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A group of pagans has written to the Archbishop of Canterbury demanding two churches to make amends for those it says were stolen 1,300 years ago. The Odinist Fellowship, which represents 1,000 members of the pagan religion, wrote to the Church of England last month asking for two...

The Notting Hill Carnival is beginning with a special ceremony as "a small act of remembrance" following the Grenfell fire tragedy. The charity single Bridge Over Troubled Water will be sung and a group multi-faith prayer will be said. Organisers have encouraged attendees to wear or...

A gold ring given by Elizabeth I to one of her naval commanders after the defeat of the Spanish Armada has emerged for sale for £70,000. The ring is believed to date from 1590 and was commissioned as a gift by the then Queen of England as a thank you to a naval chief, possibly Sir...

Counter-terror police are investigating after two police officers were injured while arresting a man with a knife outside Buckingham Palace. Officers saw a "large bladed weapon" in the man's car when it stopped near the palace on Friday evening. As they arrested him, both men suffered minor...

Afua Hirsch is a 36-year-old half-British, half-Ghanaian journalist brought up in London who, until this week, scarcely anybody had heard of. She has now, however, achieved her five minutes of notoriety, space in the Guardian and a television debate, by proposing that Nelson’s statue in...

Lewis Carroll's photographs of the girl who inspired Alice's Adventures in Wonderland will go on display alongside images of her as an older woman. They will be shown in the National Portrait Gallery exhibition Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography. Lewis Carroll's pictures of the...

Scientists have discovered a brand new flower in Shetland. It is a beauty. A delicate golden bell of a flower, its throat flecked with tiny, blood-red spots - colours echoing the Lion Rampant. Scientists discover a new flower of Shetland By Kenneth Macdonald BBC Scotland Science...

This is the moment a heavy metal singer called out a man in his audience for touching a woman's breast during a concert. Sam Carter, frontman for British metalcore band Architects, stopped the show at the Lowlands Festival in the Netherlands to berate the culprit with a furious rant.... 'I...

The anguish surrounding Brexit cannot be explained in purely political terms. Its cause is at least as much psychological. Some Remainers – a minority, but not an insignificant one – are so determined to see bad news that they are becoming unhinged. Like King Lear, they cannot adjust to...

The wrecks of a World War One U-boat and two merchant ships containing 15 cast iron cannons have been given protected status. The submarine, off the coast of Whitby, North Yorkshire, sank 40 ships before being bombed in 1918 with the loss of all its crew. It is thought the two vessels...

Which historical figures interest people the most in 2017, and which person is THE most interesting? History Hot 100 results: the historical figures who fascinated you most in 2017 We asked readers and historians to vote for the historical figures that most interest them at the moment. The...

The UK's new £3bn aircraft carrier has docked in its home port. HMS Queen Elizabeth entered Portsmouth Harbour for the first time at about 07:10 BST on Wednesday following extensive preparations at the naval base. HMS Queen Elizabeth: Carrier arrives in Portsmouth 16 August 2017 BBC News...

A team of archaeologists has uncovered remains of the riverside palace where King Henry VIII was born. Greenwich Palace, otherwise known as The Palace of Placentia, was also the birthplace of his daughters Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I. Experts working on a major development underneath...

Trevor Wainwright was off duty the day that a loner brought tragedy to his sleepy Berkshire town. As the local PC, he knew everyone on his beat; but who could have had any inkling that 27-year-old Michael Ryan - an unemployed handyman, who lived with his mother - would commit mass...

A rare 6th Century gold pendant created from a Byzantine coin has been found by a metal detectorist more than 1,500 years after it was made. The coin is imprinted with an image of Emperor Justinian and is thought to have been made in Constantinople, which is now known as Istanbul in...

Big Ben's famous chimes will fall silent from next week until 2021 to allow essential repair works to take place. The bongs will sound for the final time at midday on Monday before being disconnected to allow the clock and surrounding tower to be restored. The Great Bell has sounded on the...

I, for one, am more sure now than I was on June 24, 2016, that the British people did the right thing. My one anxiety as I placed my cross on the paper was that Project Fear might be half right if only for self-fulfilling reasons, and that I might be helping to inflict severe short-term...

India marks 70 years of independence from Britain on Tuesday. What do modern Indians think about the British? Independence: Do Indians care about the British any more? Justin Rowlatt South Asia correspondent 13 August 2017 BBC News Seventy years since India gained its independence from...

On Saturday night an emotional Mo Farah broke down in tears after missing out on a fairytale finale at the World Championships. And this morning he waved farewell to track athletics in Britain in the most dramatic of fashion - atop the London Eye. The four-time Olympic champion failed to mount...

With the Queen now into her 92nd year, and with the hard-working Duke of Edinburgh choosing to retire last month at the age of 96, plans are afoot which, if implemented, would see Charles appointed King in all but name. Palace sources have indicated that the Queen has told her inner circle...