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The discovery of what is thought to be a Pictish stone is “potentially very exciting”, according to an expert. Wayne Miles, an amateur metal detectorist, found the stone carved with an eagle on land near his home outside Elgin in Moray having apparently been discarded by builders working on a...

The Church of England is planning to hold five days of prayer to mark Britain’s departure from the EU. Just as well the...

Archaeologists have discovered for the first time Roman graffiti made centuries ago by soldiers quarrying stone to repair Hadrian's Wall...

The public finances are on the mend, recording a healthy surplus in January on booming tax receipts. Employment is at record levels (32.6 million), with real wage growth at a two-year high. Despite a global slowdown, Britain expanded 1.4 per cent last year, recording just 4 per cent...

The first public gig by John Lennon and Yoko Ono is being celebrated 50 years after it took place. Ono was booked as...

An explorer has travelled the length and breadth of Britain to photograph over 400 mysterious hidden ancient sites. Dave Hamilton, 44, ventured across the country from the Isle of Wight to the Orkney archipelago to uncover...

I have few doubts that there might be one or two inconveniences in the first month or so after we leave with No Deal. But to listen to the Chicken...

The UK is already the third-largest destination for Norwegian investment, and now they’re putting in more. It...

Democratic honesty is being casually abandoned by a knot of pro-Brussels obsessives who think they can do whatever they like. And they suppose we won’t notice...

A recently discovered football programme has shed new light on a match featuring a team of Nazi forced labourers, thought to have been thwarted by German authorities...

A string of iron age hillforts that dot the landscape of the English West Country is to be rejuvenated as part of a lottery award worth almost £1m. Thirteen hillforts in Dorset and Wiltshire, which are...

Nigel Farage is plotting to steal Tories for his new Brexit Party if there is a delay on leaving the EU, it was claimed on Friday. Catherine Blaiklock - a former UKIP candidate who is heading the party -...

Welsh quarries ransacked by ancient Britons while building Stonehenge 5,000 years ago have been identified by archaeologists. At least two...

Taking Orwellianism to dizzy new heights, this new political group poses as 'independent' while trying to deny Britain her independence... BRENDAN O'NEILL Independent Group is a space for...

A seaside town in Norfolk has celebrated its Norse heritage at its annual Viking festival. The Scira Festival in Sheringham included...

Hello, Mum! Look at me! I’m in the House of Commons! The young man waving at the camera seems to have wandered into the chamber after getting separated from a school trip to Parliament...

For hundreds of years carvings of naked women have sat provocatively on churches across Britain. But who created them - and why? Sheela-na-gigs: The naked women adorning Britain's churches...

The oldest skull ever found on the banks of the River Thames – dating from about 5,600 years ago – will go on display at the Museum of London...

The result of four decades of EU membership is to make fairy tales our ‘lingua dodgy’. That’s alarming for anyone who believes that politicians should focus on the disastrous economic situation of a country which can neither pay its way in the world nor support the level of services an advanced...

A 1,000-year-old shoe has been found intact in the muddy river bed of the River Thames. Steve Tomlinson, 47, was exploring the estuary when he stumbled across the unassuming object protruding from the mud flats. The amateur archaeologist was unaware of its historical significance and was...