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BBC Monitoring was set up on the eve of World War Two. Its main aim was to listen to, translate and inform the British Government about radio broadcasts from Germany and its allies, as well as from other countries... Death of Hitler: How the world found out from the BBC...

A 4,000-year-old intact clay urn containing a human cremation has been discovered in a Cornish field in a find described as 'nothing short of a miracle'. The set of burnt human remains was discovered near Looe in south east Cornwall and would have been part of a mysterious Bronze Age...

The National Portrait Gallery, off Trafalgar Square, is Britain's home for pictures of our greatest heroes, right? Wrong - if you're Alice Procter, who leads her Uncomfortable Art Tours around London's museums. ... What a funny old age we live in! A Left-wing art historian is running...

Tommy Charlton, the younger brother of 1966 World Cup winners Jack and Bobby has, like his brothers, helped England to lift a trophy - in the first ever over-60s walking football tournament. England beat Italy 3-1 at Brighton & Hove Albion's Amex Stadium in the Just International Cup, with...

A souped-up motorised shed has broken its own land speed record on a Welsh beach as it hit 100mph. The Fastest Shed smashed its previous 80mph record for the fastest shed at a land speed event at Pendine Sands in Carmarthenshire on Saturday. Owner Kevin Nicks said it was "marvellous" to hit...

Organisers of Prof Stephen Hawking's memorial service have seemingly left the door open for time travellers to attend. Those wishing to honour the theoretical physicist, who died in March aged 76, can apply via a public ballot. Applicants need to give their birth date - which can be any day up...

Why the government must defy the Remoaners and get Britain out of the EU customs union... LIAM HALLIGAN We’ve paid shameless EU £16 billion in tariffs for non-EU goods — and we should scrap the NCP The New Customs Partnership is an unworkable plan hatched in Whitehall which could topple...

Millions will be watching on TV on Saturday night as the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Lisbon. It will be the first time the contest has been hosted in Portugal after Portugal won it for the first time in Kiev last year. Ireland will take part in the Eurovision Song Contest...

Of course, the lords insist they are only defending parliamentary democracy and sovereignty against government diktat. But this is a mockery of democracy. They never seemed concerned about UK parliamentary sovereignty while imposed EU rules rode roughshod over it for 40 years. Yet suddenly...

As the cold sting of winter finally starts to fade, so the literary festival season edges closer. An addition to the line-up this year is a five-day celebration of the legendary saga of Beowulf. How is it that a story written by an unknown author more than 1,000 years ago still captures...

Egyptian authorities have finished their quest to discover a secret chamber in the tomb of Tutankhamun - concluding that it does not exist. Previously, officials said they were "90% sure" of a hidden room behind the wall of the boy king's famous 3,000-year-old tomb. Tutankhamun 'secret...

A bone that is believed to be a relic of the fourth Pope has been found in a bin by waste collectors. The tiny fragment - thought to belong to St Clement, who died around 2,000 years ago - was found by a waste disposal company. 'Bone of Pope St Clement' is found abandoned in a London bin by...

A 16th century death warrant in which King Henry VIII orders an abbot be 'hung drawn and quartered' before deciding he should just be hanged has gone on public display. The letter is believed to have been dictated by the notoriously temperamental monarch, who then changed his mind and had the...

The mass grave of Highlanders massacred in the Battle of Culloden may have been discovered by a ground penetrating radar more than 270 years later. History says that 16 of Bonnie Prince Charlie's officers, found hiding in the dungeon at Culloden House, near Inverness, were taken outside by...

Not even countries like Switzerland, with its close relationship with the EU, and Norway, which is a member of the EU’s single market, are in a customs union with the EU.This is because they know what a bad deal it would be for them... NICK TIMOTHY Ministers need to face down the rebels...

This is the moment a deer got a bird's-eye view of a hungry foraging jackdaw. The stag, part of the herd at Richmond Park, London, was snapped by passing photographer Max Ellis, of Richmond, who noted that it looked like a large black visor was covering the animal's eyes, when the large...

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is in hospital after having emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. A United statement said the procedure "had gone very well" but Ferguson "needs a period of intensive care to optimise his recovery". Glasgow-born Ferguson was manager of...

The image of London as a liberal, tolerant and multicultural haven is one not recognised by millions of its citizens... PAUL EMBERY Our working class is not racist — they’ve just been shafted by the liberal elite Comment By Paul Embery 4th May 2018 WE all know the propaganda. London: It’s...

French graffiti has been discovered on the walls of an English manor house in what is the largest selection of pre-19th-century prisoner art ever found in Britain. A series of 250-year-old etchings found at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent reveals names and depictions of vessels used by...

Trails of dust and gas in the night sky recorded by Anglo-Saxon astronomers may provide evidence of the mysterious Planet Nine, academics at Queen's University claim. Experts believe depictions of comets spotted in the Dark Ages will provide further clues on the whereabouts of the...