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Counting is continuing in the Irish general election as an exit poll puts the three main political parties tied in first preference votes. Ballot boxes from across the 39 constituencies were opened at 09:00...

A hoard of 19 gold coins from the Iron Age unearthed in Suffolk was a "really unusual" find for the area, an expert has said...

A team of volunteers have discovered a rare game piece believed to date back to one of the first Viking raids on the island of Lindisfarne some 1,200 years ago. The tiny worked...

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and his Japanese counterpart agreed Saturday to seek an 'ambitious, high standard' trade accord matching Japan's agreement with the European Union...

Boris Johnson's post-Brexit Britain will be a world of bridges, buses, building projects – and, he hopes, a vibrantly independent trading relationship with the rest of the globe. The Prime Minister will tomorrow...

Josh Adams hat-trick helps Wales thrash Italy By Gareth Griffiths BBC Sport Wales at Principality Stadium, Cardiff Wales 42-0 Italy Defending champions Wales started the 2020 Six Nations with a comfortable 42-0 victory over Italy in Wayne Pivac's...

An Iron Age warrior who lived 2,000 years ago has been unearthed in West Sussex, surrounded by his weapons. Builders working on 175 new homes on the outskirts of Walberton...

The UK has officially left the European Union after 47 years of membership - and more than three years after it voted to do so in a referendum...

Brexit, rather than being like a bullet in the temple, will be more of a shot in the arm to stimulate our democratic process, economic trade and international networks... The future will be bright after Brexit If ever there was a time to free ourselves from Brussels, it is now. EWAN GURR 29th...

Brexit has shown Britain is still the world's greatest democracy, with the people getting what they demanded even though many politicians hated it. But democracy is not something that could be used to describe the union Britain breaks away from in three days' time... The Brexit wrangle...

In no area in recent years has the NYT made itself more ridiculous than on the subject of the United Kingdom. Since those of us who live in the UK might be regarded as, if not experts, then at least well-informed observers, the paper’s coverage has stood out as being especially ridiculous or...

Western democracy has always been founded upon the principle of something called 'losers' consent'. In simple terms, it means that defeated parties accept the result of a legitimate...

After more than three years of delay and obstruction, Parliament has finally obeyed the referendum result of 2016 and passed the law taking us out of the European Union. Next...

A commemorative 50p coin marking the UK's departure from the EU has been unveiled by Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid...

The long-lost Anglo-Saxon abbey where Edgar the Peaceful was crowned as King of England in 973AD may have finally been discovered by archaeologists in Bath. The monarch...

In Germany, fears are growing that the ship of Europe is sailing troubled waters. Soon it could be dashed on the rocks. Why the anxiety? The looming impact of Brexit, as politicians...

The British economy is set to outpace the eurozone in the first two years after Brexit, according to projections published today by the International Monetary Fund... UK economy will grow faster than the eurozone in the first two years after Brexit, International Monetary Fund predicts...

The Uffington White Horse is 374ft tall and has occupied the Berkshire Downs for 3,000 years. Martin Symington visited the sight and couldn't decide if it looked more like a horse or a dragon... Stone Age steed or fiery dragon? Exploring the mysterious Vale of the White Horse The Uffington...

The House of Lords could be moved to York as Boris Johnson shifts power to his new Tory political heartlands. The government is considering permanently relocating the second chamber to the north or midlands, in a signal that he is determined to give a voice to the areas that delivered his...

Eurocrats still don’t get it. They still don’t get Brexit. They still don’t understand that us Brits didn’t vote for some kind of trial separation from the EU. No, we voted for a full and everlasting divorce. There’s no going back. We’re out (or will be soon) and we’re staying out...