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The world's deadliest military sniper is a Royal Marine with 173 confirmed kills, including 90 members of the Taliban in just one day, it has been reported. The Briton, who has not been named, had served in the elite unit for more than a decade and recorded most of his kills during a...

Five people have been injured after a double-decker bus had its roof ripped off on a busy shopping street in central London today. Scotland Yard and Transport for London (TfL) have both launched investigations into the collision, which saw the roof of the bus being flipped over...

According to the Greater London Authority (GLA), London's population has reached 8.6 million, larger than New York City. The vast metropolis is already Europe's largest city and the 6th richest place on Earth and its population is expected to keep growing, with it expected to top 10 million...

It was the tree beneath which King John sealed the Magna Carta – the document that first ushered in the basic rights that underpin British democracy to this day (contrary to popular belief, King John didn't sign it. He merely put his seal on it). Now, exactly eight centuries after that...

A female Channel 4 newsreader has been thrown out of a mosque on what has been the national "Visit My Mosque Day". Cathy Newman expressed surprise that she had been turned away and explained that she was there to mark the nationwide event organized by The Muslim Council of Britain...

American football is about as much fun as shooting yourself in the face, says The Telegraph's Michael Hogan... 11 reasons why the Super Bowl sucks Why would anyone want to watch a four-and-a-half hour orgy of consumption where the rare glimpses of sporting action are tediously...

A workshop that produced early medieval chess pieces has been uncovered during an archaeological dig "for the first time" in England. Similar chess pieces have been found at digs at manor houses but this find is evidence of their manufacture. Archaeologist Andy Chapman said it was "the most...

A priceless piece of jewellery which is believed to be linked to King Alfred the Great is returning to Somerset for the first time in nearly 300 years ago. The Alfred Jewel was found by Sir Thomas Wroth on his land in North Petherton in 1693. The jewel is one of the most popular exhibits at...

Birds of paradise are one of David Attenborough's lifelong passions. He was the first to film many of their beautiful and often bizarre displays, and over his lifetime he has tracked them all over the jungles of New Guinea. In this very personal film, the 88-year-old uncovers the remarkable...

Young British jihadis are pornography-obsessed inadequates who only turn to radical Islam when they fail to “make it with girls”, Boris Johnson has claimed. The Mayor of London said an MI5 probe had found that terrorists who joined Islamic State were sexually frustrated...

A remembrance service marking the 50th anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill's funeral has taken place at the Houses of Parliament at the start of a day of UK-wide events. The Havengore, the boat which carried the wartime prime minister's coffin along the Thames, will make the...

Legend has it that crown jewels, gold and money were lost in the medieval mud of the Fens - a natural, marshy region of eastern England - in 1216. It was the year after the Magna Carta was sealed, the country was in revolt and King John was having to quell rebellious uprisings. He...

London's Natural History Museum is re-modelling its entrance, moving out its famous Diplodocus skeleton - affectionately known as Dippy - and moving in a blue whale. The exchange will not happen overnight: the complex logistics involved mean it will be 2017 before the great cetacean is...

A fluffy red hat with an ostrich feather which was allegedly thrown in triumph by Henry VIII after his army won a siege in 1544 is set to go on display after being bought for £12,000. The Tudor headwear is set to go on show at Hampton Court Palace in Richmond, Greater London, after the...

Left-wing "comedian" Russell Brand has been invited to face shipyard workers after saying the Astute-class submarines they are working on should be scrapped. He posted a video online saying too much money was spent on defence and it should go to the NHS instead. New...

Australian PM Tony Abbott has used the country's national day to announce a knighthood for Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. Mr Abbott, who reintroduced the honour last year, said the Prince had lived a "long life of service and dedication". He praised the Prince's work as a campaigner...

A 1,000-year-old sculpture which was used in recent years as a tombstone for a cat has been bought by a museum for £150,000. The Anglo-Saxon limestone relief depicting St Peter was originally discovered at a quarry in Somerset by Johnny Beeston, a stonemason. He took it home and used it to...

Wolf Hall, the £7m BBC blockbuster starring Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance, has already become the TV event of the year, exposing the skullduggery and political intrigue at the heart of the Tudor Court. And now a historic west London bakery has given a fascinating new insight into the...

Henry VIII may be known as one of history's most ruthless rulers - remembered best for his penchant for chopping of his wives' heads - but it seems the much-married monarch may have had a slightly less violent hobby: gardening. A well-thumbed book found in his library seems to suggest...

They have been burning churches and murdering Christians again in Niger. You’d think that they’d have more immediately pressing concerns than worrying about a cartoon, Niger regularly winning the award for being the worst country anywhere on God’s earth, and the poorest. But nope, it’s...