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Parishioners of a tiny church in rural Herefordshire have long believed a rumour that their altar cloth once belonged to Queen Elizabeth I. It was kept at St Faith's Church in Bacton in an old wooden frame. Now, having spotted it by chance, experts at Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) have...

Manchester United's final-day match against Bournemouth has been called off because of a suspect package. Two stands - the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand and the Stretford End - at the 75,635 capacity stadium were evacuated before the home game against Bournemouth and sniffer dogs brought in to search...

EU Remain campaign is "contaminating" UK democracy, says former NZ Deputy PM The Remain campaign is “contaminating” Britain’s democratic process by relying on “outside money” and foreign interests to tell Brits how to vote, the former Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand has said...

It was perhaps the biggest lie of all. This week, David Cameron provoked universal derision by claiming that Europe risks sliding back into war and genocide if Britain votes to leave the EU. He argued that it was only because of the EU that peace had been maintained on the continent over...

The people of Europe, from Ireland to Russia - as well as the people of Australia - are gearing up for the 61st Eurovision Song Contest tonight. There are sure to be Eurovision parties across the continent as the cheesy song contest is broadcast live from Stockholm, with Russia the favourite to...

Manchester rockers The Stone Roses released their first single in 21 years last night. Thirty-three years since they formed, 21 years since they last released any new music and four years since they reunited, All For One recaptures the almost insouciantly innocent blend of elements that...

Tiny Forest Green Rovers are bidding to enter England's Football League for the first time when they play Grimsby Town in the National League Promotion Final at Wembley on Sunday. The National League consists of the fifth and six tiers of the English footballing pyramid, the top two levels of...

"Crumbling" graffiti drawn by conscientious objectors held in Richmond Castle during World War One is to be preserved by English Heritage. In May 1916, 16 men - mainly from the north of England - were incarcerated in cells at the North Yorkshire castle. The graffiti features pencil drawings...

The world's youngest mummy has been found in a small Egyptian coffin at a British museum. The foetus is believed to have been no older than 18 weeks of gestation when it was preserved during an ancient burial ritual. The discovery reveals 'just how precious the unborn child was' to the...

Leicester City WAGs (Wives and Girlfriends) are sure to have their eyes on this £225,000 ring which was inspired by the Premier League trophy itself. The giant sparkler features a 5.01 carat central diamond set inside a yellow gold crown surrounded by blue sapphires. The ring has two gold...

Goliath wants to annihilate David, and do it in style. Day after day, the massed forces of the global establishment are delivering their blood-curdling warnings, with one simple mission: stop Brexit at any cost. The plan is ruthlessly efficient, the roll-out beautifully choreographed, the...

It is one of the most well documented conflicts in history, but do we really know everything about the First World War? Here, Seán Lang reveals 10 things you (probably) weren’t aware of... 10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the First World War It is one of the most well documented...

Sadiq Khan’s victory in the London mayoral contest raises a big, awkward question: where are all the Islamophobes? Where’s that seething mob of Muslim-haters that the liberal media have been warning us about for 20 years now? Where is that ‘dread and dislike of Muslims’ the Runnymede Trust...

Former Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May's new show on Amazon's streaming video service will be called The Grand Tour. Unveiling the name, Clarkson said the new show would see them "hosting each episode in a different country". The trio, who will front three series...

Over the centuries England’s green and pleasant land has been the sight of some grim and bloody fighting. Factions battling over territory and the right to rule the nation have clashed the length and breadth of the country, leaving their mark on every region. So if you want to know the who...

Nowadays, the word 'thing' is given to any object not important enough to have a name, but the meaning of the word for the Vikings could not be more different. In the 8th century, a thing was an important meeting, essentially a kind of Norse parliament, where people would gather to...

The latest ridiculous scaremongering coming from Cameron and the Remain camp is that Britain leaving the EU would cause WWIII. ‘Can we be so sure that peace and stability on our continent are assured beyond any shadow of doubt? Is that a risk worth taking? I would never be so rash as to...

The Justice Secretary Michael Gove may have gone too far last month in proclaiming a European Spring, or a "democratic liberation" of the Continent, but he was surely right to discern the rumblings of revolt, for that is exactly what the latest Ipsos MORI poll reveals. The survey is...

East London club West Ham United will sell off seats from their Boleyn Ground home for £50 each along with a treasure trove of other items ahead of their Olympic Stadium move. The Hammers play their final game at the 35,000-capacity ground against Manchester United tonight. Goalposts...

Salisbury Plain may be best known for Stonehenge, but the chalk plateau has revealed other, more hidden secrets over the past month. In April an Anglo Saxon cemetery of around 150 graves holding beautiful grave goods was unearthed in Bulford, Wiltshire. And now, another cemetery has been...