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The Human Rights Act will be replaced by a British ‘Bill of Rights’, the Justice Secretary has insisted. Earlier this month, The Times reported that the draft bill had been scrapped. A source told the paper that the justice department wished to avoid a fight with the Scottish government, which...

Nigel Farage will tonight tell Republicans how they can use the lessons from his successful campaign to take Britain out of the European Union to send Donald Trump to the White House. The former leader of the UK Independence Party is due to address 15,000 Republican supporters at a rally for...

A mysterious stone structure that could be among the oldest buildings in Scotland has been unearthed beneath the remains of a Neolithic rubbish dump. Archaeologists discovered the huge stone slabs, some more than 13 feet (4m) long, while excavating a Stone Age midden at Ness of Brodgar...

The scale of the devastating Italian earthquake was laid bare this morning as shocking pictures and terrifying eyewitness accounts revealed how four towns were almost wiped off the map in just a matter of seconds. At least 38 people were killed, including two babies, and 150 people are...

There were cheers and a rendition of the national anthem aboard the British Airways jumbo carrying Team GB and their Olympic medals as it touched down at Heathrow Airport yesterday. They were home; and it is unlikely that any of the athletes or the great gathering of friends, family and...

The ruins of a luxurious Roman 'Beckingham Palace' have been discovered in the Somerset countryside. Experts believes the palatial house would have been home to an ancient VIP in the 5th century who would have been as rich as David Beckham. They say the home would be worth the equivalent...

Britain’s Olympic heroes triumphantly arrived home today to rapturous cheering and applause on a golden-nosed plane - BA2016, named 'victoRIOus' - having watched the film Chariots of Fire following our greatest ever overseas Games. With 77 champagne bottles on board and a stirring...

It was an accidental war. It was fought by gentlemen. Cromwell was the key to victory Here are 10 myths of the seismic 17th-century conflict... 10 great misconceptions of the Civil War...

Seven locks of hair found stuffed in a rusty tobacco tin could belong to the sailors behind the most infamous mutiny in British history, experts believe. The severed pigtails could have been taken from the traitorous crew of the HMS Bounty, who joined with first mate Fletcher...

The world is asking how a country that tore itself apart over Brexit in June could be so gloriously united in August. At £4.1m per medal, Britain, or Team GB to give it its brand name, has found the fast lane from the ignominy of Atlanta (one gold medal) 20 years ago to Olympic...

The first queen of England in her own right, Mary I (reigned 19 July 1553 to 17 November 1558 ) was known as 'Bloody Mary' for her brutal persecution of Protestants. But she is also remembered for her phantom pregnancy of 1555. Perhaps a result of the queen’s overwhelming desire to have a child...

Europe’s Aeolus space laser mission, which is designed to make unprecedented maps of Earth’s winds, has reached a long-awaited key milestone. Engineers at Airbus in the UK have finally managed to bolt together all the elements of the satellite after overcoming major technical challenges...

Dour, sexless, perpetually unamused… Queen Victoria has had a notoriously bad press since her death in 1901. Yet according to A.N. Wilson, the historical adviser to new ITV drama Victoria, this reputation is not only wide of the mark, it was deliberate propaganda masterminded by a Royal Family...

An Ancient Egyptian tool has been found in a wardrobe. The 4,500-year-old wooden maul, or mallet, used by Egyptian craftsmen, had been stored in the wardrobe in Derbyshire to protect it from sunlight. It was originally discovered during World War Two in a cave near Cairo by a relative of...

Viewers were left astonished by the mysterious, emerald-green swimming pool that became a feature of the Rio Olympic Games. But those who think that this is one of the most bizarre scenes in Olympic history will have to think again. Over the 120 years since the first modern Games took place...

Team GB’s performance in Rio is both remarkable and refreshing, a ray of sunshine in the relentless gloom surrounding not just the usual dire outings in international football, but fears over Brexit, home-grown terror, a dysfunctional Labour Party, childhood obesity, housing shortages, a...

Silver 12th Century coins found in a field in Derbyshire have been declared treasure by a coroner. The 10 coins were unearthed by several metal detectorists in 2014 and date from the reigns of King Stephen and King Henry II. Historians believe they were probably originally in a purse dropped...

A forgotten British-era bunker has been discovered under a governor's residence in Mumbai (Bombay) decades after it was sealed off. The 500-ft long underground shelter was used when India was under colonial British rule, and it reopened this month for the first time in decades. Spread...

If you want your child to become Britain's next Olympic hero, then have your baby on 23rd March For that is the day four of Great Britain's most successful ever Olympians were born - Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Mo Farah. They have won a combined total of 20 gold...

The mystique of the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge has long stoked people’s imaginations. Theories as to what the Neolithic monument was used for include everything from a burial site to a place of healing. But a team of Australian researchers believes that the bluestone circle and...