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Afghanistan veteran Prince Harry is to join five wounded service personnel for part of their 1,000-mile (1,609km) trek around Britain later this year. The Walk of Britain is designed to raise awareness of Walking with the Wounded - the charity, set up in 2010, helping injured...

The ancient mound of Silbury Hill was built as a lighthouse and harbour to help Neolithic traders navigate waterways, an expert has claimed. Archaeologists have long speculated that the enormous manmade structure in Wiltshire, which was built around 2,750BC, was an ornate grave or a...

Has the Duchess of Cambridge hinted that there might be a new princess on the way? The tabloids are in a froth over Kate’s reported visit to a Chelsea baby boutique where the expectant mother was reported to be “drawn to the girls’ clothes”. Of course, this is not the first time the media...

He was the quintessential good old-fashioned local bobby - friendly, fair and never far away in times of need. So when much loved PC Andy Hocking died unexpectedly while off duty last week, locals in his hometown thanked him for his years of service in the only way they knew how - by...

China has kicked off a bid to become a global power in.... not ice hockey or baseball or gridiron.... but, yes, you guessed it, football, the greatest sport on Earth. The world's largest nation has ambitious plans to build tens of thousands of pitches, a "tenacious" national team able to "win...

The Christmassy robin redbreast is poised to become Britain's national bird. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is running an online poll in which members of the public can vote which birds, from a list of 60 candidates, they want as Britain's national bird. The red-breasted...

Nigel Farage has revealed his radical plans for Ukip to support a minority Conservative government after the next election. The UK Independence Party leader says that he is willing to make a deal with the Tories on the condition that they hold an EU in/out referendum before Christmas...

A "beautifully-carved" limestone head, believed to date from the 11th Century, has been discovered "hidden" at the top of a Grade II* church tower. The decorative water spout was found embedded in stonework during £140,000 restoration work at St Margaret's Church, Hopton-on-Sea...

On the same day that, coincidentally, England and Afghanistan played each other in the Cricket World Cup (a match which didn't matter for either side as they are both already out at the group stage) the Royals, politicians and military personnel gathered at St Paul's Cathedral in the City of...

Ukip have, once again, been talking common sense on extreme Islam and the need to prioritise British citizens in the jobs market. In fact, they've been talking so much common sense that the arrogant liberal left-wing establishment are now coming out accusing them of being ‘RAAY-CIST!’...

More proof, if any were needed, that the Church of England has, like the BBC, the Conservative Party and other former great British institutions, has now been taken over by a cabal of woolly-minded liberals. A Church of England vicar is facing a storm of protest from traditionalist Christians...

Some 55,000 soldiers were killed and wounded during the Battle of Waterloo, a carnage comparable to the first day of the Somme. A new book written by a surgeon ahead of this summer's 200th anniversary argues that that sacrifice must not be forgotten. Why we must remember the bloody...

The skeletons of a mother and her child buried side-by-side are among those which are to be excavated from an ancient burial ground after being disturbed during construction for London's Crossrail. Archaeologists have started excavating 3,000 skeletons from Bedlam burial ground, which...

A second alleged sex abuse victim who claims he was raped by a member of the IRA has spoken out to criticise how republicans dealt with his case. Paudie McGahon told BBC Spotlight he was subjected to an IRA "kangaroo court" after a Sinn Féin representative was told of the...

The Queen is to officially name the new cruise ship Britannia later. The 3,600-passenger vessel is the largest cruise ship designed for the British holiday market, operator P&O has said. Its home port will be Southampton for the summer months, after being built in Italy at...

Yet another lavish new BBC historical drama. Poldark is a remake of the 1970s BBC series of the same name, based on the Winston Graham novels. Episode 1 of 8 Cornwall, 1783. Ross Poldark returns from fighting the bad guys in the American War of Independence to find his father dead, the...

Hundreds of players have competed in the UK's biggest ever quidditch tournament, playing a sport adapted from the Harry Potter books. Wollaton Hall and Park in Nottingham, known for being used as Wayne Manor in a Batman film, was chosen to host the second British Quidditch Cup...

Commonwealth member states are "guardians of a precious flame", the Queen will say in her Commonwealth Day radio message later. She will also say that what the 53 nations share is more important now than at any point in its history. The broadcast will have the theme of "A...

A man, believed to be a Warmist, spent last night on the roof of the Houses of Parliament. Emergency crews descended on the Palace of Westminster at about 9.15pm on Saturday after the man was seen walking between the buttresses. The 23-year-old was arrested around eight hours later on...

The BBC's brand new, seven-part, historical drama Banished started last night. With Russell Tovey as James Freeman; MyAnna Buring as Elizabeth Quinn; Julian Rhind-Tutt as Tommy Barrett; Joseph Millson as Major Robert Ross (who was the officer in charge of the First Fleet garrison of Royal...