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The christening of William and Catherine's new son, Prince George, is to take place at the Royal Chapel in St James's Palace in London on Wednesday October 23rd. In a break with Royal tradition, the couple have chosen to hold an ‘intimate’ ceremony at the Chapel Royal of St James's Palace -...

This is brilliant. A group of annoying feminists - you know the type - decided to protest against Paris Fashion Week by storming a catwalk. However, the topless feminists from the group Femen didn't reckon with Scouse model Hollie-May Saker, 18, who was strutting her stuff on the catwalk at...

A second book has named Queen Victoria's Welsh surgeon Sir John Williams as Jack the Ripper, the world's first modern serial killer, who murdered at least five prostitutes in the Whitechapel and Spitalfields areas of London's East End in 1888. The book - The Fifth Victim - is written by...

The long-running, once-a-month BBC astronomy series The Sky At Night could be axed at the end of the year. The BBC confirmed yesterday that discussions are currently ongoing over the future of the show, which is scheduled to run until the end of the year. The late-night monthly series...

Of all the places to find 2,000 year old mummies, God's Own County of Yorkshire (or, as proud Yorkshiremen wouldn't thank me for pointing out, God Own Counties of North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and West Yorkshire as Yorkshire has been since it was spilt into four counties in...

A 4,000 year old pavement - or sidewalk, as North Americans call it - has been discovered in Cornwall in south west England. The pavement was discovered at the Hurlers stone circles near the village of Minions on Bodmin Moor and it is believed to have linked two ceremonial stone circles. The...

The Prince of Wales yesterday became the oldest heir apparent for almost 300 years. The oldest heir apparent until yesterday was King William IV - Prince Charles's great-great-great-great-uncle - who became monarch in June 1830, aged 64 years, ten months and five days, on the death of his...

The new documentary by natural history legend Sir David Attenborough starts tonight on BBC2. In Rise of Animals: Triumph of the vertebrates the naturalist explores the origins of the backbone by studying a tiny prehistoric animal and a living fossil living in the south of England. Sir David...

The design for Richard III's new tomb at Leicester Cathedral has been unveiled. Despite York currently mounting a legal challenge to have the king buried in that city rather than Leicester, cathedral officials said this was the "right place and the best place". The tomb will cost around...

The tumultuous history of Europe over the last Millennium, including its many revolutions and wars, has been captured in a remarkable video lasting just over three minutes. From the Crusaders until modern times, the lines on the map of Europe have been redrawn many times and tell a tale of the...

Prince Harry is a patron of the charity Walking With The Wounded He will join ex-servicemen and women on a grueling trek to the South Pole Harry and his teammates spent a day in a -35C cold chamber to prepare They practised skiing and putting up their tent in the icy conditions Daily Mail...

The hilarious, bald, Manc twonk Karl Pilkington - the loveably grumpy star of all three series of Sky 1 HD's comedy travel show An Idiot Abroad - is back with a brand new comedy, globe-hopping series on Sky 1 HD. One of the modern world's greatest philosophers: Karl again lets loose his...

A new British/French version of the Danish/Swedish crime series The Bridge (Danish: Broen; Swedish: Bron) is coming soon to Sky Atlantic HD. The Bridge follows a police investigation following the discovery of a dead body on the bridge connecting Sweden and Denmark. There is no bridge...

British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today said religious veils should not be allowed in the classroom. The Liberal Democrats leader said it was ‘inappropriate’ for students to wear a full veil during lessons because teachers needed to see their faces. Liberal Democrat leader Nick...

The residents of a British town are being spooked by a creepy-looking clown which bears a resemblance to Pennywise from Stephen King's It. The figure has been spotted in full clown attire around Northampton - and one woman claimed he offered to paint her windowsills after knocking on her front...

Great Britain and Ireland has Europe's second-longest coastline - after Norway - and the 12th-longest in the world. The coast of Argyll alone is longer than that of France. Canada may have the world's longest coastline, but its coast/area ratio is 2:39 whereas Britain's is 51:37. The long...

‘Missing piece’ of Stonehenge Avenue uncovered Thursday 12th September 2013 HISTORYEXTRA.COM The official website of BBC History Magazine Archaeologists have uncovered a missing piece of the Stonehenge Avenue, the route leading to the prehistoric monument. During works to...

The Royal British Legion has unveiled a new "Never Forget" war memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire. The memorial - one of over 250 at the Arboretum - features a giant wreath around which poppies, inscribed with individual names and dates, can be planted as a...

A grandmother has made a splash in her local village after digging up a peculiar potato - shaped exactly like a duck. Dorothea Clinton, 73, was left stunned when she unearthed the unusual crop from the allotment near her home in Peaton, Shropshire. In fact, the retired farm worker has become...

The deadliest and most advanced weapons in the world are currently being displayed for top military brass at a conference centre in east London. The Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) weapons conference at the ExCeL Centre in the London Borough of Newham - not far from the...