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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...

"We need an English Parliament", says favourite to be new Ukip leader, Paul Nuttall Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs should be booted out of the House of Commons to allow it to become an English Parliament, the frontrunner in the Ukip leadership race has said. North West of England...

If the system and the Establishment don’t get the ‘right’ answer, the answer they want, the answer which serves them best, they will ignore it, overturn it, and discover a rule to invalidate it. With Brexit, money of a City millionaire funded a legal case in the High Court for three men...

An ancient hill fort dubbed "one of the jewels in the crown" of the South Downs National Park has been damaged, police have said. Illegal metal detecting is believed to be behind the disturbance to the ground at the 5,000-year-old Cissbury Ring site near Worthing in West Sussex. Illegal...

As a dog-loving nation, Britain’s history is inextricably entwined with that of our pooches. Now, a new book tells the story of Britain in 100 dogs – from Roman times to the present – and looks at the extraordinary roles dogs have played in society... 8 of the best dogs in history...

Greasy Tony Blair is back. Not happy merely, along with Bush, in bombing Iraq he now wants to overturn a national democratic decision! The British people made a democratic decision in a democratic vote to leave the EU and now shameless Blair and several other Remainer politicians are now trying...

Britain can ignore the Lisbon Treaty and quit the EU immediately without even activating Article 50, an international law expert has claimed. Ingrid Detter de Frankopan said Theresa May and her Brexit ministers were wasting time getting bogged down on Article 50 details - and claimed the UK...

An 82-year-old staunch Brexit supporter is travelling the length of the country to remove “hated” EU metric road signs. Pensioner Derek Norman began taking down metric signs in 2000 while working as an agent for then UKIP leader Jeffrey Titford. Mr Norman was incensed after discovering EU...

From Magna Carta to Guy Fawkes’ confession, letters and documents offer a fascinating insight into pivotal events in Britain’s past. Now, in their new book, celebrated father and son historians Peter and Dan Snow select 50 of the most important. Here, Peter Snow explores six of his...

Here’s a tip for judges, businessmen, peers, politicians and former PMs who don’t like being called ‘enemies of the people’: stop behaving like enemies of the people... Coffee House Brexit-bashers like Blair and Branson are the real enemies of the people...

On the morning after the European Union referendum, Britain looked like a country in crisis. The Prime Minister had resigned, Scotland’s first minister was talking about a second independence referendum and the FTSE was in free fall. In several EU capitals, there was an assumption that...

"Another big seismic shock" could hit British politics at the next election, Nigel Farage has warned Theresa May, if Brexit is not delivered by 2020. The interim UKIP leader said he suspected the Conservative Government "is not fit for the legacy of Brexit". He made the remarks at a...

Incredible medieval church murals not seen since the 16th century have been restored as part of a painstaking preservation project. The murals were covered after William Shakespeare's father was ordered to paint over them more than 450 years ago. The colourful murals, thought to be some of the...

Thomas Mair has been sentenced to die in prison after being found guilty of the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox. The 53-year-old shot and stabbed to death the mother of two in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on 16 June, a week before the EU referendum vote. Mair shouted "Britain first" in the attack, but...

It is one of the most keenly studied periods in British history, and the inspiration for the ever-popular Game of Thrones. But the Wars of the Roses is still full of uncertainty, contention and debate. Here, historian Dan Jones, presenter of the Channel 5 series Britain’s Bloody Crown (based on...

Brexit campaigners are protesting outside Westminster as the Government awaits a hearing for its appeal against a court ruling that the Prime Minister must get MPs' approval to start the process of leaving the EU. Around 1,500 people are expected to take part in the Brexit Feet in London...

A cloud spotted over North Wales has been officially recognised as a formation. The asperitas is the first new type in more than half a century. Cloud fine Rare wave-like cloud is world’s first new type to be recognised for more than 50 years Mountaineer instructor...

In the past, chief whips are said to have stored their subject’s secrets in a black notebook to use against unruly MPs to win government votes. But the government's current chief whip, Gavin Williamson, has an entirely new method to ensure his party's MPs toe the line - a tarantula named...

What the left does not understand, cannot understand, is that ordinary working-class voters are not deeply moved by the plight of transvestites or raging feminists and their vagendas. They are focussed on jobs, migration, family, law and order. They place their faith with anyone who does not...

Large numbers of ancient model body parts made from clay have been unearthed in pits across Italy - but researchers still don't fully understand why. Feet, hands, eyes, ears and internal body parts, called 'anatomical votives', are thought to have been buried as a mark of devotion to...