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Britain is one of the few nations putting more money into the European Union’s coffers than it takes out, making an annual net contribution of around £10 billion. EU leaders are only happy for one of the club’s biggest benefactors to leave as long as it saves them from picking up the bill. Yet...

You might be surprised by how many friendly nations have totally different takes on shared moments in their pasts. 10 Historic Events Friendly Countries See In Totally Different Ways Morris M. August 2, 2017 Listverse The saying goes that history is written by the winners, but what happens...

Uruguay is set to sell a bronze eagle grasping a Nazi swastika recovered from the pocket battleship Graf Spee which was scuttled off Montevideo in December 1939 to help fund its military. The German ship, which was one of the most advanced in the world, had been attacking merchant shipping in...

A group of walkers claims a “growling black panther” stalked them through a countryside for more than a mile. The big cat followed the group from Woodchester Park boathouse, Gloucestershire, all the way to the car park, a distance of 1.3 miles, after they lost their way... BIG CAT FEARS...

Do our European neighbours actually WANT British tourists to visit their countries? It sure as hell doesn't feel like it... TONY PARSONS Europe needs to stop treating British holidaymakers like cattle if they actually want tourists to visit This week's carnage...

The Queen has made a surprise appearance at the 150th Aboyne Highland Games. The monarch attended the event on Saturday alone following the Duke of Edinburgh's retirement. Queen makes surprise appearance at 150th Aboyne Highland Games The Queen has made a surprise appearance at...

The biggest earthquake to hit the Highlands in three decades has been widely felt across the region. The British Geological Survey (BGS), which recorded it at about 15:45, said it had a magnitude of 3.8 and was centred on Moidart. Small earthquake felt across Highlands 4 August 2017 BBC News...

A big issue in the Brexit debate is what will happen to the City of London. Listening to some people talk, you could be forgiven for thinking all our banks were about to shut down and move overseas. They aren’t and they won’t... GERARD LYONS City of London is Brexit-proof and will...

Innocent girls as young as 10 were turned into savage fighters and sent to "drown Adolf Hitler's enemy in their own blood" during World War II... Hitler's She-Wolves: The innocent girls as young as ten who were turned into savage fighters sent to 'drown the enemy in their own blood'... and paid...

For many, ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ has always symbolised the romantic Scottish rebel, the 'Young Pretender' whose defeat at the bloody Battle of Culloden in 1746 effectively ended the Jacobite Uprising. But a new exhibition at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival seeks to debunk the “shortbread...

A man who was the inspiration for Sir Alec Guinness's character in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai has been commemorated with a blue plaque. Brigadier Sir Philip Toosey was the senior Allied officer in a World War Two camp set up by the Japanese in Thailand to build a railway. Two...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will join Prime Minister Theresa May in Belgium later to mark the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele - one of the bloodiest of World War One. Half a million Allied and German soldiers were killed, wounded or went missing in three months of fighting...

An express train running between two major Swedish cities will be named Trainy McTrainface, after the railway company opened up the name to a public vote Trainy McTrainface: New train in Sweden named as 'revenge for Boaty McBoatface' Updated 20 Jul 2017 ABC News. PHOTO: MTR Express says the...

A rare collection of Anglo-Saxon artefacts, including the wooden coffin of St Cuthbert, has gone on display at Durham Cathedral. Other items on show include his pectoral cross and comb. St Cuthbert's coffin is centrepiece of Durham Cathedral display BBC News 29 July 2017 St Cuthbert's...

Siân Rees relates the extraordinary stories of men who found themselves shipwrecked and stranded a long, long way from home… Castaways: 5 remarkable shipwreck stories from history...