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Buried in Thameside mud and only unearthed more than 160 years later, the Victoria Cross found by a lucky treasure hunter had an incredible story to tell. Tobias Neto stumbled on the VC in December while examining the foreshore with his metal detector. With the help of the Museum of...

Alfred the Great’s relationship with the Danes was defined by compromise as well as the power of the sword... How England rode the Viking storm...

President Donald Trump didn't take long to put his stamp on the Oval Office, reinstalling a bust of Winston Churchill that had got the boot under President Obama. The Churchill bust was on view as Trump took some of his first actions as president, signing executive orders and a waiver...

UKIP leader Paul Nuttall will stand in the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election on 23 February, the party has said. A by-election was triggered earlier this month when Labour MP Tristram Hunt quit to become the director of London's Victoria and Albert Museum. The seat is traditionally a safe...

A new book reveals the secrets some of our Victorian ancestors kept under wraps, such as Darwin's beard hiding his eczema, Prime Minister William Gladstone having a missing finger and Tennyson suffering rotten teeth... Darwin's beard hid his eczema, Gladstone had a finger missing and Tennyson...

Jeremy Corbyn will order Labour to vote in favour of triggering Article 50 in a move likely to prompt a rebellion of around 30 MPs, including several frontbenchers. The Labour leader signalled on Thursday that he would impose a three-line whip if the government lost its Supreme Court challenge...

She can’t unilaterally guarantee a good deal for Britain, but her approach is careful and sensible Theresa May has taken control – this is a Brexit plan the EU can't stop James Forsyth 21 January 2017 The Spectator 'No negotiation without notification' has been the EU’s mantra since 24 June...

As president, Barack Obama was too cool for the special relationship. The romantic bond between the United States and Great Britain, which always makes Churchill fans go all soggy-eyed, left him cold. Obama was more interested in globalism, ‘pivoting’ to Asia and the European Union...

Theresa May banged the drum for post-Brexit Britain in a speech to the power elite in Davos today - but also took them to task for failing to heed fears about immigration and inequality. In an outspoken ultimatum to corporate titans and politicians at the annual gathering in non-EU...

Rescuers say up to 30 people are missing after a hotel in central Italy was hit by an avalanche, apparently triggered by an earthquake. Rescuers battled overnight to reach the Rigopiano hotel, with the first of them arriving on skis. Snow dislodged by the avalanche had blocked the roads...

Will Peggy finally reveal herself? Scientists studying the splendour of Saturn's rings are hoping soon to get a resolved picture of an embedded object they know exists but cannot quite see. The moonlet is named after London researcher Carl Murray's mother-in-law, and was first noticed in 2013...

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has revealed that Donald Trump is a fan - and has described the brief encounter his band had with Donald Trump when the President-elect attended one of their gigs. And when asked as to whether or not the heavy metallers are to release a new album in 2017...

The first-ever freight train service from China to the UK has arrived in Britain – with its cargo of millions of socks. The service completed its 7,500-mile journey at Barking’s rail freight terminal in east London earlier today. The 18-day trip saw 34 containers pass through seven countries...

It's no wonder many politicians in the remaining 27 EU member states are dead against Brexit. The EU must brace itself for a 'shock' when it comes to filling the hole in its budget left by Britain's €10billion (£8.5bn) a year contributions, a Brussels think-tank has warned. The...

Polls show that if there were a General Election tomorrow, Theresa May and her Conservative Party would win in a landslide. So why wait until Thursday 7th May 2020 to hold the next election? Mrs May should call a snap election now, win it in a landslide, and get an overwhelming mandate by the...

A series of strong earthquakes hit central Italy on Wednesday, including the capital Rome, forcing schools to be evacuated and rail links to close, although there were no immediate reports of serious damage or injury. The multiple tremors, including three above magnitude five, were...

Just as Theresa May stood up in front of an audience of ambassadors and told them we are leaving the E.U. something all together darker and more sinister was happening on the other side of town. A fresh challenge to Brexit has been brought in front of the High Court. By four individuals who...

Some of the archaeological treasures of prehistoric Britain have been featured in a new set of eight stamps. Issued by the Royal Mail, the stamps include illustrations of a headdress dug up in North Yorkshire and a bronze shield cover found in the River Thames. The Neolithic village of...

While everyone seems to be taking selfies these days, one amateur archaeologist believes he may have found Britain's first one. Gordon Holmes stumbled across an ancient picture of a face etched into a 4,000-year-old rock on Baildon Moor in West Yorkshire. Mr Holmes believes that the carving...

Theresa May unveiled her bold blueprint for cutting ties with Brussels today - and warned that if the EU does not cooperate it could be 'crushed into tiny pieces'. In an historic speech that will define the UK for generations, the Prime Minister vowed to take the country out of the...