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A green-skinned figure in a medieval manuscript may look very familiar to Star Wars fans. The ink illustration appears to show the Jedi knight Yoda on the pages of a religious document. But in fact, the drawing is part of a bizarre representation of the Biblical story of Samson, one expert...

Ukip's war on the arrogant, out-of-touch, left-wing, liberal, metropolitan elite which runs Britain (into the ground) continued during the second leaders' debate of the election campaign last night. Whilst it is well-known that the BBC packs its audiences on its political debate show Question...

In 1741, with the War of Jenkins' Ear raging between Britain and Spain, Royal Navy sixth-rate HMS Wager was wrecked on the south coast of Chile. But the wreck became famous for the subsequent adventures of the survivors who found themselves marooned on a desolate island in the middle of a...

It has long been thought that Stone Age man abandoned their dead with little thought or respect. But the discovery of cremated bone, thought to be the earliest ever identified in Britain, could re-write the history of Mesolithic, or Middle Stone Age, burial practices. The deposit...

UKIP would make working people better off through a "low-tax revolution", leader Nigel Farage has said as he launched his party's election manifesto at a hotel in Thurrock, Essex today with 22 days to go until polling day on 7th May. It would keep workers on the minimum wage out of tax, raise...

Cambridge finally get one over their rivals. Saturday saw Cambridge lose to Oxford in both the men's and women's University Boat Races and even in the annual Goat Race. But, last night on BBC Two, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge beat Magdalen College, Oxford in the Grand Final of...

She might be approaching her 89th birthday (Tuesday next week; she may well end up sharing her birthday with her new great-grandchild) but nothing was going to stop the Queen from enjoying a ride in the spring sunshine on Thursday morning. The monarch, 88, was spotted in her "civvies"...

The Roman period in Britain is commonly said to conclude in AD 410 when the legions were called home, yet the story is a little more complicated than that. We visit ten places associated with the empire's collapse. 10 places associated with the collapse of Roman Britain...

Historian and TV and radio presenter David Starkey, known for his non-PC views and for not following the leftist agenda, has launched an astonishing attack on the 'victim status' of ethnic minorities and disabled people - and says women are only of average intelligence. The television...

The dark blues of Oxford claimed their fourth win in five years over the light blues of Cambridge in a supreme show of strength in the 161st men's boat race along the famous 4.2-mile course on the Thames in London yesterday. President Constantine Louloudis claimed a fourth and final boat race...

Hundreds of tourists had to be evacuated from Warwick Castle after a flaming cannonball set alight a thatched building during a display. Holidaymakers, many with young children enjoying the last day of the Easter break, had gathered to watch the cannonball be fired from the wooden...

Veteran British adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has become the oldest Briton to complete the gruelling desert endurance event the Marathon des Sables. The 71-year-old crossed the finish line in Morocco at 19:37 BST after running 159 miles over six days in temperatures in excess of 122F...

I'm not normally interest in women's sport apart from its comedy value, and I don't think women should be playing men's sports. But I think this is worth a mention. The England Women's U19s football team has qualified for the European Championships in Israel this summer in what must surely be...

Australian cricketing great and commentary legend Richie Benaud - known to fans as "The Voice of Cricket" - has passed away at the age of 84, just under a fortnight since his beloved Australia won the Cricket World Cup. He had been receiving radiation treatment for skin cancer since November...

A children's story written by Queen Victoria when she was just 10 years old is to be published for the first time. The short story was penned by the future monarch in 1829-30 and tells the story of a 12-year-old girl, Alice Laselles, who was sent away to boarding school after her mother...

He is one of England’s most popular kings, famed for leading England to victory over France at the Battle of Agincourt. Shakespeare also wrote a play about him. Yet surprisingly little is known about Henry V. Now, in the 600th anniversary year of the famous battle, Teresa Cole explores...

Football fans know all about the collectable Panini football stickers. And now a couple who completed a World Cup sticker album with their own DRAWINGS of players have turned their hands to politics - sketching party leaders ahead of May's election. Dubbed the "Panini Cheapskates", Alex...

Two fishermen who went to sea in a homemade boat they built for £9 had to be rescued when their oars broke. The pair, in their 20s, became stranded in the 8ft vessel about 650ft off the Essex coast at 14:30 BST on Monday. Clacton RNLI said the boat, made from insulation boards, had been "held...

Big beat/dance/rave/electro masters The Prodigy have stormed to the top of the Official UK album chart with their new studio album, The Day Is My Enemy. The album, described as "a full-throated return to form" by The Guardian, outsold the competition - including Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran. The...

The UK's biggest purpose-built air raid shelter gives a glimpse at wartime life on the Home Front in Britain. Tunnels dug into sandstone cliffs, running alongside the River Mersey in Stockport, could hold up to 6,500 people and were state of the art - with electric lighting and flush...