we do now... TONY PARSONS Are you having doubts about leaving the EU? It’s as bad as Juncker’s breath...

Dozens of well-preserved dinosaur footprints from at least 100 million years ago have been uncovered in East Sussex. At least seven different species were identified by University of...

Here, four top historians entertainingly imagine what Elizabeth I, Mary Tudor, Queen Anne and Queen Matilda might have said in their Christmas speeches…...

So you think you know what happened in the news this year? Think again. The team behind the hugely successful...

Ancient cylinders which have baffled experts for more than a hundred years since they were discovered were used for measuring, archaeologists have claimed. The unique...