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The English being mainly of Anglo-Saxon origin, distinct from their Celtic neighbours in Scotland, Wales and Ireland, has been shown to be nothing but a myth. In fact, the the Welsh and Scots have almost as much Anglo-Saxon DNA in them as the English, but all three are mainly Celtic. For the...

A 201-million-year-old dinosaur that fell out of a cliff face at Penarth in South Wales in 2014 has been formally named as Dracoraptor hanigani. Loosely translated, the Dracoraptor part means "dragon thief"; hanigani honours Rob and Nick Hanigan - the two fossil-hunting brothers who found...

This month marks 75 years since the Lancaster bomber first roared aloft. So why do our leaders still refuse to celebrate the giant that smashed the Nazi war machine? The flying death trap that helped save civilisation: It's 75 years since the Lancaster bomber first roared aloft. So why do...

If any prison or police station in Britain today used these methods of tackling prisoners, it'd not be long before the yuman rites lawyers, BBC, Guardianistas and Labour Party step in accusing the authorities of not repsecting the prisoners' yuman rites. From a Scold's Bridle for loose-tongued...

The wreck of a World War One German U-boat has been found off the coast of Norfolk. Scans by windfarm developers showed the submarine lying about 55 miles (90km) east of Caister-on-Sea. U-31 went missing in January 1915, struck a mine in the North Sea and sank. All 35 men on board died. Its...

A Jurassic "sea monster" found in Cambridgeshire could prove to be a new species of plesiosaur, scientists said. Oxford archaeologists discovered the 165 million-year-old reptile bones at Must Farm quarry near Whittlesey. Carl Harrison and his team dug up more than 600 pieces of bone as well...

We can only wonder at their sense of timing. Just as our referendum on leaving the EU gets under way, Eurocrats have issued a blackmail threat against the UK. They say either we join their scheme for sharing out migrants and refugees, or we can forget about returning illegal entrants to...

One of the World's biggest banks has agreed to donate a "substantial" six-figure sum to the campaign to keep Britain in the EU. Goldman Sachs has made the donation to the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign amid concerns about the potential economic disruption that a vote to leave the EU would...

The votes are in, America, and the best country in the world is... (Drum roll, please.) It's Germany. Sorry, United States, you're fourth — right behind third-ranked Britain and second-ranked Canada. But, hey, America beat Sweden! These are the world’s best countries. (Sorry, America —...

Ahead of the second series of Channel 5 historical reality show "10,000 BC" - "10,000 BC: Two Tribes" - which starts tonight and which follows 24 British people from all walks of life as they go back to the conditions of the Stone Age and try to survive two months in the wilderness, the...

Researchers studying a mass grave in York believed to contain Roman gladiators have found that its inhabitants travelled further than expected. They found that six of the individuals - presumably indigenous Britons - were similar to the modern Welsh, but different from populations living...

Ahead of his new six-part series which starts on BBC2 on Thursday, The Story of China, in which he looks at the stories, people and landscapes that have helped create China's distinctive character and genius over four thousand years, historian Michael Wood reveals the fascinating gems he...

Monks have discovered a recipe book that dates back to 1793 stashed away in their archives, which contains some unusual recipes for pigs' ears and even one of the first chicken curries. The handwritten pages were compiled by generations of cooks in the kitchen of Begbrook House in...

British law-makers have concluded their own time is best served considering a proposal to ban a man who may end up being the next President of the United States.... Why I’m so embarrassed today for Britain. The same parliament that hasn’t banned a single UK citizen from returning after...

A Royal Navy ship has ventured further south than any in 80 years, as sailors used a fisheries inspection mission to pay homage to Captain Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton. Ice Patrol Ship HMS Protector paid the first official visit to the East Antarctic and became the first Navy vessel to...

National park rangers have found a rare form of ice covering dozens of pieces of dead wood in woodland near Callander. The "hair ice" is a highly unusual type of frost that needs a very particular set of conditions to form. Suzanne Humphris, a ranger team leader for the Loch Lomond and the...

It sounds like the stuff of nightmares – giant earthworms that, if left alone, keep growing and growing to the size of a baby snake. But this is no bad dream – scientists working on the Isle of Rum, off the coast of Scotland, have found the biggest specimens ever seen in the UK, more than...

As a new Survation poll shows that 53% of Britons say they would vote to leave the EU as opposed to 47% who say they would vote to stay in, the Out campaign must fight the scaremongers because Britain will not "fall to its knees" if it leaves the EU, according to the head of the group that kept...

A set of tedious roadworks on a major trunk road is not the first place you would expect to find a Roman treasure trove. But that is exactly what workers on a £380 million upgrade to a 12 mile stretch of the A1 between Leeming Bar and Barton in Yorkshire have discovered. Archaeologists...

Britain will celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday this summer with Pimm’s and PG Tips at the biggest street party the country has ever seen. The Patron’s Lunch is the highlight of a weekend of events paying tribute to the monarch’s life and achievements. She is said to be ‘really excited’...