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This is the moment more than 20 seals poked their heads out of the water - and stared directly at a photographer. Geoff Chrisp was walking on the Northumberland coast with his wife when they came across 100 inquisitive seals. As he lifted his camera with Lindisfarne Castle in the background, a...

Since Britain's vote to leave the European Union 100 days ago, the nation has continued to defy the Remain campaign's doom and gloom. The sky hasn't fallen in, the world keeps spinning, and Britain remains part of the European continent. But the country has a lot to look forward to on freeing...

Britain's second-largest city, Birmingham, is to bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games. City council leader John Clancy said Birmingham was a "fantastic sporting city", hosting major events including The Ashes and the Rugby World Cup. Liverpool, Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby and...

The Rosetta probe that has been tracking a comet is heading for a collision into the 4km-wide ball of ice and dust. It is sending back pictures as it edges closer to Comet 67P. European Space Agency scientists say the satellite has come to the end of its useful life and they want to get some...

Ten moments in Admiral Lord Nelson's life that propelled him to greatness... Nelson: 10 days that created a legend...

How did Biro invent the Biro and how did it prove helpful during World War II? Who was Ladislao José Biro, how did he invent the ballpoint pen and how did it help in World War II? Cara McGoogan 29 September 2016 The Telegraph You may not realise this but the humble ballpoint pen, used...

Why a Trump-led America working with Brexit Britain is just what we need.... Together a Trump-led US and Brexit Britain can restore Nato and the West John Bolton, Former US ambassador to the UN 28 September 2016 The Telegraph Three months after the Brexit vote, it’s...

The UK will be a standard-bearer for free trade when it leaves the European Union, Liam Fox says. The International Trade Secretary said Brexit was a "golden opportunity" and that it was "100% wrong" to say the vote was a sign of Britain looking inwards. Liam Fox: Brexit is a 'golden...

From the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown calling a Labour voter a "bigoted woman" in 2010 because she asked him what is he going to do to cut immigration, to Diane Abbott labelling "racists" those 17.4 million who voted to regain their country's sovereignty from the corrupt, anti-democratic and...

There cannot be many bars where bottles of alcohol have remained unopened for decades at a time. But the remains of a 200-year-old public house have been unearthed in a busy city centre - complete with untouched bottles of brandy. Archaeologists have unearthed the former drinking house as...

Britain will thrive outside the European Union as the bloc turns inward, a top German business leader has said. Mathias Döpfner, chief executive of media giant Axel Springer, said the UK would be ‘highly attractive’ to investors after it left. He believes Brexit will see the nation embrace...

Why, three months on, the democracy-fearing elites of Europe and the UK still cannot handle the truth about what happened on 23 June. The truth about those ‘Brexit lies’ Mick Hume...

The EU referendum campaign and its aftermath has divided Britain more deeply than at any time in living memory. Our two main political parties have split over the issue, a Prime Minister has quit in ignominy, the entire "expert class" has been discredited, yawning gulfs have opened up...

BBC History Magazine has asked eight historians to share some surprising statistics from their fields of expertise – from the Roman empire to the Second World War… History’s big numbers Think that numbers should be left to accountants? Then think again. The humble statistic can give lovers of...

Archaeologists have discovered the perfectly preserved skeleton of a Roman man who had to be squeezed into a stone coffin after blundering undertakers made it too small for him. The feet of the dead male, found in a quarry in Dorset, had to be bent backwards for his corpse to fit inside...

The archaeological remains of two Elizabethan playhouses, including the theatre in which Shakespeare's Hamlet was first performed, have been protected. The Theatre, in Hackney, north east London, and the Hope, Bankside, central London, were the first and last playhouses of the era built...

The legacy of those who died in the Falklands War is being tarnished by a thaw of relations between Britain and Argentina, some of the islands' natives are claiming. In the biggest breakthrough in years, both countries recently announced that they would work to remove restrictions in the oil...

Jeremy Corbyn has been re-elected as Labour leader, comfortably defeating his challenger Owen Smith. He won 61.8% of the vote, a larger margin of victory than last year. He vowed to bring Labour back together, saying "we have much more in common than divides us", insisting the party could win...

Six British battles you should know about if you don't.... Stamford Bridge - and five more British battles you should know more about The Battle of Stamford Bridge was a precursor to the Battle of Hastings Credit: Getty Images Chris Leadbeater, Travel writer 24 September 2016 The...

It's brilliant in Brexit Britain and Project Fear's lies are being exposed... DANIEL HANNAN Tory MEP on why it’s brilliant in Brexit Britain and how ‘Project Fear’s’ lies were exposed Despite everything we’ve been hearing about failing economies, it will be Britain nudging in front of Germany...