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An Old English expert is sharing the wisdom of our ancestors on Twitter. But can we learn anything from 1,000-year-old thinking? Old English wisdom enters Twitter-verse By Duncan Leatherdale BBC News 13 August 2015...

Everyone's favourite bald Manc twonk and comedy travel documentary host Karl Pilkington - the whingeing but lovable comedy genius whom his friend Ricky Gervais once called "the funniest man alive in Britain today" - is back with the second series of his hilarious round-the-world TV series The...

These schoolchildren have been recreating some of the most infamous moments in football. School children become 'Football's Bad Boys' Whoever had the idea for this is an absolute genius. Rather than teaching children about good morals and encouraging them to look up to responsible...

A gun carriage has been recovered from the wreck of a warship which exploded and sank in the Thames estuary in 1665. The London went down off Southend-on-Sea in Essex, killing 300 crew. It is the first complete carriage to be raised from the ship, which is lying about 65ft (20m) below the...

Disease, cesspits and gin: What was life like on the streets of 18th-century London? 10 dangers of Georgian London...

These deer wait until sunset to cross the busy M25 using bridges and tunnels to their native grazing grounds across London. They appear to be undeterred by the bright lights and loud noises to find their forests and farmland either side of the motorway. Jamie Hall, 36, photographed the deer...

If the Hairy Bikers turned up there they'd just put it in a pot with some baby octopus, shiitake mushrooms, root ginger, soy sauce, tofu, aubergine and lotus root and make some sort of meal out of it.

A talented designer is on a mission to recreate all 92 stadiums in the Premier and Football League - out of Lego. Chris Smith, from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, has used the classic children's toy to construct intricate models of iconic stadiums such as Old Trafford and Anfield. The...

The ‘Thirteen Treasures of Britain’ are a group of magical items found in late medieval Welsh tradition. These precious relics are mentioned in 15th and 16th century manuscripts, such as the Welsh Arthurian tale of ‘Culhwch and Olwen’. The Thirteen Treasures are said to have been located...

BBC ‘environment analyst’ explodes on Twitter as BBC presenter mocks Met Office’s climate prophecies 119 comments 6 August 2015 Damian Thompson The Spectator Daily Mail's Quentin Letts Climate change is the...

As events mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Great Charter, historians in Cheshire are remembering when their county was the only one in England to have its own Magna Carta. Cheshire was one of England's smallest counties by population, but it was also one of the most...

Australia's cricketers may have just been given a good thumping by the English in the Ashes, but things are looking better for the nation's rugby union side. The Aussies have beaten the New Zealand All Blacks, the World Cup holders, 27-19 to send out a warning ahead of this year Rugby World Cup...

The remains of a 1,400 year-old Saxon woman believed to be a pagan witch has been uncovered by a metal detector enthusiast. They were discovered near the Rollright Stones in Warwickshire - a group of ancient monuments that legend has it were created when a witch turned a king and his...

How France, a once-great nation, now cuts a diminished, slightly pathetic figure in the shadow of Germany and Britain. But she does have one thing going for her - she's still a nice place to retire. France has become a giant self-pitying museum This once-great country now cuts...

Are climate scientists doom-mongering? Bulk of research on impacts of ocean acidification is FLAWED, new study finds Scientists at the University of Western Australia have reviewed 465 studies on ocean acidification and found just 27 used 'appropriate...

An amateur radio enthusiast managed to get a quick chat with the International Space Station (ISS) after a month of trying to get through from his shed. Adrian Lane, of Gloucestershire, sent out a call signal to the ISS and was "stunned" when he received a reply. He said: "They came back...

Tracy Borman reveals some lesser-known facts about the famous Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I. 7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Elizabeth I Thursday 30th July 2015...

Sir Edward "Ted" Heath, British Tory Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974, is the latest high-profile, middle-age/elderly white male - along with the likes of Sir Cliff Richard and Jim Davidson - to face bizarre and unfounded allegations of paedophilia. Like other high profile white male figures...

It's a far cry from the rolling hills and quaint countryside of Downton Abbey, but Jim Carter, better known as the successful TV show's butler, Mr Carson, has revealed his favourite cultural attractions in London. In a promotional video Carter explains why he believes London is the...

As the eighth month gets under way, we look back at some of the strangest and most surprising things that have happened in August through history… 6 weird things that have happened in August through history...