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    Knitted monks go on show in Tewkesbury Abbey

    Over 800 knitted monks, created to celebrate Tewkesbury Abbey's upcoming 900th anniversary, have gone on show...
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    British-built Mars rover to be named Rosalind Franklin

    The UK-assembled rover that will be sent to Mars in 2020 will bear the name of DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin. The honour follows a public call for suggestions that drew nearly 36,000 responses from right across Europe. Astronaut Tim Peake unveiled the name at the Airbus factory in Stevenage...
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    Anglo-Saxon treasure on sale at auction

    Anglo-Saxon treasure first discovered by a history teacher in a field in 1962 is to be sold for up to £80,000. Gordon Taylor initially unearthed a piece of bone in Irby-on-Humber, North East Lincolnshire...
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    Comrade Corbyn revealed as a proud Brexiteer in footage from 2009 — and a hypocrite

    Jeremy Corbyn might be acting like a Remainer now that we are actually leaving the EU, but we know that's not always been the case. Many people know he's been a Eurosceptic for decades - as video footage from 2009 proves...
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    Jean-Claude Juncker embodies everything Britain detests about the EU

    You want to understand why Britain voted Leave? Here is an explanation in three words. Jean. Claude. Juncker. There he was again this week, reminding us of all the self-satisfied, antiquated and anti-British attitudes that we rejected in 2016...
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    Eurovision has revealed the hypocrisy of those on the left wing

    The double standards of those lefties wanting the BBC to boycott this year's Eurovision Song Contest... Coffee House...
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    Black Sabbath bench unveiled in Birmingham

    Hundreds of Black Sabbath fans gathered in Birmingham to see an artistic bench presented to the band's guitarist...
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    Trial by ordeal: When fire and water determined guilt

    It is 800 years since England first started using juries to determine guilt. Before then, court could literally be an "ordeal" for those wanting to prove their innocence...
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    It isn’t Britain that’s nostalgic for Empire – it’s Ireland

    After gaining its independence from Britain, why is it that the Republic of Ireland now craves domination by the EU...
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    Toothless Tusk’s ‘hell’ outburst proves his contempt for Brits

    Toothless Tusk's "hell" outburst just shows his contempt for British voters and democracy... QUENTIN LETTS...
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    Mysterious spiral cloud appears near Stonehenge

    A strange spiral cloud that resembles a jet's vapour trail has left experts baffled...
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    Germans owe Britain a great debt, says Bild editor

    Anti-Brexit politicians across the EU ignore the great debt that Germany, and the whole Continent, owes Britain...
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    Rare snow phenomenon spotted in field

    A rare natural phenomenon which makes it look like wheels of snow have been rolled on their own has been captured in photos. Six rare "snow rollers" were spotted by Brian Bayliss in Wiltshire...
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    Charles I's execution is reenacted

    The streets of central London were filled with a troupe of 17th Century Civil War re-enactors as they marched down The Mall in honour of Charles I. Hundreds of history enthusiasts, dressed in armour and uniforms from the period, led...
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    Let's go for No Deal - and get Juncker on the methylated spirits

    JUST when I feel my faith in Brexit wavering, the European Union acts like a playground bully demanding dinner money from the class weakling — and I remember why we yearn to break free...
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    Shetlanders set Viking longboat ablaze during Up Helly Aa festival

    Thousands of people descended on Shetland dressed in Norse attire for the world-famous Up Helly Aa fire festival. The spectacle, which attracts visitors from around the globe, takes place in Lerwick on the last Tuesday of...
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    Dragon prompts police road safety warning

    A giant wooden dragon has prompted a police warning to drivers not to slow down to look at it after an accident and numerous near-misses. The 25ft carving, called Y Ddraig Derw - The Oak...
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    Why the EU still doesn’t understand the 2016 referendum result

    Almost all elite Brexit opinion, in Europe as in Britain, is built on the premise that somebody on the other side of the Channel is going to do something profoundly against his own self-interest... Europe still thinks Britain will come out worse from Brexit Why the EU still doesn’t understand...
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    Experts recreate the faces of ancient Brits dating back half a MILLION years

    Faces of the earliest British residents have been recreated to show what they may have looked like and tell their story. For the first time, we can see features in their faces...
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    Evidence of UK's first beer found in Cambridgeshire

    A team working on a project to widen the A14 has discovered what is believed to be evidence of the first beer brewed in the UK...