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Sir Christopher Lee, the screen legend whose career took him from Hammer horror to Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and a role as one of the great Bond villains, has died. He was 93. The veteran actor died at 8.30am on Sunday at London’s Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, sources close to his...

The famously changeable British weather has long been the subject of complaint and small talk. Here, ahead of what the red-tops claim will be a ‘heatwave’ later this week, Patrick Nobbs explores six of the most disastrous weather events in British history... 6 of the most catastrophic...

This is the kind of place I will one day live in. A manor with six huge axe marks cut into its oak front door by the axes of Oliver Cromwell's army in the English Civil War has gone on the market for £4.75million. Cromwell's Roundheads attempted to gain entry to West Hall as they...

In what's been dubbed Britain's Klondike, the south-west corner of England saw its very own gold rush 4,500 years ago. By studying precious artefacts, archaeologists have found evidence of an ancient gold trading route between Devon, Cornwall and Ireland. It is estimated that up to 440 lbs...

The Royal Navy expects to have saved more than 1,000 migrants by the end of today - in their biggest rescue operation in the Mediterranean so far. Pregnant women and young children are among the 700 desperate people already picked up by HMS Bulwark around 27 miles from the coast of...

The face of a Saxon man has been been revealed using remains buried in Lincoln almost 1,000 years ago. Experts used his skeleton, discovered on the site of an old church at Lincoln Castle, to reconstruct what he would have looked like. And analysis reveals he would have been around 40 when...

The length of Hadrian's Wall has become a stage for a huge live musical performance. Hundreds of musicians have travelled the wall's 73 miles (117km) using transport including a vintage bus, motorbikes, unicycles and a tractor, passing a baton from performer to performer. Part of BBC...

Alien contact is likely to come from machines living on other worlds outside of the solar system, the Astronomer Royal Martin Rees has said. Prof Lord Rees, 72, told the Cheltenham Science Festival ‘I’m not holding my breath’ for signs of extraterrestrial life, but said if a signal...

A series of photos of Prince George and his sister Princess Charlotte have been released by Kensington Palace. The four pictures show the princess being cradled by her elder sibling as they sit on a cream couch at Anmer Hall in Norfolk, their family home with the Duke and Duchess of...

Britain's global reach is further than ever before - though the doom-mongers may have a point when they criticise our defence spending What nonsense are the American 'declinists' spouting about us now...

The old Left-Right spectrum has no place in today's politics, where leaving the EU is the most radical policy proposed by any party. Ukip isn't Left-wing or Right-wing. It's just sensible...

A spoof bid to host the football World Cup in 2026 has been launched by non-league club Macclesfield Town. The club, nicknamed the Silkmen, predicted the Cheshire town could provide the tournament at "a total cost of £249.99" ($382.30) following Fifa's current woes with corruption...

On the eve of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo (18th June), Jem Duducu, author of The Napoleonic Wars in 100 Facts, reveals seven things you might not have known about the 25 years (or so) of conflict… 7 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Napoleonic Wars...

Alton Towers was under fire last night after four thrillseekers were seriously hurt on a rollercoaster with a history of problems. The victims – three of them teenagers – were crushed after their carriage ploughed into an empty cart on the £18million Smiler ride, which has more loops than...

Welcome to Britain in 2020, a confident, successful, free and wealthy nation that is thriving now it is out of the EU.... A vision of Britain outside the EU - confident, successful and free Released from our Eurochains, pessimism withers and the economy grows as we become...

Charles Kennedy, the leader of the Liberal Democrats between 1999 and 2006, has died at his home in Scotland aged 55. His family said they were devastated to lose a "fine man and loving father". David Cameron said politics had lost a man of "immense ability", while Nick Clegg said his...

A special set of commemorative stamps has been issued to mark the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta in just under a fortnight's time. The six stamps feature text from Magna Carta and other charters, bills and declarations that have developed the rule of law around the world. Magna Carta...

Recently uncovered historical documents have revealed that the nefarious US offered the bounder and cad Old Boney refuge after he was defeated by Britain at Waterloo - and that they thought he would win the historic battle. Letters from the American representative in Paris at the time, Henry...

Police Scotland have announced they are to review the disgraceful scenes at the end of Rangers’ Play-Off Final second leg defeat to Motherwell at Fir Park, resulting in red cards for Ibrox defender Bilel Mohsni and Motherwell players Lee Erwin and Fraser Kerr. TV pictures showed Mohsni...

The BBC (who else?) advertising for disabled weather forecasters, no experience necessary; the Americans going after FIFA; the EU; a funeral for a duck; Ed Miliband; and some dopey female contestant on popular BBC quiz show Pointless. All of these warrant a mention in the latest instalment of...