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A statue of the Queen Mother has been unveiled by the Queen at the Prince of Wales' model town in Dorset. The 9ft 6in (3m) bronze statue by sculptor Philip Jackson stands in the new Queen Mother Square in the Poundbury urban development on the edge of Dorchester. It is a second casting of a...

A waiter working at the British Museum knocked the thumb off a priceless Roman sculpture, it has emerged. The accident occurred in December last year, according to The Art Newspaper, but has only just come to light. Waiter knocks thumb off Roman sculpture at British Museum BBC News 27 October...

During the EU in/out referendum campaign, leading figures in the Government and international organisations like the IMF said that a vote to leave the EU would see Britain's economy hit by a recession. In fact, the so-called "experts" said that this very quarter just ended would see negative...

Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, died on this day - 26th October - in 899. He came to the throne in 871. To mark the anniversary, Barbara Yorke reveals intriguing details about the talents that made King Alfred a unique early medieval monarch... The real Alfred the Great On the anniversary...

THERE is more than a whiff of the Bonnie Prince Charlie about Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon: a stirring call to arms based on a romantic notion of Scottishness that eventually leads to disappointment and defeat. But whereas the Prince left hundreds of dead clansmen on the field of...

Prehistoric stone tombs used to store the ashes of loved ones are being built in Britain for the first time in thousands of years. The ancient resting places could help to tackle the problem of a lack of burial space. Until now, Neolithic earth mounds built over the dead, known as long...

Britain is the most business-friendly major economy on the planet, the World Bank has said – casting fresh doubt on predictions of economic collapse after Brexit. The UK came top of the G7 group of industrialised countries in an annual index on ease of doing business, one place ahead of...

They became friends at Cambridge University, both joining the prestigious Footlights society before going on to form their own Fry & Laurie television double act So it was only fitting that Stephen Fry was on hand to pay tribute to his best friend Hugh Laurie as Laurie was awarded a...

The Jungle has been the cause of so much bitterness between London and Paris. Indeed, you could hardly find a better example of the jealousy with which the French elite view their northern neighbours or the sanctimonious hypocrisy with which they love to disguise their chauvinistic...