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There should be an EU-wide ban on high-powered semi-automatic weapons, the British prime minister will urge in the wake of the Paris attacks. David Cameron will suggest measures to counter the illegal firearms trade at this week's European Council. He will call for "greater co-operation"...

You have probably heard of Alfred the Great - noble leader of the kingdom of Wessex and defeater of the Vikings - but how about Ceolwulf II of Mercia? More than 200 pieces of Viking silver including coins, ingots and jewellery discovered in buried in a field in Oxfordshire are shedding...

Two days after Carlisle United staff began the clear up of flooded Brunton Park, staff have made their most bizarre discovery yet - three Koi carp swimming in the goalmouth. Groundsman Dave Mitchell was helping repair the damage caused by Storm Desmond, which began on 4...

The result of the referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union will be announced in Manchester, the Electoral Commission says. The city will host the count collation system designed to keep track of all the votes cast across the UK and Gibraltar after the close of polls. The...

On 7 April 1739, highwayman Dick Turpin’s life was snuffed out at the end of the rope – but his legend was only beginning... The extraordinary legend of highwayman Dick Turpin On 7 April 1739, Dick Turpin’s life was snuffed out at the end of the rope – but his legend was only beginning...