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The centenary of the biggest naval engagement of World War One is being marked by commemorative events. A service at St Magnus Cathedral in Orkney will pay tribute to the 8,648 sailors who died during the Battle of Jutland. A service of remembrance will also take place on board HMS Duncan at...

Hundreds of skeletons found under a Cambridge University college could help researchers map the effect of the Black Death on a medieval town's population. More than 400 complete skeletons were discovered during work on St John's College between 2010 to 2012. The remains, dating from the 13th...

More resources are needed to stop migrants trying to reach the UK on makeshift boats, or lives will be lost, an ex-border force inspector has said. A group of 20 people - including 18 Albanian migrants and two children - were rescued from an inflatable boat off the coast of Kent on...

If you look back through some of the older threads in this sports section of the forum then you will see one from exactly two years ago reporting on the fact that Real Madrid had won the Champions League for a record tenth time. But now, they have won Europe's - and the world's - most...

Do the Eurocrats fear Britain will be a dreadful failure outside the EU? No. It is because they fear that we will be a dramatic success, and in so doing encourage other EU members to follow us out. That is oddly inconsistent with the claims of disaster put about by the Remain team. So what...

From famed warriors to ruthless female settlers, Gareth Williams from the British Museum rounds up eight top Vikings… 8 Vikings you should know about...

Choppers, believed to be from the SAS, have put on an extraordinary show of force over the skies of London in their top-of-the-range new anti-terror helicopters. Elite forces were spotted flying over landmarks such as Big Ben, the Shard and the London Eye, during an apparent training...

With only two months until the Rio Olympics, Brazil’s woes continue, with a minister in the interim government being forced to resign after being accused of plotting to stop the country's national corruption probe. It is not just president Dilma Rousseff being investigated, of course; a full...

A cookbook written in 1683 advises single women that the key to finding a man is 'the advice of sober friends', 'two ounces of the feare of God' and 'two ounces of consideration'. The book, written by bride-to-be Margaret Savile who was around 15 years old when she penned it, has been...

The core assumption of the anti-Brexit economists is that leaving would erect damaging barriers to trade; the pro-Brexit side must take on and demolish these arguments. The good news is that it’s quite easy to do so. The Leave campaign’s long-term aim is to break away completely from the...

The Royal Navy is investigating claims the wreckage of a British submarine lost during World War Two has been discovered off the coast of Sardinia. An Italian diver says he discovered the vessel, known as HMS P311, last weekend at a depth of 260 feet. The submarine was last seen in...

From bloody battles and brutal raids to epic seafaring adventures, here are 8 dates from Viking history you need to know… 8 key Viking dates you need to know From bloody battles and brutal raids to epic seafaring adventures, we bring you 8 dates from Viking history you need to know… Monday...

The Black Death was one of the most destructive epidemics in history, estimated to have claimed the lives of up to 200 million people across Europe between 1346 and 1353. But exactly how the plague decimated individual towns and villages has been relatively poorly understood. A new study...

The Spectator's Rod Liddle is being put on trial by the Labour Party for thought crime - for daring to suggest that any Muslim, anywhere, could be accused of anti-Semitism... Rod Liddle: Labour’s putting me on trial for thought crime Now I have a chance to apologise for daring to...

If you want to know how lost Europe is, how thoroughly it has abandoned freedom of speech, get this: two French music festivals have banned Eagles of Death Metal, the American rock band whose gig at the Bataclan was turned into a bloodbath by Isis last November, after the lead singer said...

Towering above the grassy Salisbury Plain, its eerie rock monoliths are steeped in myth and magical stories, yet despite decades of research the original purpose of Stonehenge remains a mystery. But UK researchers have tried to answer one of the many logistical questions surrounding the...

When ‘Right-thinking’ commenters and the European elite awoke this morning to the prospect that Austria could be the first European country to be led by a populist right leader (since WWII) they were aghast. In the event Nobert Hofer of the Freedom party narrowly lost his bid to become...

French Ligue 1 football club Bordeaux have released their new third kit for the 2016/17 season. And it's a shocker... Bordeaux release bizarre third kit for 2016/17 season Mark Brus for Metro.co.uk Saturday 21 May 2016...

A bone fragment believed to come from St Thomas Becket is going on display in England for the first time since it was taken to Hungary 800 years ago. The bone is believed to be from the elbow of St Thomas, who was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170 after he fell out with King...

In Merchant Adventurers: The Voyage of Discovery That Transformed England, James Evans explores the first major advances in maritime navigation, and the Tudor masters of cartography. Here, writing for History Extra, he reveals eight things a Tudor crew would have needed to do if they hoped to...