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The great Mo Farah, fresh from retaining his 5,000m and 10,000m Olympic titles, has just become the first person to win the Great Norrth Run three times in succession. He pulled away in the last mile to win the half marathon from Newcastle to South Shields. There were huge crowds roaring...

A World War II torpedo has been blown up in the sea off the Isle of Wight after it was found by a dredging barge on the seabed in Portsmouth Harbour. The device was discovered by the vessel's underwater cameras in the harbour at about 15:00 BST on Friday. World War II torpedo blown up off...

Here, Dr Emma J Wells from the University of York explores seven of the most curious examples of hidden messages and tongue-in-cheek depictions in medieval churches... How naughty was the past? The hidden depths of the medieval church...

A suspected Bronze Age sword with a gold hilt that may be up to 4,000 years old has been uncovered on the site of a new community football pitch. Diggers moved into the site in Carnoustie, Angus, after a collection of relics were unearthed while workmen began laying foundations for the...

360° views of Hadrian's Wall and the Tower of London... Hadrian's Wall A stretch of Hadrian's Wall at Walton's Crags in Northumberland Credit: Gannet77, istock In this 360 video we take you to the famous English heritage site of Hadrian’s Wall, giving you a glimpse of the Housesteads...

The fiercest rivaly in British, and world, football resumes this weekend when Rangers and Celltic meet in the Scottish Premiership. The Glasgow giants - the two most successful football teams in Scotland - meet in what is called the Old Firm match at Celtic's Parkhead tomorrow. It is the first...

Medals table .............................Gold.....Silver.....Bronze.....Total China......................7...........9..............4............20 Great Britain...........5...........3..............3............11 Uzbekistan.............3...........2...............3...........8 United...

European Council president Donald Tusk told Theresa May "the ball is now in your court" as the pair discussed the next steps on Brexit. Meeting the prime minister at Downing Street, Mr Tusk said the other 27 member states were waiting to see when the UK would formally trigger its...

DNA testing has for the first time confirmed the identity of the bacteria behind London's Great Plague. The plague of 1665-1666 was the last major outbreak of bubonic plague in Britain, killing nearly a quarter of London's population. It's taken a year to confirm initial findings from a...

Hidden within a scrap of woodland on the edge of a Scottish housing estate is one of Europe's most important artworks. Buried to protect it from vandals, a slab of rock etched with Stone Age carvings is perhaps one the UK's most neglected prehistoric sites. Yet now, nearly 50 years since it...

Donald Trump quite sensibly wants a wall built at the US border with Mexico. Now Britain is to build a wall on its border with France. Construction is soon to begin on a "big new wall" in Calais following a surge in the number of migrants trying to get across the Channel, the Government has...

When Britain joined what is now the EU in 1973, at least two of her allies in the Commonwealth - Australia and New Zealand - suffered economically as a result. Both countries have never really forgiven Britain for turning their backs on them. So it's no wonder that many Australians were...

Democracy is hanging by a thread in this country. At the start of this year, if someone had told you that in eight months’ time there would be open calls for the thwarting of the people’s will, and marches demanding the crushing of public opinion, you’d probably have scoffed. ‘This isn’t...

From an American Anglophile: FLAT WHITE Sod the Scots (and Australian reporting of Brexit) Michael Davis 28 June 2016 The Spectator Apparently the Scottish are taking their cues from Sir Oswald Mosley these days. Following the destruction of fascism in World War II, the late British Union...

Archaeologists in Monmouthshire, Wales, believe they have found wood from a logboat dating back to the New Stone Age. The discovery was made on a building site, where work has now been halted. The pieces of wood have been dated to 3210BC and were found in an area that was once thought to...

A group of left-wing numpties at London City Airport this morning and a group of left-wing numpties near Parliament Square on Saturday. On that day, a group of your typical Remainers - London types, middle class - took part in a pro-EU march which they initially said would be "peaceful...

All flights at London City Airport were disrupted after protesters gained access to the runway. The Met Police said it was called to the site at about 05:40 BST after nine protesters erected a tripod and "locked themselves together" on the runway. The Black Lives Matter UK movement...

An asteroid has been named after Freddie Mercury to mark what would have been the singer's 70th birthday. The Queen frontman has had his name attached to Asteroid 17473, which was discovered in 1991 - the year he died. Queen guitarist Brian May told a gathering of 1,250 fans at Montreux Casino...

Prince Charles is urging us to ditch acrylic and buy wool this winter. The Prince of Wales, a keen environmentalist, launched the Campaign for Wool in January 2010 as an initiative to expand the market for British and Commonwealth wool and promote awareness of its environmental benefits. HRH...

Seven of London's most memorable Lord Mayors (not to be confused with Mayor of London), including Thomas Bludworth (or Bloodworth), the Lord Mayor at the time of the Great Fire of London 350 years ago... London’s 7 most memorable lord mayors...