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A message of hope written by Charles I while he awaited execution 370 years ago has been found in a poetry book which belonged to his jailer on the Isle of Wight. The Latin phrase 'Dum spiro Spero' ('While I breathe, I hope'), which was the king's personal motto, was discovered in a...

A new study reveals the hidden history of brown bears in Britain, suggesting they still roamed wild 1,500 years ago. The research raises two scenarios. Either "native bears" went extinct around the early Middle Ages, or they disappeared some 3,000 years ago in the Bronze Age or in...

Once an object falls through cracks between the floorboards, it is commonly accepted that it has, then, slipped away forever. Unsettling this adage, archaeologists have found a treasure trove of lost artefacts preserved in the dust beneath the floor in Westminster Abbey's attic. Objects...

Eight weird and interesting things that happened in July... 8 weird things that happened in July through history When did Henry VIII marry Catherine Howard? When was the Rosetta Stone discovered? And when did Neil Armstrong land on the Moon? As the seventh month gets under way, we look back at...

The remains of what experts believe to be a 2000-year-old wolf have been unearthed in the Highlands. A digger driver was extracting peat for crofter Duncan MacKay at Rogart in Sutherland when the ancient remains were discovered. The wolf was found approximately five feet down on Friday, and...

A star of the cult film Witchfinder General has spoken of its enduring appeal, 50 years after its release... Witchfinder General star Ian Ogilvy talks of film's appeal By Nic Rigby BBC News, East 1 July 2018 Ian...

Jules Rimet would have been horrified by what the World Cup has become. A tournament that has funded the endemic corruption and racketeering within Fifa exposed by the FBI. A tournament whose dubious hosts — Russia this year and Qatar in 2022 — allegedly won the right through bribery; of...

An ambitious search has been launched to find a mysterious archaeological site known as the Yelland stone row, 30 years after the Bronze Age monument was lost. A team of experts will be exploring marshes around Devon to find the lost ancient site, which is two lines of standing stones...

Archaeologists have discovered a Roman artefact described as the 'hand of God' near Hadrian's Wall in the north of England. The remarkable object, unearthed by scientists earlier this month, is made of 2.3 kilos of solid bronze and is believed to be related to the largest military operation...

Now That's What I Call Music! (or Now!) is a series of various artists compilation albums that was first released in the UK and Ireland in 1983. Each album features the biggest pop hits in the UK charts of that year. And this year sees a major milestone in the Now! series - the release of Now...

A windowsill inscribed with rare ancient writing has been uncovered at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall - the site where 'King Arthur was conceived'. Experts believe that this could be evidence of a multicultural royal site. The stone, believed to be part of a medieval window ledge, contains...

Thousands of people lined the streets of a Scottish town for one of the oldest Borders festivals on Friday. The Selkirk Common Riding event remembers the story of the 1513 Battle of Flodden, the largest battle between England and Scotland. Selkirk sent 80 men into battle with the...

Stunned workers have unearthed an ancient road under a major landmark in Birmimgham city centre, which could date back to Roman or Saxon times. The remains were discovered as they dug up Victoria Square as part of the city's project to expand the Midland Metro network. Construction workers...

Britain actually having a summer this year is somewhat of a rarity, but the hot weather has brought on another natural phenomenon - a dust devil. Vicky Chastey filmed the rare whirlwind as she was hay baling with her husband and children in Devon. Hay was lifted up to 200ft in the air when...

Seventy years ago was arguably the start of the modern computer age. A machine that took up an entire room at a laboratory in Manchester University ran its first program at 11am on 21 June 1948. The prototype completed the task in 52 minutes, having run through 3.5 million calculations. The...

An Argyll hotelier has unveiled plans to serve burgers made with midges to his customers. David Keat, who owns the Brander Lodge Hotel near Oban, said he would harvest the blood-sucking insects from the hotel's midge exterminator machines. He said the burgers would be dipped in a coat of...

A bone believed to have come from a woolly mammoth has been discovered on the south of Scotland coastline. The find was made near Stranraer by Nic Coombey, co-ordinator of the Solway Coastwise project. He said he realised straight away that it was an "extraordinary thing" due to its size. It...

Fragments believed to have come from a woolly mammoth have been uncovered at a quarry. Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service said the remains, believed to include a tusk, were found and excavated in Staffordshire. It is one of a number of finds of its kind from across the West...

Prince William is to make the first official royal visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories in a five-day tour of the Middle East. The Duke of Cambridge is scheduled to meet both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. He will...

Two baby weasels appeared to pause for a photograph while scampering across a scenic road in the Highlands. Carrie Urquhart, a driver with Ullapool-based Lochbroom Woodfuels Ltd, took the image on Tuesday morning near Achiltibuie, Highland. Wee posers: Baby weasels photographed near...