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We can only conclude that self-styled feminists, and anti-Americans in general, only expect and demand civilised behaviour from white people or mostly white, Western countries... Why liberals bash Trump but ignore dictators...

Within the Bayeux Tapestry are 626 humans, 190 horses, 35 dogs, 37 trees, 32 ships, 33 buildings... and 93 penises... The Bayeux Tapestry with knobs on: what do the tapestry’s 93 penises tell us? The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most famous and...

Never-before-seen photographs showing Winston Churchill boosting the morale of British servicemen in Normandy just weeks after D-Day have now surfaced more than 70 years after they were taken. The unique photographs of the smiling former Prime Minister - whose tenacity earned him the...

The remains of a hot tub big enough to hold four people have been uncovered by archaeologists in Chichester. After the remains of three near-complete Roman buildings were found under Priory Park last year, experts suspected they would find a bath house. A first dig at the park in West Sussex...

Defence chiefs yesterday unveiled the UK’s next generation of fighter jet — which does not need a pilot. The Government is investing £2billion over the next seven years to develop the Tempest. It is due to take over from the Typhoon by 2035... WHAT WOULD BIGGLES SAY? UK unveils futuristic new...

A remote, boggy stretch of land on the north coast of Scotland is set to become the UK's first spaceport. The A'Mhoine Peninsula in Sutherland has been chosen as the most suitable place from which to launch rockets vertically to put satellites in orbit. The UK Space Agency is giving Highlands...

GHere's your chance to name the European rover that will go to Mars in 2020. Currently called ExoMars, the six-wheeled robot needs something a bit more engaging and inspiring for when it lands on the Red Planet. Astronaut Tim Peake is leading the hunt for a great moniker. He wants everyone to...

The youngest Spitfire pilot to fly in the Battle of Britain during World War Two has died, it has been announced. Sqn Ldr Geoffrey Wellum, who was just 18 when he joined the RAF in August 1939, died at his home in Cornwall on Wednesday evening aged 96. He served with 92 Squadron and his...

Looming up out of the green Cheshire countryside, listening to Deep Space, the Lovell telescope is an icon of science. And while it listens, the third largest radio telescope in the world becomes - for just a few days every summer - a massive, animated art installation... Lovell lights...

A potato plant collected by Charles Darwin during his voyage on the Beagle is among botanical treasures to go on display to the public for the first time. The specimen was re-discovered in a cabinet in the herbarium of the Royal Horticultural Society five years ago. The famous naturalist came...

It’s a shame that for so many “progressive” Brits, rooting for England at this World Cup has been tantamount to a moral crime... Remoaners are a miserable lot - they even moaned about England's World Cup winning streak Zoe Strimpel 15 July 2018 The Telegraph 66 comments...

England fans will have the chance to commiserate Wednesday's World Cup exit when a champagne bottle signed by the 1966 winning team is auctioned. The first of 1,966 produced, the bottle is signed by eight of the victorious England side, including Sir Geoff Hurst who scored a hat-trick...

After a heart-breaking week for English football fans, Three Lions is number one on this week's official singles chart. It's the first time in chart history a song has scored four spells at number one with the same artist line-up. The original 1996 version had two one-week stints whilst the...

Britain's historical secrets have been exposed by scorching temperatures, as the outlines of the nation's lost wonders have emerged in fields and hillsides across the country. Traces of a first century town, a 'ghost garden' from the 1850s and a World War Two airfield have all appeared...

The 10,000-tonne hull of the UK's new polar ship will be put in the River Mersey later - around 12:20 BST. Named after the TV naturalist Sir David Attenborough, the vessel has been assembled at the Cammell Laird yard in Birkenhead and placed on its slipway. The broadcaster himself will...

PRINCE Louis’ baptism will see the Royal Family flock to Westminster tomorrow for the much-anticipated event to take place at the prestigious Chapel Royal in St James's Palace central London. But who will christen the 11-week-old tot? REVEALED: Who will baptise Prince Louis at St James’s Palace...

Three perfectly-preserved Roman skeletons have been discovered buried underneath a takeaway in Lincoln. It’s thought they are part of the same burial ground where 23 skeletons were unearthed in a 2015 dig. One of the graves contained a burial pot which would have been filled with a drink to...

A 118-year-old tin of chocolate sent by Queen Victoria to fighting soldiers has been discovered in a cupboard. The tin, made by Hudson Scott and Sons in Carlisle in 1900, is one of a batch sent to troops in the Boer War. Carlisle tin containing chocolate survives 118 years BBC News 8 July...

Tony Parsons on the world's big stories: Merkel, Brexit, Wimbledon, the World Cup, the Trump balloon, Diego Maradona, cheating Colombians, vibrators, Posh and Becks, EU corruption and David Cameron... TONY PARSONS Theresa May must learn from Angela Merkel about leaders who ignore the will of...

Most British sports fans are familiar with the maxim that ‘football is a game for gentlemen played by hooligans, and rugby union is a game for hooligans played by gentlemen’. It was coined more than half a century ago by Arthur Tedder, then chancellor of Cambridge University, and for...