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Exactly 100 years ago what are believed to be the bones of St Magnus were rediscovered in the cathedral built in his honour in Orkney. They were originally the centrepiece of a shrine at the twelfth century church in Kirkwall. It is thought the bones were hidden in a pillar during the...

The petition is not a plea by the pro-Remain lobby for Parliament to vote on revocation, nor that we give it another go: to rehash the arguments about whether or not we should be a member of the EU, and then let the people of this country make their finaldecision on the matter. It simply...

An "extraordinary" connection has been uncovered between a fountain in India and one taken down in the UK over 50 years ago. Northampton's Market Square fountain was erected in 1863 to...

People on both sides are passionate about the Brexit debate but they are not passionate because they have views about the economic effects...

Imagine if 2016’s referendum tipped 52 per cent for Remain. Thus the majority of Britons are content to quietly get on with continued membership of the EU. Yet freakishly, after the 2017 snap general election, and in defiance of both main parties’ pro-EU manifestos, three-quarters of MPs...

A 14-year-old schoolboy helping out at an archaeological dig in Glasgow has found one of a set of lost gravestones from the Middle Ages...

Iconic steam locomotive the Flying Scotsman is visiting Swanage, Dorset. The engine is hauling trains for a...

MPs were issued an instruction by the British people. Given the Byzantine complexity of the Brexit process, it would be foolish to pretend it was a simple one. But it was clear. They were told to withdraw the UK from the European Union...

The People's Vote campaign has been accused of "overestimating" by Brexiteers after claiming one million people took part in a march through London in support of a second referendum...

A silver seal used to sign documents in the medieval period belonged to a significantly wealthy owner, a treasure inquest heard. The seal matrix was found near Nayland-with-Wissington...

Human remains thought to be about 4,000 years old and charred have been discovered by builders working on a hotel in rural Northumberland. The Tankerville Arms in Wooler was...

YOU’D be forgiven for watching the chaos in Parliament over the past few weeks and throwing up your hands in exasperated despair...

BRITS were hit by motorway chaos after lorry drivers brought roads to a standstill in protest at the Brexit date being pushed back. There was traffic mayhem in Devon, Cornwall, Lancashire...

Prof Stephen Hawking has been honoured on a new 50p coin inspired by his pioneering work on black holes. The physicist died last year at the age of 76, having become one of the most renowned...

Don't be deceived by the lack of violence or the comparative good manners of those now seizing control. This is a coup, and what is at stake is the nature and legitimacy of Parliament itself...

The UK project to develop a hypersonic engine that could take a plane from London to Sydney in about four hours is set for a key demonstration...

An Anglo-Saxon gold pendant, found near a site where a similar item worth £145,000 was dug up, probably belonged to a woman of "high social status". The Winfarthing Pendant was found in 2014...

England and Scotland yesterday played what was probably the most astonishing international match in rugby's history...

The crew on board the sunken Henry VIII ship the Mary Rose was from the Mediterranean, North Africa and beyond, researchers have found. Bone structure and DNA of 10 skeletons found on...

A "well loved" Saxon brooch fragment has been declared as treasure. The piece, discovered by detectorists in Shropshire, dates from the 8th Century to early 10th Century...