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Daniel Hannan, the eurosceptic Conservative MEP for South East England, has hit back at United Nations Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo, over her claims of a sexist culture in Britain... DANIEL HANNAN: Corrupt and incompetent, the UN has no right to lecture us UN's Rashida Manjoo has...

The Royal Navy has today revealed its 3D radar system which can track missiles - before knocking them out of the sky. The cutting-edge system, called Artisan, will make it almost impossible for an enemy missile to hit a Royal Navy ship and was tested by 180 sailors onboard Type 23 frigate HMS...

Archaeologists in the city of Leicester, Leicestershire have discovered the 2,000-year-old paw prints of a dog pressed into a tile of a Corieltauvi townhouse. A number of other prints, including those of sheep and goats, were also discovered. The Corieltauvi were a British tribe of people who...

On the weekend in which English football has marked the 25th anniversary of Hillsborough, Liverpool took a giant step towards becoming English champions for the first time since 1990. A tearful Steven Gerrard gave an impassioned speech to his Liverpool team-mates after they moved into pole...

The Duke of Cambridge seemed to let it slip that his wife may be pregnant again. In an unguarded comment on a walkabout in the small New Zealand town of Cambridge, William dropped the biggest hint yet that he and Kate plan to extend their family. On day six of their tour, they braved drizzly...

David Cameron speaks of the "peace" and "guidance" he finds in his Christian faith David Cameron has spoken of the "peace" and "guidance" he finds in his Christian faith. In a rare comment on his own religious beliefs, the prime minister stressed the importance of teaching children about the...

A skeleton found in Racton, West Sussex, in the 1980s could be that of a Bronze Age king. Racton Man is one of just a handful of skeletons to have been found with a dagger, suggesting he could have been an important person such as a priest or a king. Now researchers hope that scientific...

Mysterious carvings which have lain in the bleak, windswept Northumberland countryside for 6,000 years have been given protective status. The rock art, older than the Pyramids of Egypt, has kept archaeologists guessing for centuries. According to English Heritage, more than 5,000 separate...

Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has unveiled a robot that can run, sit and even mimic the movement of a soldier. Costing over £1 million and using F1 technology, Porton Man will test protective suits and equipment. Porton Man has more than 100 sensors over its body to record data during...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence than Offa's Dyke is 200 years older than previously thought. Samples from Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust excavations on a stretch of the dyke have been radiocarbon dated to the second half of the 6th Century. Historians have always associated the dyke...

This is the dramatic moment a Queen's Guard raised his bayonet at a would-be intruder. Tosin Odunaiya, a Nigerian who is in Britain illegally, had been ranting at the royal protection officers for five minutes before a Guard strode 50 yards over to him and challenged Odunaiya with his bayonet...

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has said that militant atheists should "get over it" and accept that the UK is a Christian nation Pickles hit out at opponents of religion who try and “impose” their “politically correct intolerance”. Mr Pickles in 2012 changed the law to ensure that...

The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, has opened to the public for the first time since it hosted the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. Alongside venues for sport and the arts, London's newest park features interactive water fountains and an adventure playground...

The first ever state visit to the UK by an Irish head of state starts on Tuesday. Michael D Higgins, the ninth president of what is now the Republic of Ireland since it seceded from the UK in 1922, will address both Houses of Parliament, another first for an Irish head of state. Mr Higgins...

The world's first aircraft carrier, which was found rusting on the banks of the Thames in 1996, has been restored - and it shows how far we have come in aircraft carrier technology in the last 100 years. The craft is the only surviving example of a seaplane lighter and it was salvaged by...

New Zealand actor Russel Crowe has met the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, at the Archbishop's residence Lambeth Palace in London. Mr Crowe is playing the title role in biblical drama Noah, which is currently topping the US Box Office. His visit to the principal, earthly leader...

Two of the world's great figureheads met today in the world's smallest country. Queen Elizabeth II, the Supreme Governor (not the leader, because Jesus Christ is the leader) of the 27-million-strong Church of England and the Head of State of 134 million people met Pope Francis, the leader of...

Five blocks are flats in Glasgow are to be demolished - as part of the Opening Ceremony for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Six Red Road flats - which have dominated part of the city's skyline for 50 years - are remaining and five of them will be demolished in the biggest demolition of...

A pair of white storks nesting in Norfolk could be the first in the UK to breed from a traditional nest for nearly 600 years. The birds are nesting on an 18th century chimney of former stately home Thrigby Hall at Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens near Great Yarmouth and are involved in...

According to a well-known historian, Henry VIII didn't have six wives - he had seven. In an article published anonymously in the journal Tudor Matrimonial Studies, a historian has revealed that the former king married Anne Mourgan in 1538 – less than a year after the death of his third wife...