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An undisturbed 6,000-year-old encampment, which was likely home to the forefathers of Stonehenge, has been discovered. Carbon dating last week established the ‘first proof’ of a settlement at Blick Mead in Wiltshire, which predates the famous monument nearby. A spokesman for the project...

It's that time of year again when a bunch of unwashed, benefit scrounging, anti-social, left wing, anti-capitalist, weirdo, sub criminal social misfits - or "druids" as we have to call them for PC reasons - descend on Stonehenge to mark the rising of the Sun at the winter solstice...

The Daily Mail's Peter Hitchens takes the opposite view that many of us have and argues that it is the EU, not Russia, who are the bad guys... PETER HITCHENS: Forget 'evil' Putin - we are the bloodthirsty warmongers By Peter Hitchens for The Mail on Sunday 21 December 2014 Daily...

Twelve people dressed as Father Christmas invaded the pitch during a football match between Cheltenham Town and Portsmouth. The fans ran on to the pitch at Cheltenham's Whaddon Road ground during half time of the League Two match. Father Christmases invade Cheltenham Town pitch 21 December...

From 1642 to 1651, the English Civil War, fought between the King and Parliament, raged. England was divided between those areas supporting Charles I's forces (the Royalists; or Cavaliers) and those supporting Cromwell's forces (the Parliamentarians; or Roundheads). But, as the year 1645...

Portrait of a very modern Prince: Harry cuddles up to a group of orphans (and tries his hand at photography) during Lesotho visit Prince Harry travelled to Maseru in Lesotho last week to visit the orphanages run by his charity Sentebale. During the trip, he met local children and turned...

"Ice pancakes" the size of dinner plates have been found floating on the River Dee in Scotland. The strange discovery was made by members of The River Dee Trust at a place called the Lummels Pool, at Birse, in Aberdeenshire. River Dee Team biologist Jamie Urquhart said it was thought foam...

An eccentric architectural plan thought to have been drawn by George III during his period of "madness" has been discovered at the British Library. It is part of a huge collection of papers put together by the King during his reign from 1760 to 1820. The loose piece of paper was tucked...

The bookmaker Coral has suspended betting on the Queen announcing her abdication in this year's Christmas Day broadcast. The betting firm said it had decided to close the market after an "unusual" rash of wagers which "instantly set alarm bells ringing". It had offered odds...

A Christmas feast fit for a Queen! Royals including William, Kate and Harry descend on Buckingham Palace for their festive lunch (but police need a crib sheet to identify the lesser known faces Senior royals including the Duke and Duchess...

The brilliant Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn takes a look at this year's Christmas TV schedule on the BBC, which denies it has a Left-wing bias..... RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: So the BBC denies it has a Left-wing bias? Just take a look at this austerity-laden Christmas schedule... By...

Grey seals are to be recorded at night for the first time. Pioneering filming techniques are set to be used to capture a record-breaking seal colony in north Norfolk for the new series of the BBC's Winterwatch. Military-grade thermal imaging will be used for the first time to film thousands...

Britain's Skylon air breathing rocket that could power a plane anywhere in the world in four hours and get to space in 15 minutes has moved a step closer to blasting off as a major project review said it was possible to operate the plane. A feasibility study carried out earlier this year as...

Thursday 18th June 2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, during which the British, Dutch and Germans defeated Old Boney's French forces. The French defeat led to Napoleon's abdication as French emperor, his surrender to the British and his eventual death in British custody...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released a series of Christmas portraits of their son Prince George. The future king and third in line to the throne, who is now 17 months' old, was photographed in the courtyard of Kensington Palace wearing a sleeveless woolly tank top with toy soldiers...

It was the moment two armies laid down their weapons in friendship for a single day before returning to the slaughter the following day. Now, the Duke of Cambridge has paid tribute to the famous Christmas Day truce of 1914, describing it as 'a message of hope and humanity'. William, who is...

A choral work given to King Henry VIII has gone in at number two in the UK classical album charts, surprising the musicians - Alamire, an English vocal consort specialising in medieval and Renaissance music - who performed it. The piece was created by a duplicitous scribe and double agent who...

Last night, what was probably one of the best ever episodes of the BBC's Question Time was broadcast. The BBC One topical debate series, hosted by David Dimbleby, features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected...

One of the last survivors of the Battle of Britain - one of the last of Churchill's Few - has died aged 98. Wing Commander Roger Morewood, from Rockcliffe in Dumfries and Galloway, was a keen photographer who, during the war, took incredible aerial photos of his wing-mates and their planes...

Britain's first ever sci-fi film, dating back to 1913, has been restored as part of a special project by BBC Arts and the British Film Institute. Britain's first ever sci-fi film 'A Message from Mars' restored 10 December 2014 BBC News Britain's first ever sci-fi film, dating back to...