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An 'enormous' Roman settlement has been unearthed in the Channel Islands. The 3.7 acre settlement – the largest ever discovered in the Channel Islands and nearby areas of France – was preserved by drifts of sand for thousands of years. Excavations on Longis Common in Alderney have revealed...

An amateur treasure hunter used a metal detector to unearth a 1,800-year-old gold Roman signet ring in Somerset. Pest control officer Jason Massey, 45, discovered the rare piece of jewellery, which features an engraving of the Roman goddess of Victory, in a field near Crewkerne. It is...

This is the extraordinary moment police chase jetskis in a James Bond-style pursuit on the River Thames. Astonishing footage shows cops speeding behind the four vehicles as they raced past the Greenwich Pensinsula towards Central London on Friday evening... VIEW TO A THRILL Extraordinary...

There may be 28 countries in the European Union – soon to be 27, unless our Government betrays us – but its soul is French. That crucial fact goes a long way to explaining why the EU is apparently determined to make Brexit as miserable and tortuous as possible — even at the cost of harming...

Early Roman horseshoes unearthed during an excavation at a fort near Hadrian's Wall are to go on display. Barbara Birley, curator at Vindolanda, near Hexham, in Northumberland, said it was "incredibly rare" to find a full set of four iron hipposandals. She said the hoof protectors were so...

Suffering in the hot weather? Spare a thought then for the population of London back in 1858, a year of sky-high temperatures and the Great Stink. Too hot? In 1858 a heatwave turned London into a stinking sewer By Judith Burns BBC News 3 August 2018...

How much do you know about Catherine Howard? How did she meet Henry VIII, and is she related to Anne Boleyn? How old was Catherine when she died, and does her ghost really haunt Hampton Court Palace? Here are the facts… 11 facts about Catherine Howard Catherine Howard was the fifth wife of...

Seven celestial events that may have changed the course of history, from the comet that carried William the Conqueror to victory in 1066 to the eclipse that helped Lawrence of Arabia defeat the Ottomans... Written in the stars: 7 celestial events that may have changed history Guy de la...

Ancient textiles found near Cambridge reveal Bronze Age Britons used an Egyptian thread-making technique to weave plant fibres long before they picked up spinning. The 3,800-year-old fabrics were made by splicing – a process by which fibres from nettle, lime trees or other plants were...

Colin Steer is a gold-digger with a difference: he’s spent years clearing out a medieval well hoping to ‘find a pot of gold’ at the bottom of it. But the retiree is not searching for the precious metal in a mine – he’s delving deep into an old well he unearthed inside his own front...

The British Establishment thinks it can ignore the people's democratic decision and allow Britain to leave the EU in name only without there being any repercussions. But it seems to have forgotten one thing: Ukip... Features Ukip is back thanks to the Chequers backlash...

Established in 1607, Jamestown was the first permanent British colony in America. But it nearly didn't survive. The fact it did is due in large part to Sir George Yeardley, a military man, social reformer - and one of the first English slaveholders in the colonies. Archaeologists now...

Varadkar's Brexitphobia — his weird determination to scupper the UK’s exit from the EU — is draining Ireland of its best qualities. It has made this nation, known for its rebellious spirit, into the pathetic patsy of the Brussels oligarchy. This land of rebel hearts and independent minds...

On the last day of an excavation by soldiers within the military training lands on Salisbury Plain, they found a comrade in arms: the grave of a 6th century Saxon warrior, buried with his spear by his side and his sword in his arms. Soldiers find skeleton of Saxon warrior on Salisbury...

Archaeologists have discovered imprints left by the hands and knees of a Pictish metalsmith worker while excavating an ancient settlement in Orkney. The marks left by the smith's hands and knees, which have been described as 'unique' by experts working at the archaeological site, are...

Sometimes they say the animal is more scared of you than you are of it. And sometimes the wildlife is so disgusting you know you are more scared of it. But when this - a five-inch long specimen that looks like a sausage with a thin tail - was found slithering around the corners of Bex...

A safari park has said it is not a "petting zoo" after a family were left "terrified" when a bear attacked their car. Sophie Mallaney, from Leighton Buzzard, was visiting Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire on Monday when a 6ft black bear climbed on the bonnet and began "chewing away" at...

It is the cold case that even DCI Cassie Stuart in Unforgotten would struggle to solve: who murdered the two princes in the Tower? For five centuries historians have speculated on England’s greatest crime mystery with the prime suspect being Richard III, Plantagenet King of England. Now, M’lud...

Seven hundreds years after the Scots, ruled by Robert Bruce, seized Berwick-upon-Tweed from the English, here are eight travel destinations around the world that keep changing hands.... The most conquered places on Earth Even Latvia and Sweden have ruled Tobago CREDIT: GETTY Oliver Smith...

A rare gold and enamel ring created in memory of Lord Byron following his death in 1824 has sold at auction. The ring, which is thought to have come from Byron's Nottinghamshire home of Newstead Abbey, was sold for £9,200 at Tennants sale room in Leyburn. There are thought to be only two other...