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Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is in hospital after having emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. A United statement said the procedure "had gone very well" but Ferguson "needs a period of intensive care to optimise his recovery". Glasgow-born Ferguson was manager of...

The image of London as a liberal, tolerant and multicultural haven is one not recognised by millions of its citizens... PAUL EMBERY Our working class is not racist — they’ve just been shafted by the liberal elite Comment By Paul Embery 4th May 2018 WE all know the propaganda. London: It’s...

French graffiti has been discovered on the walls of an English manor house in what is the largest selection of pre-19th-century prisoner art ever found in Britain. A series of 250-year-old etchings found at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent reveals names and depictions of vessels used by...

Trails of dust and gas in the night sky recorded by Anglo-Saxon astronomers may provide evidence of the mysterious Planet Nine, academics at Queen's University claim. Experts believe depictions of comets spotted in the Dark Ages will provide further clues on the whereabouts of the...

This Peers vs the People power-grab confirms, almost beyond caricature, the thesis that helped Brexit win – that the EU is a project belonging to an arrogant elite. As well as the Remainer swells like Lord P, many of the most active campaigners in the Lords are former mandarins – Cabinet...

How easy it would be to be goaded by the visit of Tendayi Achiume, the UN’s “Special Rapporteur on Racism” to Britain. “My mission… will focus on explicit incidents of racism and related intolerance as well as attention to structural forms of discrimination and exclusion that have been...

One of the oldest and rarest pieces of gold ever found in Britain has been found in a box of odd watch parts bought at a car boot sale in Oxfordshire. The 'incredibly rare' gold strip, which is thought to be from the early Bronze Age and dates to between 2,500 and 2,000 BC, could be worth as...

A type of plankton described as part of "the beating heart" of the oceans has been named after the BBC's Blue Planet series. The tiny plant-like organism is regarded as a key element of the marine ecosystem. Scientists at University College London (UCL) bestowed the honour on Sir David...

The 800-year-old heart of an Irish saint has been recovered six years after it was stolen from a Dublin cathedral. The heart of St Laurence O'Toole was found undamaged in the city's Phoenix Park by Irish police following "an intelligence-led investigation". The bizarre theft happened at Christ...

A £5,000 dog kennel based on Windsor Castle has been built by a lottery-winning owner for her pampered pooch to watch the royal wedding in style. Susan Crossland, 53, has commissioned the 6.5ft high, hand-painted kennel made for Archie, her 10-year-old Lhasa Apso. Royal wedding: Pampered...

It's the oldest and biggest occupied castle in the world that has been home to 39 monarchs. And it will shortly play host to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding. However, the story of Windsor Castle begins with a wooden fortress, built by William the Conqueror in the 11th Century...

It's long been viewed as a bastion of Roman military prowess but Hadrian's Wall may have had a more domestic history, researchers say. Newly discovered remains of a woman and five-year-old, believed to be a mother and child, challenge the idea that the fort was purely the preserve of...

The Left never did get irony. Think of all those millionaire luvvies and comedians mocking the miserly Tories while exploiting every tax loophole. Think of all the student unions, proclaiming freedom of speech while banning every incorrect voice. Think of the virulent anti-Semitism of the...

A burial site containing 75 Roman skeletons has been uncovered beneath a hotel swimming pool in York. The grade two listed building, known as the Newington Hotel, is currently being gutted by developers to create seven family homes. During the renovation of the Georgian building...

Archaeologists believe they have found, preserved in peat, charcoal from a fire that destroyed an ancient hillfort. Dun Deardail was built about 2,500 years ago on a prominent knoll on Sgorr Chalum, a hill overlooking the River Nevis in Glen Nevis. Charcoal found in surrounding peatbog has...

A 213-year-old biscuit dating from the Battle of Trafalgar is to be sold at auction. The biscuit, which belonged to a sailor on board HMS Defence in 1805, is believed to be the oldest surviving ship's biscuit in the world. It is thought to predate one from 1852 on show at a museum in...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their third child Louis Arthur Charles. The couple's second son was born at 11:01 BST on Monday at the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London, weighing 8lb 7oz. A tweet from Kensington Palace said the baby would be known as His Royal Highness...

Two houses dating back 11,000 years have been declared Britain’s oldest dwellings by experts. Remains of the wooden shacks were found during a decade-long dig at a Stone Age site. THIS OLE HOUSE Britain’s oldest houses date back over 11,000 years, scientists discover A team of researchers has...

The ancient remains of a gigantic marine reptile have been found in southwestern England. Known as an ichthyosaur, the animal lived about 205 million years ago and was up to 85 feet long—almost as big as a blue whale, say the authors of a study describing the fossil published today in PLOS ONE...

So, here it is. Europe's Mars rover. Or rather, a copy of it. This is what they call the Structural Thermal Model, or STM. It is one of three rovers that will be built as part of the European Space Agency's ExoMars 2020 mission to search for life on the Red Planet... Europe's Mars rover...