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Archaeologists have discovered that some Scottish crannogs are thousands of years older than previously thought. Crannogs were fortified settlements constructed on artificial islands in lochs. Scotland's crannogs are older than Stonehenge 13 June 2019 BBC News Neolithic pottery...

A massive electrical failure has left all of Argentina and Uruguay without power, according to a major Argentine electricity provider. Reports said the power cut had also affected parts of Brazil and...

New ITV drama starring Hollywood actor Rob Lowe. US police chief Bill Hixon lands in Boston - Boston, Lincolnshire, that is - with his 14 year-old daughter Kelsey, hoping to flee their recent painful past. The new community forces Bill to question everything about himself.

EUROSTAR carriages were rammed with politicians en route to Brussels, as the EU rolled out the red carpet for newly elected MEPs last week...

It's the kind of cracking inventiveness that Wallace and Gromit would applaud – watery waste from making Wensleydale cheese is to be used to keep thousands of homes warm. When milk...

'Another rotten borough': Nigel Farage lashes out after observers warn Labour's by-election win in Peterborough was 'like corrupt Kazakhstan' as police probe five cases of 'malpractice'...

The Brexit Party’s success has startled its political opponents. It also presents them with an intractable problem. The problem for the Remain Liberal Democrats and the majority of the Labour Party is how to reconcile their support for a fundamentally anti-democratic institution – the...

If a lawyer advises you to pay money which you do not owe, and you do so, then you can sue that lawyer to compensate you for the loss. That’s because the lawyer owes his client a duty to not give wrong advice. Does a politician or a journalist owe that duty? Can we sue them if their...

No, I don't think Jo Brand should apologise or be sacked by the BBC for joking about throwing battery acid at Nigel Farage. Or investigated by the Old Bill. The clue is in the word...

Baroness Scotland's determination to remain at the helm threatens to bring the Commonwealth to its knees, embarrass the Queen and even cause a rift in the Royal Family...

An excavation is under way on the site of a suspected 4,500-year-old burial cairn that lies next to one of Wales' most important prehistoric monuments...

Hot air balloons have sailed into central London's clear blue skies this morning for the Lord Mayor's annual regatta...

Leave supporters may find the implacable self-righteousness of British Remainers trying if not exhausting. Yet that frustration cannot compare with the exasperation of talking to Americans about Brexit... Thought British Remainers were bad? Try explaining Brexit to liberal Americans...

Nigel Farage yesterday delivered his plans for Breexitt to 10 Downing Street, on what was May's last day as Tory leader. Yesterday also saw the Labour Party win the Peterborough by-election, but only just, amassing just 683 votes more than second-placed Brexit Party... I'm next! Farage...

Put simply, there seems to be only one side which cares about the future of our democracy and, ironically, it’s the side that keeps being labelled ‘fascist’. In 2019, hurling milkshakes at your opponents makes you ‘tolerant’, while voting the wrong way makes you a Nazi. Coffee House...

A row has broken out between Scotland and Ireland over fishing rights around the uninhabited islet of Rockall...

The Queen's official birthday is being marked with the annual Trooping the Colour parade. She is being joined by members of her family and thousands of spectators to watch the display...

Two bands who have called for members of the Conservative Party to be killed are to perform at Glastonbury Festival 2019. One of Killdren's best known songs is called Kill Tory Scum while Fat White Family...

Henry claimed he was so repulsed by Anne’s body that he could not fulfill his marital obligations, and to get out of the union, alleged she was still pre-contracted to the Duke of Lorraine’s son because no document could be produced that dissolved the betrothal...

Liverpool have beaten fellow English side Tottenham Hotspur to be crowned European Champions for the sixth time...