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At the beginning of the 3rd century civil war raged in Britain as the Roman emperor Septimius Severus sought to quell unrest in the north. But unknown to the fighting cohorts and Caledonian tribes, high above their heads two stars were coming together in a huge cataclysmic explosion. Now 1800...

The funeral of a man shot dead by police on a motorway slip road has been held. Yassar Yaqub, 28, from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, was shot in a car stopped near Junction 24 of the M62 in Huddersfield as part of an operation on Monday. An inquest into his death was also opened and adjourned...

Exactly 1000 years ago - on 6th January 1017 - Canute the Great was crowned King of England... On this day: Canute the Great – Viking king of England, Denmark and Norway – is crowned in London 2 Comments Canute the Great Dominic Selwood 6 January 2017 The...

There are many questions surrounding the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge but might sound help in the search for answers? The lost sounds of Stonehenge By David Sillito Media and Arts Correspondent BBC News 6 January 2017...

What made England’s most controversial king tick? Was he vain, voluble, a spendthrift? And did he love his wife? Chris Skidmore, who’s been investigating Richard’s secret life for a forthcoming book, reveals all... Inside the mind of Richard III...

The Queen was almost shot by one of her own guards while she took a late-night stroll through palace grounds, it has been reported. The guard is said to have shouted into the darkness when he spotted a figure walking around Buckingham Palace at 3am, believing it might be an intruder...

A BBC comedy sketch called 'The Real Housewives of ISIS' has sparked a furious backlash after being branded 'tasteless' and 'insensitive' by viewers. The sketch show, a satire of an American series about wealthy housewives in New York and Beverly Hills, depicts Muslim women taking...

Larry the cat has been spotted on Downing Street in a new collar. Having been snapped for the first time since Christmas, it appears the new decoration could be a Christmas present. Many online have joked that it could mean the political puss supports Brexit, or that it could have been a gift...

Queen Victoria’s reign witnessed a massive expansion of the British Empire. Saul David explains how such huge growth was accompanied by a constant series of wars of conquest... Victoria the warrior queen...

Britain's booming food and drink industry is defying Brexit doom-mongers and challenging national stereotypes around the world by selling cheese to France, chocolate to Switzerland and even wine to Italy, official figures reveal. Britain's spirits are drank in nearly every corner of the...

Britain's population is set to overtake that of France within 13 years because of the impact of high immigration, EU estimates have said. Numbers of people living here will top French levels in 2030 and will keep rising to make Britain the most populous country in Europe by 2050, they...

A museum's famous 112-year-old dinosaur is set to leave London for a national tour. Dippy the diplodocus, a 70ft long (21.3m) plaster-cast sauropod replica made up of 292 bones, is set to leave the Natural History Museum in Kensington later this year. A six-person team will start a...

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of North Yorkshire. The tremor was detected about 100 miles (150km) east of Scarborough in the North Sea at 18:52 GMT on Tuesday. A British Geological Survey (BGS) spokesman said people may have experienced a "minor tremor", but the quake...

The Armed Forces have marked their first year in nearly five decades without a soldier, sailor or airman being killed on operations. Ministry of Defence figures show that 2016 was the first year without the death of a serviceman on operations since 1968. The end of Britain’s fighting in...

The UK's ambassador to the EU, Sir Ivan Rogers, has resigned. Sir Ivan, appointed to the job by David Cameron in 2013, had been expected to play a key role in Brexit talks expected to start within months. Brexiteers have welcomed the resignation of the Remainer, with former Ukip leader Nigel...

Hundreds of killer Japanese Samurai may have been secret Christians who expressed their faith with codes hidden in their sword hilts, researchers have found. The deadly warriors were banned from following religions after feudal Japan introduced strict anti-Christian measures in the 16th...

He is the Eurosceptic gift that just keeps on giving. Indeed, he is possibly the greatest weapon at the Brexiteers' disposal — more so even than Nigel Farage or Boris Johnson, or those bonkers EU regulations on the correct shape of bananas. But for how much longer? Because time is now...

A history fan who spent his £32,000 life savings buying a field because he believed there were secrets hidden below the soil has been proved right after unearthing a lost medieval city in Monmouthshire. Stuart Wilson bought the 4.6 acre plot of land in South Wales more than a decade...

Archaeologists have challenged a long-held claim that a picturesque tree-lined avenue near Fort William was a ceremonial route to a clan stronghold. The avenue running through woodland near Fort William is known as Banquo's Walk. Banquo is a semi-historical figure who famously appears as a...

Hollywood producers are in talks about making a film documenting Nigel Farage and the Brexit campaign. The film could be based on the diary of Arron Banks, the main financial backer for Leave.EU which campaigned to take Britain out of the European Union. Sales of the diary, titled 'The Bad...