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A part-time coastguard was left stunned after finding a shark had fallen from the sky and landed in his back garden. James Hill, 26, was making a cup of tea in the kitchen when his father, Colin, 59, alerted him to the two-foot long, small-spotted catshark lying lifeless on Thursday lunchtime...

Scientists will set out in the next week to study an Antarctic realm that has been hidden for thousands of years. A British Antarctic Survey-led team will explore the seabed ecosystem exposed when a giant iceberg broke away from the Antarctic Peninsula in 2017. The organisation has also...

The Commonwealth has secretly begun considering who might succeed the Queen as its head, the BBC has learned. The issue is hugely sensitive because the role is not hereditary and will not pass automatically to the Prince of Wales on the Queen's death. The Commonwealth has set up a "high...

It takes quite a lot to shock a journalist. You might think we would be inured to this: that almost no form of outrageous political behaviour could evoke more than a wry shrug. But I have to say – absolutely sincerely – that I have been shocked by the rabid, outrageous, visceral hatred...

A minor earthquake with a 4.4 magnitude has affected parts of Wales and England. The quake was felt over all of Wales, most of western England, as far east as London and as far north as the southern edge of the Lake District, the British Geological Survey (BGS) said. The epicentre was...

A man who fell down a drain and became trapped in the sewer system for a reported three days has been rescued by police in east London. The 48-year-old, who has not been named, is thought to have wandered through pipelines for up to 72 hours as he desperately tried to find his way out...

The lost settlements of one of Scotland's most visited landscapes, infamous for the worst murders of the clan era, are to be traced by archaeologists for the first time. Glencoe was the scene of a massacre of the MacDonald clan, which saw more than 30 members of the kinship group slain...

It was a key battle that changed the course of British history. Now, a lengthy investigation has revealed the site of the 1066 Battle of Fulford in York. Archaeologist Charles Jones says the compelling evidence shows 'beyond any sensible doubt' that the historic battle in the city of York...

Remains of an Iron Age hill fort have been uncovered during excavation work to restore a series of caves in Kent. A dig at Margate Caves in preparation for the site being reopened to the public revealed the 'wonderful' find. Researchers discovered a defensive ditch during routine excavation...

One of the oldest trees in Wales which was probably planted 1,000 years ago as a boundary marker along Offa's Dyke has fallen down. The Buttington Oak was spotted collapsed in its field two miles from Welshpool in Powys by a man nicknamed the "tree hunter". 1,000-year-old oak on Offa's Dyke...

Theresa May was forced to rebuff calls to reverse Brexit today after she warned a failure to strike a new UK-EU security treaty could cost lives. The Prime Minister was challenged twice after her speech to the Munich Security Conference to explain why she was pushing through the...

A man has driven a sports car across 21 countries, starting at the most northerly pub in the world and finishing at the most southerly. Ben Coombs, 38, from Plymouth in Devon, drove 20,000 miles across three continents from the Arctic Circle to the southernmost tip of Chile. It took him...

The moment a large block of ice fell from the sky and landed just metres from a street cleaner in London has been caught on camera. CCTV showed the man's narrow escape after the ice crashed to the ground at speed and smashed into pieces in North Road, Kew. The incident on Wednesday morning is...

It was on a cold morning in March 1862 when up to 100 people gathered to watch as a mournful Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone for a project that she and her late husband, Prince Albert, had set their minds on for years: a final resting place that would reunite them forever. Having been...

A policeman found himself in a real-life Hot Fuzz situation when he was called in to help catch a swan. PC Jamie Payne swooped in when the bird was spotted on the A33 near Reading. After winging his way to the busy A-road, the roads unit officer pursued the "elusive swan" on foot - in scenes...

A Russian passenger plane has crashed after leaving Moscow's Domodedovo Airport with 71 people on board. The Saratov Airlines jet vanished minutes after take-off and crashed near the village of Argunovo, about 50 miles south-east of Moscow. Russia jet crashes after Moscow take-off BBC News 11...

Shards once believed to have fallen from a UFO which crash landed in England have reemerged 60 years after they were first discovered. The fragments of the 'Silpho saucer' were found inside a cigarette tin inside a storeroom inside London's Science Museum. The discovery of the...

Michel Barnier is facing a backlash in some EU states for his 'aggressive' bid to force Britain into 'soft' Brexit. The EU chief negotiator triggered a furious row with the UK last week when he claimed leaving the customs union would guarantee a hard Irish border. He also threatened to...

This Brexit of ours is going to be fought every step of the way by bitter and twisted deadbeat Remainers incapable of understanding the meaning of democracy. Who are they? Largely a few people you’ve heard of but wish you hadn’t... ROD LIDDLE Shrieking Remainer madams like Anna Soubry in...

A huge Neolithic monument has been found alongside a treasure trove of ancient humans remains and pottery shards just two miles from Windsor Castle. The site was uncovered as a series of encircling ditches that once formed artificial boundaries to a ringed ceremonial gathering place...