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A cake showing a life-sized horse dying and covered in barbed wire in a World War One trench has sparked an animal cruelty row before Remembrance Day. The eight-foot structure depicts the injured beast with blood pouring from its limbs while surrounded by poppies - all of which is...

The remarkable story of Admiral Lord Nelson's most precious jewel which vanished from a museum 66 years ago has been revealed in a new book. Nelson was given the stunning seven-inch chelengk by Sultan Selim III of Turkey after the Battle of the Nile in 1798. The hat decoration contained...

A 'lost' painting of Admiral Lord Nelson showing his facial scarring and missing eyebrow is to go on display in London. Part of a series of portraits of the famous admiral painted by Italian artist Leonardo Guzzardi in 1799, the painting was last publicly seen in a newspaper article in...

Prince Charles led services at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday as millions around the country honoured Britain's war dead with a silent tribute. The Prince of Wales laid the head of state's wreath at the Cenotaph for the first time, followed by Princes William, Harry and Andrew as the...

The latest single of Bertrand Cantat, a French pop singer who murdered his girlfriend and who was present in the house where his ex-wife killed herself, is being heavily played on French pop music stations. This would be of little interest to anyone who isn’t following French pop music or...

After finishing his report on the "Pestminster" sexual assault allegations, an angry BBC news reporter went on a rant:

Fossils of the oldest-known ancestors of most living mammals, including human beings, have been unearthed in southern England. Teeth belonging to the extinct shrew-like creatures, which scampered at the feet of dinosaurs, were discovered in cliffs on the Dorset coast. Fossil of 'our earliest...

Today, thousands of bustling bankers pound up and down Queen Victoria Street in the City of London, without realising that London’s greatest Roman temple lies 23ft below them. Some 1,800 years ago, that temple would have been crammed with dozens of sweaty Roman legionaries, slaves and...

A thankful village is a community where everyone who went to fight in World War One came back alive. But what seems like it should have been a cause for celebration was actually a source of embarrassment and shame for many... Thankful villages: The shame of surviving World War One By Duncan...

Happiness and contentment among people in England increased to record levels in the year after the Brexit vote, national well-being rankings showed yesterday. Far from a plunge into worry and fear, there is convincing evidence of rising happiness, satisfaction with life, and feelings that life...

Britain's departure date from the European Union is to be fixed in law to allay fears that Brexit could be hit by government ‘backsliding’. David Davis said last night that he would accept Eurosceptic demands to include the departure date in the EU Withdrawal Bill, which returns to the Commons...

Two classic true ghostly tales from the Stuart era... Spooky Stuart ghost stories Who doesn’t love a good ghost story, and the Stuarts loved them as much as anyone. However, enjoyment can very quickly turn to apprehension when the ghost – far from being a benign nun, a fair Grey Lady or a...

SHAMED movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was burnt at the stake tonight as Britain began celebrating bonfire weekend. Tubby tyrant Kim Jong-un also found himself up in smoke along with motormouth US President Donald Trump as thousands of events lit up the chilly night. The weekend celebrations mark...

Remember, remember the Fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot... Thousands of people have watched the spectacle of a centuries-old tradition involving flaming tar barrels. The event in Ottery St Mary, Devon, involves men, women and children "barrel rollers" running with burning...

It's a sporting battle with a difference. On one side, 20,000 football fans, with a maths geek up front. On the other, officialdom, strong in defence. The tussle at its heart? Whether the football on British road signs should be an accurate depiction of the real thing. Football ground street...

The face of a Scottish woman persecuted for witchcraft more than 300 years ago has been reconstructed by forensic scientists. Lilias Adie died in 1704 in prison before she could be burned for her "confessed" crimes of being a witch and having sex with the devil. Forensic artist reconstructs...

A large Pictish stone decorated with what appears to be a big nosed warrior holding a spear and a club has been found by workmen on the outskirts of Perth. Work on the upgrade to the A85/A9 junction was halted following the discovery with archaeologists called in to examine the stone...

England's north-south divide began with the Vikings more than 1,000 years ago, an archaeological expert has claimed in a new book. Archaeologist Max Adams said the Watford Gap, one of the country's best known service stations that is widely viewed as the dividing point between the north and...

Maybe it's time the British gave the EU a taste of its own fake news medicine... ROD LIDDLE Let’s brief the EU press about how Jean Claude Juncker tried to cop off with Theresa May As EU monkeys continue to leak absolute rubbish to the press about Brexit negotiations to weaken Britain's...

Today Britain’s intelligence services can draw upon anything from video surveillance and wire taps to satellites and drones. But it was very different in the 16th century. In those days candle flames were used to detect communications written in invisible ink made from milk or lemon juice and...