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It's exactly 500 years today since the birth of Queen Mary I, a monarch best known for the executions of Protestants that led to her posthumous sobriquet "Bloody Mary". To mark the anniversary, we've tracked down the capital's most notorious public execution sites. London's 11 most...

By leaving the EU, Britain would become once again a self-governing democracy, with a genuinely global rather than a little European perspective, argues former Chancellor Nigel Lawson... Britain outside the EU would stand tall as a free and prosperous nation The Prime...

Fifteen years ago, the UK was devastated by a mass outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Throughout 2001, there were 2,000 cases of foot-and-mouth throughout the country. Each of those cases meant a farm having all of its livestock killed and burned. By the time the last case was confirmed at...

Nearly 20 feet (6 meters) below the streets of London, archaeologists discovered a fragile Roman painting featuring deer and birds that may have once decorated the wall of a wealthy citizen's home. Excavators from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) were carefully digging for Roman...

A person with a metal detector has discovered a 1,800-year-old copper brooch, engraved with the letters "RMA," on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. It contains wordplay that is, quite literally, "lovely," scientists have found. The letters on the brooch, which dates to a time when the...

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has claimed Jeremy Corbyn is a bigger threat to the Falklands than Argentina. Mr Fallon, who is visiting the islands, was referring to the Far-Left Labour leader's recent suggestion the UK and Argentina should discuss their future. Labour said his...

From an umbrella to keep ladybirds dry in the rain to hooks to retrieve Pringles from the bottom of the tube, check out these kids' inventions that have been made real.... Kids' wacky inventions made real CBBC The Official Home of CBBC - CBBC - BBC Newsround 26 February 2016 Imagine coming...

Apparently, Call Me Dave has invited Obummer to Britain to try and persuade the British people to vote to remain in the EU in the upcoming referendum. So, that'll be a lot more British people deciding to vote to LEAVE the EU, then.... DOMINIC LAWSON: An ear-bashing by Obama on Europe will just...

A visitors' book from a tea room in Peterborough has helped reveal the extraordinary story of probably the first soldier of World War One to be accidentally killed by one of his own men... The first 'friendly fire' victim of World War One By Andrew Bomford, BBC...

A centuries-old tradition of recording copies of Parliament's laws on calf skin will continue, a minister has said, after peers signalled its end. Matt Hancock said the technique was "cost-effective" and the Cabinet Office would look at how to pick up the bill. The Lords had said switching...

As romance beckons for lovers on Valentine's Day, there is the rare chance to see part of the saint "himself". A relic - purported to be a fragment of bone from St Valentine's finger - is on display at a church in Coventry. But what is it doing there? St Valentine's finger beckons lovers...

Five British nationals have died in a car crash in Sweden, the Foreign Office has said. It is understood the members of the indie band Viola Beach were killed in the accident, which happened on Saturday in the Swedish capital Stockholm. The car plunged more than 82ft from a highway bridge...

Two recently-discovered hoards of Roman and Iron Age treasure have been put on display for the first time in a Liverpool exhibition. The artefacts, found in Cheshire, include rings, brooches and dozens of coins issued some 2,000 years ago. Known as the Knutsford and Malpas Hoards, the...

From brutal torture devices to bizarre medical treatments, these terrifying contraptions reveal a darker side to innovation. They show how inventors throughout history have put their skills and intellects to use in horrifying ways, creating contraptions that have caused unimaginable...

It looks more like a Transformer, and could be the new sting in the British Army's tail. The 'Swiss Army Knife' combat vehicle, so dubbed because of its armoury of tools, now comes complete with a telescopic investigation arm, an upgrade on the existing Terrier ordered by defence chiefs...

A violin made by a German soldier at an Essex prisoner of war camp has been restored and is to be played again. The instrument is marked "1944" inside and was crafted at High Garret in Braintree, which held German and Italian prisoners during World War Two. Russell Stowe, of Woodbridge...

Richard Littlejohn on the Europeans and Americans who are fighting back against the smug liberal establishment: From the US to the EU, we're seeing nothing less than a revolt against smug elites, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN By Richard Littlejohn for the Daily Mail 11 February 2016...

From navigating the etiquette of public baths to managing a relative who had glugged too much wine, life in the Roman Empire was a complicated business. But newly translated textbooks used by Greek-speaking schoolchildren have revealed that students learnt to get to grips with life in the...

Britain's largest known Roman arcade has been revealed beneath an apartment block in Colchester, Essex. Experts believe the ancient covered walkway included more than 28 archways topped by a grand gateway and was at the heart of the once bustling Roman town. Ruins of the grand 393ft long (120...

When it was announced that JK Rowling would be setting pen to paper to tell the world what happened after Harry Potter left Hogwarts, some of her fans were disappointed that her efforts would only make it to the stage, rather than in another novel. Now they may be satisfied: the script of...