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Remains of a medieval building which, according to legend, King Arthur visited, have been uncovered for the first time in almost 50 years. Excavations at Beckery Chapel near Glastonbury aim to accurately date buildings of an early Christian chapel. During an open day on Sunday visitors will be...

The Scottish Football Association has said it is "appalled" by scenes of disorder after Hibs' historic victory over Rangers in the Scottish Cup final. Fans spilled on to the pitch after the Edinburgh side beat the Glasgow club 3-2 with a late goal in injury time. Rangers said some of their...

Benedict Cumberbatch and Brit-award-winning singer Paloma Faith are among 282 actors, writers, artists and musicians who have signed a letter to The Telegraph warning that, if Britain were foolish enough to leave the European Union, it would become “an outsider shouting from the wings”. “From...

An underground wireless station set up in 1940 by Winston Churchill to counteract a feared German invasion has been given heritage protection. The secret station was manned by civilian volunteers who would send and receive messages for the Army. It was discovered in 2012 at a house just...

Now this is surely going to persuade a lot of undecideds to vote Leave. President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, that awful man who was once Prime Mininster of pointless, useless Luxembourg, a country slightly smaller than Oxfordshire in land area and slightly smaller than...

Construction work on a new slip road in Wales has turned up more than just rubble. Archaeologists at the site in Anglesey have unearthed the graves of at least 48 people dating back 1,500 years, calling it a find of 'national importance.' The team digging at the grounds of an ancient...

The Europeans are so desperate to keep Britain - and no doubt, her money, being the EU's second-biggest cash cow. Let's face it, it is that that they are really interested in - in the EU that they're taking to evermore desperate measures to try and "persuade" us to stay. But none of these...

Rare pictures of Winston Churchill during World War One are to be published for the first time. The black and white images include shots of the Prime Minister in uniform at the front near Ypres in northern France. He can be seen posing with fellow officers in the heart of the Western...

From Belgravia to Brussels, the howls of outrage over Boris Johnson’s observation that Hitler, like the EU, had tried to unify Europe under a single authority, grow ever louder. Lord Heseltine described Johnson’s remarks as ‘preposterous’ and ‘obscene’. Donald Tusk, the president of the...

A "pristine" dinosaur tooth found on the Isle of Wight has shed new light on a predator related to Tyrannosaurus rex. Student Megan Jacobs found the fossilised front tooth of an Eotyrannus lengii while walking at Compton Bay. It suggests the Eotyrannus could have been 20ft long - larger than...

A man has been arrested in the grounds of Buckingham Palace after scaling a perimeter wall, police have said. The 41-year-old was found in the palace grounds by officers seven minutes after an alarm was activated on Wednesday evening, according to the Met Police. Buckingham Palace...

The remains of a medieval kitchen where cooks may have prepared meals for hungry pilgrims has been discovered in Suffolk. The rare 14th Century building was discovered on the site of Guildhall Feoffment School, which itself was built on an 11th century road system in Bury St Edmunds. While the...

Each week before June 23, Douglas Murray would like to nominate a ridiculous comment of the week. With the amount of folk around claiming that Britain’s exit from the EU would herald World War III, pestilence, famine and every other horseman of the apocalypse, there is no shortage of...

Legend says King Arthur was taken to the Isle of Avalon after he was injured in a battle with his enemy Mordred before disappearing. But now a historian claims to have found where the great British ruler is buried - in a field in Shropshire. Graham Phillips, who has been researching the...

The Remain camp's smugness over the fact they believe they're going to win this referendum - although, despite what the polls say, the Remainers could wake up to a nasty surprise on the morning of 24th June to find out that, thanks to a much higher turnout from Leave supporters than Remain...

This referendum is a once in a generation chance for us to take back control of our country. When the British people enter the polling booths on June 23rd, border controls, our ability to make our own laws and our huge EU membership fees will all be major factors. But more than that, the...

The chance to be king (or queen) of a castle rarely comes along, but as an ancient structure - complete with jousting field - is put on the market, aspiring royalty have the opportunity to but wigmore Castle in Herefordshire. As the saying almost goes, an Englishman's home is his castle...

Horses and their riders as well as military and police bands from around the world honoured the Queen's 90 years last night in a spectacular show in the grounds of Windsor castle. The show, which was almost three hours long, was broadcast live on ITV1 and hosted by entertainers Ant and Dec...

Thousands of Australian aircraft enthusiasts have watched the world's largest plane, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, arrive in Perth. The 276ft-long plane, which weighs 175 tonnes without cargo or fuel, was transporting a 117-tonne generator. Built in 1988, it is the only Antonov An-225 Mriya -...

From the Salem witch trials to the bombing of Hiroshima, history is full of dates that shook the world and continue, decades and centuries later, to astound. Using eyewitness testimony – letters, diaries and archive interviews – the BBC oral history radio and TV programme Witness retells these...