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Nine of britain's best castles, including medieval fortresses and clifftop ruins... 9 of Britain’s best castles From medieval fortresses to dramatic clifftop ruins, Britain boasts countless awe-inspiring castles. Here we round up nine of the best and explore their fascinating histories... By...

An amateur treasure hunter has stumbled across a hoard of Bronze Age items that could be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds in a Norfolk field. David Lovett, a 64-year-old from Smallburgh, unearthed the precious haul of ancient goods when walking through the field in Barton Turf, Norfolk...

A new record has been set at a national competition for stone skimmers in the Lake District. The 10th annual All England Open Stone Skimming Championships took place at Fell Foot Park on Lake Windermere. Record set at 10th stone skimming event on Windermere BBC News 19th August 2018 Alex...

A gold ring that was lost in a vegetable garden 12 years ago has been found on a carrot dug up for dinner. Lin Keitch, 69, from Monkton Heathfield near Taunton, Somerset, noticed it while washing her home-grown vegetables. Somerset lost gold ring found on carrot dug up for dinner 17...

Laying a wreath on the graves of the terrorists who committed the Munich Olympics attacks shows just how contemptible Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn - who, in the past, has shown his support for other terrorist organisations - is... DOMINICK SANDBROOK: Contemptible Jeremy Corbyn hasn't even got...

Excavation work has started in a bid to find out what is left of a castle where Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned. A series of trial trenches will be dug in previously uninvestigated areas where Sheffield Castle once stood. The dig, said to be the first comprehensive survey of the...

Sir Patrick Stewart quits Labour Party after "awkward" encounter with Corbyn Sir Patrick Stewart, one of Labour’s most high-profile members, has abandoned the party he has supported for 73 years after saying he no longer knows “what it stands for”. The Star Trek actor, who attended his...

The UK's new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, is to set sail to the US where fighter jets will land on its flight deck for the first time. The Royal Navy's £3.1bn future flagship is expected to leave Portsmouth Naval Base at about 18:00 BST. During the 65,000-tonne carrier's trip it...

Nigel Farage has said he is going "back on the road" to campaign against the prime minister's Brexit plan. Writing for The Daily Telegraph, the UKIP MEP said Theresa May's Chequers agreement was a "sell-out" because it included regulatory alignment with the European Union. He added he...

A small piece of a flag that is said to have been used to prop up Admiral Lord Nelson's head as he lay dying at the Battle of Trafalgar has emerged for sale. The great British seaman was rushed below decks on HMS Victory after a French sniper shot him in the chest with a musket ball during the...

A well-preserved Roman road and hundreds of fragments of Roman pottery have been unearthed in County Durham. About 60 archaeologists and volunteers spent six weeks excavating the largely undisturbed northern end of Binchester Roman Fort, near Bishop Auckland. Binchester Roman Fort excavation...

An amazing 40,000 year old horse has been found perfectly preserved in a Siberian crater nicknamed the “Mouth of Hell”. The three month old dark brown foal dating from the Palaeolithic era is described as “unique in the world”. The animal had been preserved in permafrost since the Ice Age...

Tiny wooden robots have been found on a beach, sparking a social media appeal to track down their creator. The 6in high figures have been left at Portobello Beach, on the outskirts of Edinburgh, over recent weekends... Mystery over tiny robots left on beach By Angie Brown...

Legendary guitarist Brian May is heading to the Edinburgh International Book Festival to launch an illustrated biography on the Victorian Scottish photographer, George Washington Wilson. Wilson, who became the Queen's official photographer in Scotland, is best known for his photographs...

The uproar from our MPs over Boris Johnson's burka comments - three and a half years after they declared "Je Suis Charlie" - highlights the ridiculousness of our modern political class... Coffee House What happened to Je Suis Charlie, Prime Minister? Gavin Mortimer...

Hundreds of baseball-like sea creatures have washed up on a Cornish beach. The small heart-shaped orbs were sea potatoes, a sea urchin that lives buried in sandy and muddy sea beds all around UK coasts... Hundreds of sea potatoes cover Penzance beach 11 August 2018...

A factory worker thought he'd found a Coke can ring-pull while out metal detecting only to discover it was a rare piece of Elizabethan jewellery worth £10,000. Ben Bishop was searching a farmer's field when he came across the stunning item, a gold signet ring dating back to between 1550...

A rare Chinese tree in Cardiff has flowered for the first time since it was planted more than 100 years ago. The creamy-white flowers on Roath Park's Emmenopterys henryi are thought to be the result of a cold winter followed by heatwave conditions. Roath Park's rare Chinese tree flowers in...

IT was the mega-shark three times the size of a great white, with each of its 270 teeth as big as a hand. Now, 2.5million years after its extinction, the mighty megalodon is being brought back to life on film. The Meg, starring Brit action man Jason Statham, has been described as “Jaws on...

Australians have emailed MPs with dozens of requests for free portraits of the Queen, after the little-known entitlement was publicised this week. Under official rules, citizens may ask for "nationhood" material - things such as Australian flags, anthem recordings, and portraits of the...