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Christianity faces "elimination" in the Middle East, the region where it began, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned in his Christmas Day sermon. The Most Reverend Justin Welby said so-called Islamic State is "igniting a trail of fear, violence, hatred and determined oppression". He also...

A choir of nurses, doctors and other NHS staff have beaten Justin Bieber and X Factor winner Louisa Johnson to the UK's prestigious Christmas number one spot. The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir's song A Bridge Over You topped the chart ahead of Bieber's Love Yourself. The choir overtook...

Workers preparing the ground for a new £250 million Army barracks have discovered at least 11 Roman skeletons and a rare coin dating back nearly 2,000 years. Artefacts found with the bones included a coin of the emperor Valens, who reigned between 364 and 378AD. Archaeologists were...

Six people have been injured - some seriously - in a shocking Christmas Eve crash after an Audi car drove into a Costa Coffee shop this morning. Police, ambulance and fire services rushed to the scene in Westerham, Kent, following the incident at about 10.30am in the high street area of...

We've all seen many TV adaptations of Charles Dickens' greatest novels over the years, such as A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, The Old Curiosity Shop and A Tale of Two Cities. So it's about time there was a Dickens series on TV with a twist. And now that twist has arrived in the form of...

A gust of wind blowing up the Thames half a millennium ago may have been responsible for the creation of a small hoard of gold that has been dug out of the muddy banks of the river. Archaeologists believe that the cache – made up of tiny fragments of Tudor gold – may have come from a single...

It was one of the most transformative periods in English history, but which dates in the Tudor calendar had the greatest impact? Historian Lauren Mackay maps out the top 10… Tudor timeline: 10 momentous dates...

The earliest gun flints discovered in Britain were among finds made during 15 years of archaeological excavations on a small Hebridean island. The flints were manufactured on Dùn Èistean, an island stronghold of Clan Morrison at Ness on the northern tip of Lewis in the Western Isles...

Shifting sands have revealed a significant complex of Bronze Age buildings in Orkney. Archaeologists made the discovery at Tresness in Sanday while on a walk in poor weather. The remains of 14 houses and stone tools, including knives, have been described as "one of the biggest complexes of...

Popularised by the likes of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, the Tudors are one of England’s most famous dynasties. Here, writing for History Extra, Dr Nicola Clark reveals five unusual facts about the Tudor rulers and the royal court… 5 surprising Tudor facts Popularised by the likes of Henry...

The Queen is set to deliver her most Christian message yet in her Christmas speech, after a year of Isil jihadist attacks. Sources say the monarch will use her traditional annual speech to reflect on her personal faith as well as her belief in the continuing role of Christianity at the centre...

A set of Christmas cards sent by British soldiers during the Great War show what life was like at this time of the year on the front line. The cards, which depict servicemen in battle or during downtime in the trenches, were sent by members of the forces to their loved ones who remained...

She spent yesterday catching up with distant relatives at her annual pre-Christmas lunch. But now the Queen has left the bustling London crowds behind and headed to her country estate in Sandringham, Norfolk, for the festive season. The 89-year-old monarch was spotted boarding the 10.44am...

The Duchess of Cambridge has become the patron of the RAF Air Cadets - a role she has taken on from her grandfather-in-law the Duke of Edinburgh. During an audience at Buckingham Palace, Philip relinquished his role as Honorary Air Commodore-in-Chief, bringing to an end his 63-year...

Since the 19th Century, remarkably preserved remains of prehistoric people have been found, often by people cutting peat for fuel, in the peat bogs of northern Europe - the remains of individuals like Old Croghan Man and Clonycavan Man in Ireland, Lindow Man in Britain and Tollund Man in...

The Prayer Book Rebellion, which took place in south-western England during 1549, saw thousands unite against the changes to traditional forms of worship imposed by the government of the boy-king, Edward VI. Charlotte Hodgman talks to Professor Mark Stoyle about nine places connected...

An Australian fan of English League One football club Southend United travelled all the way from Brisbane, Queensland to Bradford, West Yorkshire to watch them play - only to find the game against Bradford City had been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. "We were told as the coach pulled up...

An enormous cylindrical piece of a nuclear submarine has been successfully driven through the streets of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria to an indoor shipping complex. The massive piece of machinery, weighing over 1,000 tonnes, is the heaviest to be moved to date by technology and defence giant...

The rocket that will carry UK astronaut Tim Peake into orbit has arrived at the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. At 01:00 GMT (07:00 local time), the Soyuz launcher was rolled out on its flat-bed transporter for the 2km train journey to the pad. The train took almost two hours to reach the...

There is to be a "Battle of Britain" at Euro 2016. The draw for the tournament took place in Paris yesterday - and England and Wales were drawn together in Group B. It will be the first time that two of the UK Home Nations have faced each other at a major finals since England played Scotland at...