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A manuscript that researchers suggest could rewrite the narrative of British royal history has been discovered in Germany. Experts believe that the 500-page document was written by English king Charles I, after the time of his supposed execution during the Civil War in 1649. It reveals...

Stunning mosaic paving stones depicting an owl, a duck and a fawn from the first century have been unearthed in southern France. The artwork made up the floor of a grand Roman building inside the mysterious city of Ucetia, a settlement which was previously only known by name. But now...

Anybody venturing to Scotland normally has only the midges to avoid. Now there’s an altogether more terrifying, not so wee beastie lurking in the woods. For scientists with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have discovered a polar bear living on an island in the Outer Hebrides. The images...

Vote overwhelmingly to stay in the EU - and then get slapped in the face by the EU. The UK has said it will stand up for Gibraltar's interests after the territory accused Spain of using Brexit to forward its territorial aims. After reported lobbying from Spain, the EU's Brexit...

The National Army Museum in London reopens to the public after a three-year, £23.75 million redevelopment project. Here is a look at just a few of the fascinating items on display... In pictures: soldiers' items through history...

Amateur archaeologists have made an incredible discovery after unearthing a 6ft long mammoth tusk. The enormous bone was found off the coast of West Mersea, Essex, during a particularly low tide. Mammoths' curved tusks grew up to 16ft long and were used to dig in the ground for food, rub...

The Prince of Wales has embarked on his tour of European diplomacy in tried and tested royal fashion: ingratiating himself with Romanian locals with a traditional dance. The prince did not need to be asked twice when a group of traditional performers invited him to join them as he...

An Iron Age chariot and two horse skeletons have been unearthed at an East Yorkshire building site. The 2,500-year-old remains have been dubbed by experts as 'highly unusual'. The find is the first of its kind in the last 200 years and one of only 26 ever excavated in the UK. It has been...

We know that 73 per cent of MPs want to stay in the EU. We know many in the House of Lords are horrified by Brexit and were keen to hold it up. We know 70 per cent of business leaders wanted Britain to remain, and that some of them launched costly legal battles to try to stymie the Brexit...

A man has reportedly jumped off Westminster Bridge a week after a terror attack brought carnage to the London landmark. The Met Police said: 'Emergency Services are dealing with reports of a man in the water near Westminster Bridge. This is not being treated as suspicious.' BREAKING NEWS...

The historic letter that will finally trigger our divorce from the EU has arrived in Brussels. Nine months after the people delivered their verdict in the referendum, UK envoy Sir Tim Barrow arrived at the European Council's offices bearing a diplomatic bag thought to contain the...

It seems the British love of curries is not a new phenomenon. An antique cookbook from 1793 listing a recipe for curry was discovered by monks, and now budding chefs will have the chance to try the dish at home. The book, which contains the oldest known recipe for an English curry as well as...

How inconvenient it was for the anti-Brexit march on Parliament that a policeman guarding the home of British democracy should have been murdered there only days before their planned mass demonstration. The Metropolitan Police had indicated to the organisers that it would place further...

So much for the Remoaners coming together as one... Coffee House Steerpike ‘Unite for Europe’ march turns sour Steerpike Steerpike 26 March 2017 The Spectator With Theresa May on track to trigger Article 50 on...

Army veterans have taken over the pub their regiment was formed in 312 years ago after it was at risk of closure. The Staffordshire Regiment was formed in The King's Head in Lichfield in Staffordshire in 1705. Staffordshire veterans take over historic Lichfield army pub 26 March 2017 BBC...

This modern map shows what Anglo-Saxon London may have looked like. As well as showing the Anglo-Saxon centre, the map also includes many of the villages that surrounded it, with their earliest recorded names. Roman roads, which were still used but probably in ill repair, are also marked, as...

A rare volume of etchings of Queen Victoria's baby - drawn by the monarch herself - that caused a Royal scandal after they were leaked to a journalist have gone on display. The drawings are on show at Harewood House, near Leeds in West Yorkshire, as part of an exhibition that also...

Britain is to pull out of a deal that allows European fishing vessels access to its waters, Theresa May is expected to announce. The move would see the UK taken out of the 1964 London Convention, which predates the establishment of the modern EU, and effectively give the country's fishermen a...

Jean-Claude Juncker could have been invented by Nigel Farage’s spin doctors. He is a sneering one-man advert for Brexit, Frexit and any other kind of EU-exit. As Hugo Rifkind argues in this week’s magazine, he is a caricature of the arrogant Eurocrat: “smug, lazy, unelected and utterly...

There must be "no place for terrorists to hide" and intelligence services must have access to encrypted messaging services, the Home Secretary has said. It comes after it emerged that Khalid Masood was reportedly on the messaging app WhatsApp two minutes before an attack in Westminster...