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The residents of a British town are being spooked by a creepy-looking clown which bears a resemblance to Pennywise from Stephen King's It. The figure has been spotted in full clown attire around Northampton - and one woman claimed he offered to paint her windowsills after knocking on her front...

Great Britain and Ireland has Europe's second-longest coastline - after Norway - and the 12th-longest in the world. The coast of Argyll alone is longer than that of France. Canada may have the world's longest coastline, but its coast/area ratio is 2:39 whereas Britain's is 51:37. The long...

‘Missing piece’ of Stonehenge Avenue uncovered Thursday 12th September 2013 HISTORYEXTRA.COM The official website of BBC History Magazine Archaeologists have uncovered a missing piece of the Stonehenge Avenue, the route leading to the prehistoric monument. During works to...

The Royal British Legion has unveiled a new "Never Forget" war memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire. The memorial - one of over 250 at the Arboretum - features a giant wreath around which poppies, inscribed with individual names and dates, can be planted as a...

A grandmother has made a splash in her local village after digging up a peculiar potato - shaped exactly like a duck. Dorothea Clinton, 73, was left stunned when she unearthed the unusual crop from the allotment near her home in Peaton, Shropshire. In fact, the retired farm worker has become...

The deadliest and most advanced weapons in the world are currently being displayed for top military brass at a conference centre in east London. The Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) weapons conference at the ExCeL Centre in the London Borough of Newham - not far from the...