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The Staffordshire city of Stoke-on-Trent, also known as the Potteries, has been a production centre for ceramics for 300 years, but does its creative heritage stretch back to Roman times? Stoke-on-Trent: Did the Romans make pottery there? 3 October 2016 BBC News...

A man accused of killing the Labour MP Jo Cox refused to enter pleas as he appeared in court. Thomas Mair, 53, from Birstall, remained silent when asked to plead at the Old Bailey on four charges relating to Mrs Cox's death. Mrs Cox, 41, who was a married mother-of-two, was shot and stabbed...

The largest Iron Age earthwork in Britain has been identified at the former site of a Norman castle. The mound at Skipsea Castle in East Yorkshire is 278ft (85m) in diameter and 42ft (13m) high. It was thought to be part of a Norman motte and bailey dating from 1086 but archaeological analysis...

After weeks of uncertainty, and accusations that the Government hasn't the faintest idea of how to handle Brexit, Theresa May yesterday showed us that she knows exactly where we are going... STEPHEN GLOVER: Praise be! How sweet it is to hear a PM honour the will of the British people Theresa...