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A couple who live in a house which once belonged to a 16th Century Archbishop of Canterbury have discovered a mural of King Henry VIII as they were renovating. Angie and Rhodri Powell were removing wooden panels from a wall in their home in Milverton, Somerset when they uncovered the mural...

Meet the robin who is a member of a church choir and enjoys singing the hymns along with the rest of the parishioners. As the parishioners of St Mary's Church at Portchester Castle, Hampshire, sing along to the holy songs they are met by a joyful chirping emanating from the rafters. Rev...

Bolton paid its respects today during the funeral of one of England's greatest-ever footballers. Centre forward Nat Lofthouse, who played 452 games for Bolton Wanderers between 1946 and 1960, scoring 255 goals, died on 15th January aged 85 at a Bolton care home. His beloved Bolton...

A gold locket containing the hair of Admiral Lord Nelson and his mistress Lady Emma Hamilton which was made around the time they began their affair is being auctioned. The locket commemorates the 1798 Battle of the Nile, during which the Royal Navy destroyed the French Navy - not for the first...

A former milkman who has collected more than 10,000 milk bottles has had to build a museum in his back garden because his house in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, is too small to hold them all. 33-year-old Paul Luke has been collecting milk bottles since he was 9-years-old and some date back to the...

Most Britons would agree that there have been a view filthy rodents living in Downing Street over the years. But this time, there is a real filthy rodent living in Downing Street, and it's been spotted on TV. The rat appeared on BBC News a week ago when a presenter standing outside Number 10...

Meet Eeyore the donkey who, at 54 years of age, is probably the oldest in the world. The life expectancy of most donkeys is between 25 and 30 years, so Eeyore is around twice that. And the grand old man is celebrating his latest birthday with his favourite diet of hay and carrots. Owner...

Two young mothers today spoke of their humiliation after being kicked out of a British playgroup - for being British. Emma Knightley, 25, and her daughter Imogen, 21 months, and her best friend, Kimberley Wildman, 27, and her daughter Olivia, 18 months, turned up at the Making Links sessions...

The British Army has broken the record for the number of IEDs made safe on a single operation. 12 IEDs were found within 300 metres of each other on a route known as Bandi Barq Road in the Gereshk area of Helmand province. The devices ranged in size from 5 kg to 15kg. All 12 were cleared by...

The family of British WWI poet Wilfred Owen fear that his Military Cross has been stolen. A silver cigarette case believed to have been given to the poet on his 21st birthday, is also missing, presumed stolen. Owen was one of the leading WWI poets and wrote with shocking realism about the...

The Queen has given permission for a film clip of her and her family, which was supposedly banned decades ago by the Royals, to be shown as part of an exhibition for her Diamond Jubilee. The 1969 film, entitled Royal Family, was watched by an incredible two-thirds of the British population...

The first device we would now call a computer was the steam-powered Analytical Engine, designed by British mathematician Charles Babbage in 1837. But the first practical ELECTRONIC computer was the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC) which was built at the University of...

Children's TV star Paddington Bear is so dismayed at the decline of marmalade consumption in his adopted country that he is to tour the nation to spread the word on the benefits of his favourite food. The Peruvian bear, who was sent to Britain by lifeboat by his Aunt Lucy, who had gone to live...

Prince William and Kate Middleton are asking guests at their April 29th wedding to not bring wedding gifts but donate to charity instead. When William's father and mother, Prince Charles and Lady Diana, married on July 29th 1981, they received more than 6,000 gifts, including a piece of...

English Premier League side Bolton Wanderers are mourning the death of footballing legend Nat Lofthouse, known as The Lion of Vienna, who died yesterday at the age of 85 in a Bolton nursing home. Nat signed for Bolton Wanderers, his hometown club (and mine), on 4th September 1939, just three...

Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish was unveiled last week as Liverpool's caretaker boss until the end of the season following the departure of Roy Hodgson. Hodgson, who took Fulham to the first-ever Europa League Final in 2010, in which they lost 2-1 against Atletico Madrid in Hamburg, took over...

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is searching for a sick thug or thugs who chopped a cat in half. The front half of the cat known as Milo was discovered by a member of the public in Rainworth, Nottinghamshire, who reported it to a local vets. Staff there believe that...

Just days after England trounced Australia in the final Ashes test of the series, to claim a 3-1 series win and their first Ashes triumph in Australia since 1987, both teams have now ditched their five day Test Match whites and put on their coloured kits for the start of the two-match series...

Former Home Secretary David Miliband is set to become vice-chairman of Sunderland Football Club. Despite being a fan of north London giants Arsenal, Miliband is the MP for Sunderland's neighbouring town of South Shields in the North East of England. The club's chairman, Irishman Niall Quinn...