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Here are 12 giant leaps for mankind: 12 Giant Leaps for Mankind – from carnivorism to Magna Carta We asked 12 historians to nominate alternative moments in the past that they consider to be great leaps for mankind. Interviews by Rob Attar. Friday 31st December 2010 Submitted by: David...

It would appear to be a case of crying over ruined cheese rather than burnt milk. Archaeologists have discovered a 3,000-year-old pot with the burned remains of cheese still encrusted on the bottom. Discovered in central Jutland, Denmark, it appears the Bronze Age cook took their eye off...

David Cameron stepped down as MP for Witney in Oxfordshire on Monday. Cameron was leader of the Conservative Party from 6 December 2005 to 13 July 2016 and UK Prime Minister from 11 May 2010 to 13 July 2016 and quit as both following the defeat of the Remain campaign, which he led, during the...

During the EU referendum campaign, the Remoaners said that the EU isn't wanting to create its own military and that such a thing is just "Brexiteer scaremongering." Which, of course, means that the EU is wanting to create its own military. The EU will have to do so without its largest military...

Invading Britain, scrapping for territory, chasing out the Vikings – you can be forgiven for thinking that the early history of England is all about blood and guts and the charismatic male. But surprisingly, Anglo-Saxon women played a leading role in the court, in the church and yes, on the...

Between 43 and 410 AD, the Roman army created 2,000 miles (3,200km) of surfaced roads across the UK. Now a snapshot of this part of history has been discovered, in the form of a pristine section of Roman road dating back almost 2,000 years. The road was stumbled upon during building work in...

After King Henry I passed away in 1135 in Normandy, his body was brought to Reading Abbey in Berkshire and buried in its high altar. But the abbey was destroyed in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and it is unknown whether Henry's ruins have been scattered around due to the...

A long-lost Roald Dahl poem penned for pupils at a County Tyrone primary school is on display to mark the author's 100th birthday, which would have been today. The 1988 Primary Five class of Primate Dixon Primary School in Coalisland had just finished Dahl's Danny, the Champion of the World...

Ten major milestones of Queen Victoria's life and reign... Queen Victoria timeline: 10 milestones in the monarch’s life From a determined young princess to a dumpy widow dressed in black, Queen Victoria witnessed immense change over the course of her six decades on the throne. Here, we bring...

The great Mo Farah, fresh from retaining his 5,000m and 10,000m Olympic titles, has just become the first person to win the Great Norrth Run three times in succession. He pulled away in the last mile to win the half marathon from Newcastle to South Shields. There were huge crowds roaring...

A World War II torpedo has been blown up in the sea off the Isle of Wight after it was found by a dredging barge on the seabed in Portsmouth Harbour. The device was discovered by the vessel's underwater cameras in the harbour at about 15:00 BST on Friday. World War II torpedo blown up off...

Here, Dr Emma J Wells from the University of York explores seven of the most curious examples of hidden messages and tongue-in-cheek depictions in medieval churches... How naughty was the past? The hidden depths of the medieval church...

A suspected Bronze Age sword with a gold hilt that may be up to 4,000 years old has been uncovered on the site of a new community football pitch. Diggers moved into the site in Carnoustie, Angus, after a collection of relics were unearthed while workmen began laying foundations for the...

360° views of Hadrian's Wall and the Tower of London... Hadrian's Wall A stretch of Hadrian's Wall at Walton's Crags in Northumberland Credit: Gannet77, istock In this 360 video we take you to the famous English heritage site of Hadrian’s Wall, giving you a glimpse of the Housesteads...

The fiercest rivaly in British, and world, football resumes this weekend when Rangers and Celltic meet in the Scottish Premiership. The Glasgow giants - the two most successful football teams in Scotland - meet in what is called the Old Firm match at Celtic's Parkhead tomorrow. It is the first...

Medals table .............................Gold.....Silver.....Bronze.....Total China......................7...........9..............4............20 Great Britain...........5...........3..............3............11 Uzbekistan.............3...........2...............3...........8 United...

European Council president Donald Tusk told Theresa May "the ball is now in your court" as the pair discussed the next steps on Brexit. Meeting the prime minister at Downing Street, Mr Tusk said the other 27 member states were waiting to see when the UK would formally trigger its...

DNA testing has for the first time confirmed the identity of the bacteria behind London's Great Plague. The plague of 1665-1666 was the last major outbreak of bubonic plague in Britain, killing nearly a quarter of London's population. It's taken a year to confirm initial findings from a...

Hidden within a scrap of woodland on the edge of a Scottish housing estate is one of Europe's most important artworks. Buried to protect it from vandals, a slab of rock etched with Stone Age carvings is perhaps one the UK's most neglected prehistoric sites. Yet now, nearly 50 years since it...

Donald Trump quite sensibly wants a wall built at the US border with Mexico. Now Britain is to build a wall on its border with France. Construction is soon to begin on a "big new wall" in Calais following a surge in the number of migrants trying to get across the Channel, the Government has...