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Oliver Cromwell remains an intensely controversial figure - the subject of ongoing debate. But what was it like to be a woman at that time, and especially to be the Lady Protectress - wife of the Lord Protector himself, asks Samira Ahmed. Elizabeth: Oliver Cromwell's 'queen' 5 December...

The new James Bond film is to be called Spectre. British director Sam Mendes revealed the title at a launch event at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, where principal photography is due to begin on Monday. Daniel Craig will play 007 for the fourth time in the film, to be released in the...

In his annual Autumn Statement yesterday, Chancellor of the Exchequer (Minister of Finance) George Osborne announced to the Commons that Britain has been chosen by Esa to lead Europe's mission to search for life on Mars. Some £95 million will be invested in European Space Agency programmes...

These stunning photographs reveal the standing stones of Stenness in all their glory. The stones were erected 5,000 years ago way up on Orkney and they form what is probably the oldest henge monument in the UK, around 2,500 years older than even Stonehenge seven hundred miles to the south. The...

He may have proved a natural at sealing big-money deals to raise money for charity, but Prince Harry discovered there is one thing he will never share with City brokers - an Essex accent. The Prince personally raised tens of thousands of pounds by persuading brokers to increase...

Plans to build a spectacular garden bridge over the River Thames in London are a step closer after Westminster City Council approved planning permission. The £175m footbridge would link Temple with the Southbank, but has been criticised over its location and cost. Westminster councillors...

A map created using geophysical ground-penetrating scanners of the mighty Old Sarum Iron Age hill fort near the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire has revealed a series of houses and a courtyard believed to be the remains of a royal palace. The map was created using geophysical ground-penetrating...

Twenty Anglo-Saxon skeletons that have been found on a proposed building site in Suffolk may have connections with the royal family, archaeologists believe. The remains were found at Exning alongside a host of jewellery, brooches, a glass bowl, weapons and beads, which experts believe points...

When he's not co-presenting the world's most-watched factual TV series, Top Gear's Richard Hammond is presenting science documentaries. His latest - Wild Weather with Richard Hammond - started last night on BBC One. The new, three-part series will see Hamster travelling the world to look at...

An Israeli cricket umpire has died after being hit by a ball during a league match in the city of Ashdod, the Israel Cricket Association has announced. Former national team captain Hillel Oscar was officiating in the game between Young Ashdod and Super Lions Lod when he was struck below...

Brazil football legend Pele has played down health fears by telling his fans: "I'm fine." Pele, 74, who is a national hero in his native Brazil, winning the World Cup with his country THREE times in 1958, 1962 and 1970, eased fears that his health deteriorated while being treated for a urinary...

Thanks to Game of Thrones, The White Queen and the BBC revival of Shakespeare’s history plays, the Plantagenets are rapidly overtaking the Tudors as the hippest dynasty in British history. They certainly left their mark on the landscape of the country. From the lowlands of Scotland to the...

My favourite cookbook is The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook. The Hairy Bikers are Dave Myers and Si King (two great northern lads), and they are famous for presenting a wide range of cookery programmes. In The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook they travel around the world on their motorbikes tasting the local...

A museum has paid £40,000 for a rare 3,500 year old Bronze Age dagger which has spent the last 12 years being used as a doorstop since it was ploughed up in a field in East Rudham, Norfolk. The 27-inch blade, believed to have been used in ancient rituals, is only the second of its kind found...

The Left hate everyone - not just the white working class, says RICHARD LITTLEJOHN By Richard Littlejohn for the Daily Mail 25 November 2014 The name Jack Monroe may ring a vague bell with regular readers. She was the Guardian blogger on ‘poverty issues’ who featured in a Labour party...

A report released at 11am GMT this morning has cleared Britain's security services of any blame over the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby last year. Fusilier Rigby, 25, was murdered by Islamist terrorists Michael Adebolajo, 29, and Michael Adebowale, 22, outside his barracks in Woolwich, south...

Australia batsman Phil Hughes is in a critical condition after being hit by a bouncer during a match at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The 25-year-old was at the crease for South Australia against New South Wales when bowler Sean Abbott struck him on the head, missing his helmet, during a match in...

Monty Python member and TV globetrotter Michael Palin leaves the world of comedy behind to star in his first dramatic, non-comedy role since GBH in 1991 in the BBC's new, three-part supernatural drama Remember Me, which started on BBC One last night and which is set in what seems to be a...

Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll has seized 1,900lbs of cocaine worth £36m in the Caribbean after a high-speed chase. Smugglers began to throw their cargo overboard but were surrounded by patrol boats guided by the Plymouth-based ship. The 1,900lbs seizure is the third by HMS Argyll in...

Charles Darwin's notebooks in which he first jotted down his theory of evolution have been put online in one of the most significant worldwide releases of the naturalist's material. Charles Darwin's evolution notes released by Cambridge University BBC News 24 November 2014 Charles...