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Welshman Owen Smith is now the only person challenging Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour leadership contest, with Angel Eagle pulling out. Owen, the former Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, made a direct bid to Labour members to abandon Mr Corbyn after he became the only moderate candidate...

The UK is to relinquish its upcoming six-month presidency of the European Council as it prepares to leave the EU. The announcement from No 10 came as Theresa May prepares to meet her German counterpart Angela Merkel for the first time since becoming prime minister. They will have a...

What was life like for ordinary people in Stuart Britain? Here, Andrea Zuvich, author of A Year in the Life of Stuart Britain, investigates… Stuart Britain: what was life like for ordinary people...

It is an elaborate belt any modern fashionista would be proud of. Engraved with dolphins and dogs, in fact it belonged to a middle aged later Roman soldier. Archaeologists found the rare evidence near an important Roman road in Leicester. While it gave up 83 skeletons, the University of...

The House of Commons has backed the renewal of the UK's Trident nuclear weapons system by 472 votes to 117. The MPs' vote approves the manufacture of four replacement submarines at a current estimated cost of £31bn. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told MPs nuclear threats were growing...

A full, uninterrupted view of the Mary Rose has been unveiled after a £5.4m museum revamp. Henry VIII's flagship has undergone 34 years of conservation since it was raised from the Solent in 1982. Small viewing panels have been replaced with floor-to-ceiling windows and a balcony entered...

They are often described as ruthless and bloodthirsty, famous for their tyrannical reigns of terror. Here are right of the bloodiest emperors of Ancient Rome... The 8 bloodiest Roman emperors in history...

Theresa May will move to dismiss suggestions from Nicola Sturgeon that Scotland will have a veto over when Britain leaves the EU. The Prime Minister, who is visiting Wales today, told Scotland's First Minister on Friday she would not start the Brexit process until she had agreed a 'UK...

The history of these islands has been littered with famous second – or third, or fourth – royal siblings, who for better or for worse have done much to shape the monarchy that we know today. Here are 10 of the most famous.... Sibling rivalry: Henry VIII, Richard III and other monarchs whose...

Australia has called for a free trade deal with Britain following its exit from the European Union. Theresa May described the move as "very encouraging" and insisted it showed Brexit could work for Britain. In a phone call to the new PM, her Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull said he...

Here are ten policies that the new British Prime MInister, Theresa May, should pursue... Ten steps May can take to shape a better future Simon Heffer 17 July 2016 The Telegraph Under David Cameron the Conservative Party treated its members like an occasionally tiresome...

We cannot leave “Europe” in the proper sense of that word – that is geographically, emotionally, culturally impossible; and we will remain key players in all kinds of intergovernmental cooperation with our European friends and partners. But we can and must respect the people’s will, and...

Here are nine houses which are not only historic but are also haunted, including Smithills Hall in Bolton, my hometown... 9 haunted historic houses...

On Saturday 30th July 1966, England won the World Cup by being West Germany 4-2 after extra time in the final at Wembley. Now, 50 years on, the Daily Mail recounts the Three Lions' heroics in stunning, evocative detail.... Heroes of an England long gone: A gloriously evocative minute-by-minute...

This week, Mr S made his way to Boisdale (a central London restaurant) to watch his Spectator comrade Rod Liddle give the key address at the fifth annual Freedom Dinner. Hosted by Forest, Liddle stayed on-message at the libertarian bash — speaking freely on a range of topics from his...

A stone marking the site of King Harold's death at the Battle of Hastings has been moved to mark the 950th anniversary of his demise - to a spot about 20ft (6m) away. The marker at Battle Abbey had denoted the "official" location of the last Anglo-Saxon monarch's death since the 1980s...

Richard Littlejohn on why Theresa May should pul Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights; airline lavatories; sexual orgies at army barracks; and DNA profiles of dogs used to fine dog owners for not clearing up their dogs' mess.... Now get us out of the human rights racket, too...

There’s no point trying to rationalise what happened. How can you explain the thought process of a man who purposefully runs over children in strollers? Nor is there any simple answer to stop it happening again. Many, like me, will have a sense of helplessness and foreboding this morning...

Nine Iron Age skeletons uncovered during a dig could "completely change our understanding" of how ancient people lived, archaeologists claim. The well-preserved remains were found by Bournemouth University students during a dig at a pre-Roman town near Winterborne Kingston, Dorset...

This is the extraordinary story of the most ubiquitous and familiar Indian street food of the lot. I say street food, but this is actually a drink, and it is no exaggeration to say it was one of the great engines that drove the globalisation of the world economy. It caused wars and...