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Scotland's cricket side has today stunned the world of sport by beating England - the number one ranked side in the world - for the first time ever in a One Day International in Edinburgh... Scotland stun England as Calum MacLeod hits 140 not out in Edinburgh By Stephan Shemilt BBC Sport 10...

A Welsh chronicle dating from the reign of King Henry VIII has been added to a prestigious list of texts granted national heritage status. The books by 16th Century Flintshire soldier Elis Gruffudd are among six new pieces to be placed on the Unesco UK Memory of the World Register. Described...

THE football fan who is tired of the World Cup is tired of life. How can anyone not feel giddy with excitement that it all kicks off on Thursday? Yes, the criticism aimed at Russia is all true — from their thuggish fans, to their undemocratic President, to their willingness to assassinate...

An eight-year-old boy has become the youngest climber to scale the 450ft high sea stack the Old Man of Hoy. Edward Mills, from Dunnet, Caithness, completed the challenging climb to raise money for charity Climbers Against Cancer as his mother, Bekki Christian, has terminal breast cancer. Boy...

A 3.9-magnitude earthquake centred in north-east Lincolnshire has reportedly been felt up to 60 miles away. The British Geological Survey (BGS) said it happened at 23:14 BST on Saturday, with the epicentre in Grimsby at a depth of 11 miles. It was felt mainly in Lincolnshire and Hull, the BGS...

A mock funeral procession has taken place in Gloucester to to mark the 1,100th anniversary of the death of Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians. She led armies against the Vikings and the Welsh and is believed to have been buried at St Oswald's Priory in the city. Gloucester funeral procession...

Are Germany really that good at penalties? How important is home advantage? And which Mexican defender has the same World Cup scoring record as Cristiano Ronaldo? As World Cup fever sets in, we answer all that and more... World Cup 2018: Everything you need to know in seven charts...

There has been much speculation about whether Donald Trump will come to Scotland during a trip to the UK next month. If he does, the visit will come 140 years after Ulysses S Grant was the first American president to tour Scotland... Stars and gripes: When US President Ulysses S Grant...

A military enthusiast who has spent the past 30 years collecting figurines has finally finished what he believes is the most realistic recreation of the Battle of Waterloo. Semi-retired Michael Wrobel, 63, said his giant recreation has cost him thousands of pounds over the years. The...

Remains of a man thought to be the victim of an execution killing 1,000 years ago have been found during excavation work for a wind farm. Archaeologists found the adult man, aged between 25 and 35, with fatal cut marks to his neck during a dig in preparation for the Rampion Offshore Wind...

This is how the current political establishment now treats ordinary voters of this once-great nation - with contempt. There's only so much more the Brexiteer majority of this country can take from these arrogant, condescending, vile, oafish, traitorous Remainers... Remain-backing Tory MP...

A hoard of decaying bank notes dating back to World War Two has been found under the floorboards of a shop. They were discovered during renovation work at the Cotswold Outdoor store in Brighton by shopfitter Russ Davis, and removed for safekeeping by police. The face value of the £1 and...

A Coldstream Guards soldier is set to become the first to wear a turban during the Trooping the Colour parade. About 1,000 soldiers will take part in the ceremony which marks the Queen's official birthday, on Saturday. Guardsman Charanpreet Singh Lall, 22, a Sikh from Leicester, said he hoped...

A football fan has become the first person to build Lego models of all of the stadiums of the 92 teams in England's Premier League and Football League... PREMIER LEAGUE-O Football fan becomes the first person to build all 92 stadiums out of Lego — and he used 160,000 bricks Cardiff City...

The big news stories of the week: Brexit; a third runway at Heathrow; Gary Lineker; Salad Cream; racist cycling; badgers; and violent London... Rod Liddle The EU is such a mess it will implode before we leave It's high time we saw the hopeless and incompetent EU for...

Many people, be they Remainers or Leavers, are sunk in depression over Brexit. What follows is a rousing speech Theresa May could give to lift our spirits and her political fortunes. STEPHEN GLOVER: Theresa May should make a rousing Brexit speech saying it's not us who are fantasists, it's...

More artefacts from a warship that was wrecked in the Solent in 1758 have been brought to the surface. HMS Invincible - built by the French in 1744 and captured by the British in 1747 - is believed to be one of the most significant warships ever built. A second excavation is being carried...

Most people in England feel disconnected from decisions made at Westminster, but don't necessarily think an English Parliament is the answer, a BBC survey suggests. Has the moment for it passed? Will England ever get its own Parliament? By Brian Wheeler...

Fire crews are battling an enormous fire at the luxury Mandarin Oriental hotel in central London this afternoon. Thick black smoke was seen billowing across the capital's skyline from the hotel in William Street, Knightsbridge, where rooms start from £600-a-night. London Fire Brigade said...

THE family behind the bizarre "can house" have reportedly been forced out of their 75,000 Fosters tin covered home. Philip Muspratt began decorating the Hartlepool house in a unique fashion in 2005 but were asked to leave amid a housing development It divided opinion as the semi-detached home...