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This is the heart-warming moment a young female deer allowed a crow to clean out her ears as she stood grazing with her parents in a London park. Amateur photographer Kimberley Plumridge, 56, spotted the young deer, which she estimates to be younger than a year old, grazing with her mum...

For centuries, Stonehenge has mystified and enraptured archaeologists and visitors. So maybe it is not surprising that another monumental wonder from prehistory has been overlooked for so long – even though it is just a mile away. Experts have discovered an 'extraordinary' line of giant...

More than 100 Tory MPs could tomorrow back plans to formally bar the European Union from campaigning during the referendum on Britain's membership. A coalition of Tory, Labour and DUP Eurosceptics are concerned that a loophole in referendum legislation means that the EU is free to...

Normally, tourists outside Buckingham Palace love watching the daily Changing of the Guard. But, yesterday, they got to enjoy another great British institution: Mr Bean! It's been 25 years since Rowan Atkinson made his TV debut as the lovable, albeit self-centred, Mr Bean. And to celebrate...

Archaeologists plan to discover whether a myth-shrouded plot of land on Northern Ireland's Causeway Coast contains the remains of hundreds of Spanish sailors who drowned when the Armada floundered. According to local legend, an ancient graveyard near Dunluce Castle was used to give a...

Skeletons discovered in a mass grave close to Durham cathedral are the remains of Scottish prisoners of war - with some as young as 13 years old, experts have revealed. Researchers from Durham University identified the bones as coming from soldiers captured after the Battle of Dunbar in...

It was once a 100,000 square mile area home to dozens of generations of prehistoric Britons, but Doggerland was engulfed by rising sea levels about 7,500 years ago. Now archaeologists are using 4D technology to research how Britain’s ‘Atlantis’ was colonised and inhabited for 6,000...

Britain's population is set to soar by twice as much as the rest of the European Union combined over the next 65 years, official Brussels forecasts reveal. By 2080 the European Union expects Britain, whose current population is 65 million, to be by far Europe's biggest country, with...

Superyacht meets Star Trek: Imagine a fleet of lighter-than-metal ships armed with weapons that fire at the speed of light. Welcome to the Royal Navy in 2050. Dreadnought 2050: Here's what the Navy of the future could be sailing Plastic ships that can become see-through...

Adrenaline pumping, his face alert with excitement and momentary apprehension, Prince Harry reaches out to touch the flanks of a fully grown male lion. It’s an extraordinary and heartstopping moment, as the fearsome beast – which has been lightly sedated – lies semi-conscious at his feet...

There are some moments in history that are so odd, so surreal, that they sound completely made up. Here, historical blogger Jem Duducu rounds up seven of the most curious… 7 moments in history you (might) think are made up but aren’t...

An amateur metal detectorist has made the 'find of a lifetime' after he discovered a medieval trinket. Malcolm Corfield, 63, found the inch-long cross pendant buried less than a foot underground in Newport. The charm, which is thought to date back 800 years, is in fantastic condition with a...