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BT is preparing to roll out a futuristic new phone box that offers free calls and WiFi. The ultramodern Link kiosks will open on major high streets across London next year and will come complete with charging points, maps access and tourist information. BT said the rollout marked 'the next...

Miles Russell visits Fishbourne Roman Palace, once a sumptuous building with possible royal connections... History explorer: Extravagance in Roman Britain As part of our series in which experts nominate British locations to illustrate historical topics, Miles Russell visits Fishbourne Roman...

Britain is leaving the European Union, and the great and good in Brussels are on edge. The move could be "the beginning of the destruction of not only the EU but also Western political civilisation in its entirety", Donald Tusk warned just before the referendum. Jean-Claude Juncker was...

Stars have paid tribute to Dead or Alive singer Pete Burns, who has died aged 57 after having a cardiac arrest. Soft Cell frontman Marc Almond tweeted that Burns was "a one-off creation, a fabulous, fantastic, brilliant creature and always sweet to me". He added: "...and one of Liverpool's...

Doom-mongering Remoaners: "Banks are preparing to leave the City of London because of Brexit!" Banks: "Erm, no we're not." It's nonsense! Banks dismiss gloom-laden claim they'll quit the UK after Brexit British Bankers' Association chief Anthony Browne has been criticised He said of large...

More than 1,200 police and officials in France have begun an operation to clear the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais. The camp has been housing at least 7,000 people in squalid conditions. Migrants queued peacefully to be processed, and the first of some 60 coaches that will carry them to...

Jimmy Perry, creator of one of TV's most popular comedy series, Dad's Army, has died aged 93. Working with producer David Croft, he was also responsible for It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hi-de-Hi and You Rang, M'Lord? He drew on his life experiences for his writing, as a young member of the Home...

So what’s fuelling this rather fudged, opportunistic bid for independence? The SNP would have you believe it’s because 62 per cent of Scots voted to remain in the EU, as opposed to the 53.4 per cent of English people who voted to leave. It claims, therefore, that it has a mandate to pursue...

The new trade fiasco is made in Germany. Like many other troubles in Euroville, it is one that Germany tried to export to other countries. The euro crisis would have been much different if Germany had not outsourced its own banking problems to Ireland, Portugal and Spain. Last year’s...

A plaque is set to be unveiled in memory of the Englishman credited with founding Italian football giants AC Milan. Herbert Kilpin, from Nottingham, went to work in Italy in the 1890s and later established the Milan Football and Cricket Club. The plaque is being unveiled to mark 100 years...

Here, Murray Pittock, the author of the book Great Battles: Culloden, busts seven of the most notable myths of the 1746 Battle of Culloden, the last battle to be fought on British soil... 7 myths about the Battle of Culloden busted...

When French President François Hollande said this week “if Madame Theresa May wants a hard Brexit, then talks will be hard too” he wasn’t kidding. They’re going to conducted in bloody French! At least, they will if the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier gets his way - he’s...

A terror plot to target the London Underground has been foiled after police found what they suspect to be a viable bomb on a tube train, planted by a terrorist planning further attacks. A 19-year-old man was tasered and arrested by armed counter-terrorism officers on Friday, a day after...

Raine Spencer, stepmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, has died at 87 after a short illness, her family has announced. Countess Spencer died on Friday morning at her London home, her son William Legge, the Earl of Dartmouth and a UKIP MEP, confirmed. She was the daughter of novelist Barbara...

The coalition action in Syria and Iraq is as incoherent and misguided as everything else we have done in the Middle East of late — from the invasion of Iraq, via the support for those somewhat chimeric ‘Arab Spring’ rebellions to the catastrophic and stupid intervention in Libya. What we...

The first of four new UK submarines to carry Trident nuclear missiles will be named Dreadnought, a decision inspired by famous ships from the past. The Ministry of Defence revealed the name, to coincide with Trafalgar Day, for the first vessel of the £31bn project to replace existing...

The Conservatives have held ex-PM David Cameron's former seat of Witney in a by-election, but with a majority reduced by more than 20,000 votes. Robert Courts won by 5,702 votes, with the party's vote share falling from 60% in 2015 to 45%, as the Lib Dems surged past Labour into second...

Ahead of the second series of Secrets of Great British Castles (Channel 5; October 28, 8pm), and with half term around the corner, presenter and historian Dan Jones nominates his 12 favourites. What you didn't know about Britain's 12 best castles The Telegraph Dan Jones 20 October 2016...

Theresa May is heading to Brussels for her first EU summit as UK prime minister as debate continues over the government's Brexit strategy. The PM, who will trigger Brexit talks by the end of March, is expected to tell counterparts she wants a "smooth, constructive, orderly" process. But...

Here, Eloise Millar and Sam Jordison, authors of a guide to the capital’s best literary landmarks, share seven of their favourites – from Oscar Wilde’s eatery of choice in Soho to Shakespeare’s Globe theatre… Touring London with Shakespeare, Dickens and Oscar Wilde: 8 must-see literary...