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In its 936 year history, the Tower of London has served variously as an armoury, a treasury, the home of the Royal Mint, a public records office, and the home of the Crown Jewels. From about 1251 to 1835, it also served as the Royal Menagerie, and was home to many animals which could be heard...

Today, the area is a £15-a-night caravan park. But a million years ago, it was the birthplace of British civilisation. What is now the Manor Caravan Park in the coastal village of Happisburgh (pronounce "hays-bru"), Norfolk is also the site of the oldest-known human settlement in Britain...

They have just reformed, too. Their fans must be devastated.

Mark Steyn: Global warming's glorious ship of fools Has there ever been a better story? It's like a version of Titanic where first class cheers for the iceberg Mark Steyn 11 January 2014 The Spectator Est 1828: The oldest continuously published magazine in the world The view from the...

The leader of the Far Right BNP, Nick Griffin, has launched his own cookery show. Mr Griffin, who is a Member of the European Parliament for North West England and was recently declared bankrupt, is trying his hand as a TV chef promising recipes on how to cook ‘traditional British fare’ on his...

The House of Lords is debating a bill that would allow there to be a 2017 referendum on whether or not Britain should leave the EU. PM David Cameron has already pledged to hold a referendum in 2017 if the Tories win the next election. The bill, introduced by Tory MP James Wharton, would write...

RAF Tornado fighter jets have flown with parts made using 3D printing technology for the first time, defence company BAE Systems has said. The metal components were used in test flights from the firm's airfield at Warton, Lancashire, late last month. The parts include protective covers...

How's that polar vortex and record low temperatures getting on in Canada and USA? Apparently, it's so cold there that even Hell has frozen over.

For a few nights at the beginning of January since 2011, Stargazing LIVE has been on BBC tv screens. Website: BBC Two - Stargazing LIVE, Series 4 Every year it has been hosted by University of Manchester physics professor Brian Cox and Irish stand up comedian Dara Ó Briain (who presents...

It's good to see someone finally fight the left-wing myths about World War I, and it's no surprise that it's our brilliant Tory Education Secretary Michael Gove. British Education Secretary Michael Gove has attacked "left-wing academics" for using TV series like Blackadder "to feed myths" to...

Just days before Christmas, a fully armed Royal Navy warship was scrambled to challenge a missile-carrying Russian vessel in the waters off Britain. In a calculated test of Britain’s reduced naval capacity in the North Sea, the Russian warship came within 30 miles of the coast. It was...

Could World War III be about to start over eight tiny, uninhabited pimples in the Far East? This week, China's ambassador to London argued that Japan risks 'a serious threat to global peace' by 'rekindling' the bellicose attitude that hastened the expansion of World War II into a global...

The fact that a ship carrying environmentalists (including, inevitably, a couple of Guardian journalists) on a "Climate Change Tour" to Antarctica, organised by a "Professor of Climate Change" at the University of New South Wales, has had to be rescued after being stuck for days in thick ice is...

British ministers are looking at a change in the sentencing rules to get around a ban imposed by the meddling European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on prisoners in the UK being jailed for the rest of their lives. England & Wales is one of just two places in Europe - the Netherlands being the...

The 22nd January is the 50th anniversary of a great British war film - Zulu. The film tells the story of the 22nd January 1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War during which just 150 British troops resolutely and successfully defended their garrison against an intense assault by...

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is to become a full-time student of agricultural management at Cambridge University from next week. Prince William, who left the RAF in the autumn, will learn about issues facing the UK's rural communities and farming industry during the 10-week bespoke...

A new £2 coin design featuring Kitchener has been unveiled to mark the centenary of WWI. Lord Kitchener was Secretary of State for War between 1914 and 1916 and he famously appeared on the YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU military recruitment posters during the conflict. Other new designs to feature on...

What happened when someone was charged with conversing with the Devil or practising sorcery on the king? Owen Davies lifts the lid on 10 of Britain’s most infamous witch trials, from 1441 to 1875. Witches in the dock: 10 of Britain's most infamous witch trials Monday 30th December 2013...

A remarkable photo has been revealed of the England Rugby Union team taken just months before WWI broke out. Of the 15 men in the photo, seven of them would perish in the Great War. The photo was taken just before their 16-15 win against arch-rivals Scotland. Now, almost 100 years after...

Plans have been unveiled for a 'SkyCycle' that will let cyclists commute far above the railways of London. The SkyCycle would cost £220 million - just for the first phase of the project, a four mile stretch from east London to Liverpool Street Station. In total, the SkyCycle would be 135...