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Historian Max Hastings (who, in 1982, was the first Briton to enter Argentine-held Stanley) believes that the medieval religion that is Islam should start accepting much of the blame for many of the ills in today's world: Yes, the West has fought the Muslim world for centuries. But Islam must...

It's only Day 1 of the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and England are already at the top of the medals table after taking gold AND bronze in the women's triathlon. At a hot and sunny Strathclyde Country Park, England's Jodie Stimpson stormed to the first medal of the 2014 Commonwealth Games...

Archaeologists have found a series of extraordinary finds on the site of a 1,800 year old Roman fort in County Durham in northern England. The discoveries at Binchester Roman Fort near Bishop Auckland date back 1,800 years and include a silver ring - said to be one of the earliest pieces of...

It seems that potholes in roads are not just a bane for modern drivers. It seems that even 2000 years ago they were a menace. Wheel ruts found in a newly excavated road surface in Ipplepen, 7 miles north west of Torquay near the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, are thought to be similar to those...

Nick Griffin has stepped down as leader of the Far-Right BNP after 15 years in the job. Mr Griffin said he had had "more than long enough" in charge and had seen off both external and internal attempts to "destroy" the party in recent years. Former MEP Mr Griffin has been replaced...

Today is Prince George's first birthday and, to mark the occasion, Kensington Palace has released two beautiful new photographs of him with his parents. The photos show the clearly enchanted young family in the midst of the ‘Sensational Butterflies’ exhibition at the Natural History Museum in...

Seven Wonders of the Commonwealth In this one-off BBC documentary, shown last night on BBC1 to herald the start of the XXth Commonwealth Games, some of the nation's best-loved presenters travel around the vast Commonwealth to marvel at seven diverse natural wonders and meet some of its 2.3...

England's cricketers are convinced that the hotel they are staying in is haunted. The players are staying at the world-renowned, 5-star Langham Hotel on London's Regent Street. During Test matches in London this summer, some players have requested to move rooms, whilst some wives and...

Medieval graffiti of straw kings, pentagrams, crosses, ships and "demon traps" have been offering a tantalising glimpse into England's past. What do the pictures reveal about life in the Middle Ages? Mysteries of medieval graffiti in England's churches...

Ninety people have taken part in a two-week archaeological dig at Leiston Abbey in Suffolk - and the group found a medieval poker chip and a curse tablet. A 'Nuremburg jetton', which would have been used for gaming, was found along with the metal curse tablet, which is expected to contain a...

England have made cricketing history with a world record-breaking last wicket stand of 198. James Anderson and Joe Root’s incredible partnership at Nottingham’s Trent Bridge shattered the previous best of 163 by Australian pair Phil Hughes and Ashton Agar at the same ground last year...

Never mind the World Cup. Welcome to the Chap Olympiad! This eccentric competition has got to be, without a shadow of a doubt, the most British of all sporting contests. It has been held every year since 2005 at Bedford Square in Bloomsbury, central London, and is aimed at revisiting the...

This year Britain is marking the 300th anniversary of the Hanoverian accession. But 200 years ago this Tuesday, the country was marking the 100th anniversary of the Hanoverian accession and London was resplendent in its lavish celebrations of a grand jubilee. Throughout the month-long...

Real Madrid legend Alfredo Di Stefano, regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, has died three days after turning 88. He suffered a heart attack on Saturday and had been in an induced coma in Madrid's Gregorio Maranon hospital. Real Madrid confirmed the news, saying Di...

A newly discovered letter that has lain unread for over 600 years is forcing a rethink of a 14th Century prince with a controversial reputation. Was the Black Prince, the eldest son of Edward III, really as bad as we think he was today? Was Edward the Black Prince really a nasty piece of...

A hoard of Roman and Iron Age coins has been found in a cave in Derbyshire, where they have lain undisturbed for 2,000 years. A member of the public stumbled across four coins in the Reynard's Cave and Kitchen cavern in Dovedale in the Peak District, sparking a full-scale excavation of the...

Cyclists, in their fluorescent lycra and their silly helmets, are usually a menace and a danger on the roads, who think the laws of the highways for which they pay no taxes don't apply to them as they pursue their Victorian hobby. But you can't fail to be impressed by the sight of hundreds of...

A seagull has denied a Middlesex Panthers batsman smashing the ball for six runs during a NatWest t20 Blast match on Friday against Sussex Sharks in Hove, East Sussex. The seagull seemed to be supporting his county team. You can see now why the local football team, Brighton & Hove Albion, are...

Is this another sign that Britain is moving towards the exit of the hated anti-democracy EU which, yet again, is completely and utterly ignoring the public? As usual, it seems to be only the British protesting about the EU's casual disregard for election results. Britain's 24 new UKIP MEPs...

The Bayeux Tapestry, designed and constructed in England by Anglo-Saxon artists and stitched by Anglo-Saxon seamsters, who were famous across Europe, is arguably the most famous piece of embroidery (it's not actually a tapestry) in history. Yet, when it was rediscovered 300 years ago, the...