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A new book by Zoe Bramley explores 100 lesser-known stories about Shakespeare’s life. Here are 7 of them... 7 things you (probably) didn’t know about William Shakespeare...

A 5,000 year old complete funeral urn has been excavated on housing development land in Silsden. The late Neolithic pot was dug up from the site of an ancient barrow in what archaeologists have described as an ‘exciting find.’ Arrow heads, pottery and flint tools have also been unearthed...

Forensic anthropologists have reconstructed the face of a man buried hundreds of years ago in Ireland, and they say it could be the first look at an ‘ordinary Dubliner’ from the Tudor period. The well-preserved skull of a man aged 25-35 years at the time of death was discovered back in...

Here, Philippa Brewell explores five places that were pivotal in shaping the man King Henry VIII would become and how he would be remembered... Henry VIII: 5 places you (probably) didn’t know shaped his life The Tudor king Henry VIII has secured his place in history and continues, more than...

The government is to end an arrangement that allows other countries to fish in UK waters, it has been announced. The convention allows Irish, Dutch, French, German and Belgian vessels to fish within six and 12 nautical miles of UK coastline. Environment Secretary Michael Gove said the move...

Number 10 has reportedly told business leaders that Theresa May could storm out of Brexit talks over the divorce bill in a bid to boost her ratings at home. A top Downing Street figure is said to have briefed industry and City bosses to prepare them for news of the PM's explosive row with...

There it was, in black and white in a British newspaper covering the Winter Olympics in the western Canadian city of Calgary. "One of the world's coldest countries in winter excels in its sports". And, the columnist wrote, if there was an Olympics for being boring, Canada would also win...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned against "impermissible" challenges to Beijing's authority over Hong Kong. Mr Xi was speaking at the swearing-in of the territory's new leader Carrie Lam, as Hong Kong marked 20 years since its handover to China from Britain. On Saturday afternoon, after...

An oil tanker and a cargo ship have collided in the English Channel. The ships came together 15 miles north east of Dover at 02:00 BST, the coastguard said. Oil tanker and cargo ship collide in English Channel BBC News 1 July 2017 The oil tanker Seafrontier suffered significant damage An...

Boaty McBoatface, the UK's favourite yellow submarine, has returned from its first major science expedition. The vehicle was used in the Antarctic to map the movement of deep, cold water as it moves away from the White Continent towards the Atlantic Ocean. Scientists say this flow of water...

A pair of amateur historians believe they may have uncovered the real grave of England's last Anglo-Saxon king who was killed in the Battle of Hastings. Harold Godwinson, who is famously depicted in the Bayeaux Tapestry taking an arrow in the eye from William the Conqueror's army, is...

A 'striking and apparently unique' square monument built nearly 3,000 years ago has been found hidden underneath Avebury, the Neolithic stone circle just miles from Stonehenge. The series of elaborate stones, thought to have been hidden and buried hundreds of years ago, was unearthed by...

Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell want a different kind of democracy from classic parliamentary democracy. They want street politics and demonstrations to lead to the overthrow of the economic order and the creation of a different kind of democracy in which workers take over the means of...

The lives of four monarchs... Kings and Queens in profile: Queen Anne As part of our Kings and Queens series, James Anderson Winn, professor of English at Boston University and the author of Queen Anne: Patroness of Arts, tells you everything you need to know about Queen Anne, the last of the...

It is set to be one of the major science projects of the 2030s. The European Space Agency (ESA) has just given the green light to the LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission to detect gravitational waves. This will see lasers bounced between three identical satellites separated by...

Prince Harry was once so disillusioned with being part of the Royal Family that he decided he "wanted out". Having considered giving up his title, he finally decided he should remain and "work out a role for myself". Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, the prince - who is fifth in line to the...

Queen Anne, who reigned from 8 March 1702 to 1 August 1714, is renowned as being the first monarch of Great Britain. But she also has a reputation for being bisexual and having an affair with Sarah Churchill, an ancestor of Sir Winston, which is the subject of a 2018 film and a new play...