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Theresa May will move to dismiss suggestions from Nicola Sturgeon that Scotland will have a veto over when Britain leaves the EU. The Prime Minister, who is visiting Wales today, told Scotland's First Minister on Friday she would not start the Brexit process until she had agreed a 'UK...

The history of these islands has been littered with famous second – or third, or fourth – royal siblings, who for better or for worse have done much to shape the monarchy that we know today. Here are 10 of the most famous.... Sibling rivalry: Henry VIII, Richard III and other monarchs whose...

Australia has called for a free trade deal with Britain following its exit from the European Union. Theresa May described the move as "very encouraging" and insisted it showed Brexit could work for Britain. In a phone call to the new PM, her Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull said he...

Here are ten policies that the new British Prime MInister, Theresa May, should pursue... Ten steps May can take to shape a better future Simon Heffer 17 July 2016 The Telegraph Under David Cameron the Conservative Party treated its members like an occasionally tiresome...

We cannot leave “Europe” in the proper sense of that word – that is geographically, emotionally, culturally impossible; and we will remain key players in all kinds of intergovernmental cooperation with our European friends and partners. But we can and must respect the people’s will, and...

Here are nine houses which are not only historic but are also haunted, including Smithills Hall in Bolton, my hometown... 9 haunted historic houses...

On Saturday 30th July 1966, England won the World Cup by being West Germany 4-2 after extra time in the final at Wembley. Now, 50 years on, the Daily Mail recounts the Three Lions' heroics in stunning, evocative detail.... Heroes of an England long gone: A gloriously evocative minute-by-minute...

This week, Mr S made his way to Boisdale (a central London restaurant) to watch his Spectator comrade Rod Liddle give the key address at the fifth annual Freedom Dinner. Hosted by Forest, Liddle stayed on-message at the libertarian bash — speaking freely on a range of topics from his...

A stone marking the site of King Harold's death at the Battle of Hastings has been moved to mark the 950th anniversary of his demise - to a spot about 20ft (6m) away. The marker at Battle Abbey had denoted the "official" location of the last Anglo-Saxon monarch's death since the 1980s...

Richard Littlejohn on why Theresa May should pul Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights; airline lavatories; sexual orgies at army barracks; and DNA profiles of dogs used to fine dog owners for not clearing up their dogs' mess.... Now get us out of the human rights racket, too...

There’s no point trying to rationalise what happened. How can you explain the thought process of a man who purposefully runs over children in strollers? Nor is there any simple answer to stop it happening again. Many, like me, will have a sense of helplessness and foreboding this morning...

Nine Iron Age skeletons uncovered during a dig could "completely change our understanding" of how ancient people lived, archaeologists claim. The well-preserved remains were found by Bournemouth University students during a dig at a pre-Roman town near Winterborne Kingston, Dorset...

This is the extraordinary story of the most ubiquitous and familiar Indian street food of the lot. I say street food, but this is actually a drink, and it is no exaggeration to say it was one of the great engines that drove the globalisation of the world economy. It caused wars and...

She may have been a Remain campaigner during the referendum, albeit reluctantly, but Britain's new Prime Minister Theresa May has just given one mighty Brexit "F*ck you!" to the Europeans and, to a lesser extent, the Americans, by appointing lead Leave campaigner Boris Johnson as Foreign...

A dress made from silk maps given to RAF soldiers in WW2 to help them find a route out of enemy territory has been sold for an undisclosed sum. The dress, made from 'escape and evade' maps, is thought to be from 1945-50. WW2 silk escape map dress sold in Harrogate...

An ancient village dubbed "Britain's Pompeii" was just a few months old when it burnt down, it has emerged. Analysis of wood used to build the settlement suggests it was only lived in for a short time before it was destroyed. Despite this, archaeologists said the site gives an "exquisitely...

Nearly everyone in Britain lives within half an hour’s drive of a battlefield. Here are eight of the best to visit... 8 of Britain’s best battlefields From the Isles of Scilly to the Scottish Highlands, Britain is dotted with hundreds of battlefields. Julian Humphrys of the Battlefields Trust...

Brexit, under Mrs May, will be tougher and more uncompromising than an EU departure led by any of the Brexit original team, particularly an instinctive pro-immigration, pro-globalisation figure like Boris Johnson. So those Brexit backers who feel that the vote has been stolen from them should...

The Queen has opened the new base of the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) where her grandson works as a helicopter pilot. Joined by the Duke of Edinburgh she visited the charity's new operating base at the Egerton-Smith Centre at Cambridge Airport. The Queen opens Prince William's air...

Hi-tech scans of the South Downs landscape have revealed industrial-scale farming networks that could force archaeologists to rethink their view of Britain before the Romans arrived. Airborne laser scanning (LiDAR) was used to map archaeological remains obscured by woodland after...