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The House of Lords is debating a bill that would allow there to be a 2017 referendum on whether or not Britain should leave the EU. PM David Cameron has already pledged to hold a referendum in 2017 if the Tories win the next election. The bill, introduced by Tory MP James Wharton, would write...

RAF Tornado fighter jets have flown with parts made using 3D printing technology for the first time, defence company BAE Systems has said. The metal components were used in test flights from the firm's airfield at Warton, Lancashire, late last month. The parts include protective covers...

For a few nights at the beginning of January since 2011, Stargazing LIVE has been on BBC tv screens. Website: BBC Two - Stargazing LIVE, Series 4 Every year it has been hosted by University of Manchester physics professor Brian Cox and Irish stand up comedian Dara Ó Briain (who presents...

It's good to see someone finally fight the left-wing myths about World War I, and it's no surprise that it's our brilliant Tory Education Secretary Michael Gove. British Education Secretary Michael Gove has attacked "left-wing academics" for using TV series like Blackadder "to feed myths" to...

Just days before Christmas, a fully armed Royal Navy warship was scrambled to challenge a missile-carrying Russian vessel in the waters off Britain. In a calculated test of Britain’s reduced naval capacity in the North Sea, the Russian warship came within 30 miles of the coast. It was...

Could World War III be about to start over eight tiny, uninhabited pimples in the Far East? This week, China's ambassador to London argued that Japan risks 'a serious threat to global peace' by 'rekindling' the bellicose attitude that hastened the expansion of World War II into a global...

British ministers are looking at a change in the sentencing rules to get around a ban imposed by the meddling European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on prisoners in the UK being jailed for the rest of their lives. England & Wales is one of just two places in Europe - the Netherlands being the...

The 22nd January is the 50th anniversary of a great British war film - Zulu. The film tells the story of the 22nd January 1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War during which just 150 British troops resolutely and successfully defended their garrison against an intense assault by...

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is to become a full-time student of agricultural management at Cambridge University from next week. Prince William, who left the RAF in the autumn, will learn about issues facing the UK's rural communities and farming industry during the 10-week bespoke...

A new £2 coin design featuring Kitchener has been unveiled to mark the centenary of WWI. Lord Kitchener was Secretary of State for War between 1914 and 1916 and he famously appeared on the YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU military recruitment posters during the conflict. Other new designs to feature on...

What happened when someone was charged with conversing with the Devil or practising sorcery on the king? Owen Davies lifts the lid on 10 of Britain’s most infamous witch trials, from 1441 to 1875. Witches in the dock: 10 of Britain's most infamous witch trials Monday 30th December 2013...

A remarkable photo has been revealed of the England Rugby Union team taken just months before WWI broke out. Of the 15 men in the photo, seven of them would perish in the Great War. The photo was taken just before their 16-15 win against arch-rivals Scotland. Now, almost 100 years after...

Plans have been unveiled for a 'SkyCycle' that will let cyclists commute far above the railways of London. The SkyCycle would cost £220 million - just for the first phase of the project, a four mile stretch from east London to Liverpool Street Station. In total, the SkyCycle would be 135...

In his brand new three-part BBC documentary series - Sacred Wonders of Britain - Scottish archaeologist, historian, TV presenter and author Neil Oliver goes on a journey to reveal the sacred face of Britain, an ancient landscape of belief and ritual that still lies hidden just below the surface...

On Christmas Day 1013 - exactly 1000 years ago - Danish ruler Sweyn Forkbeard was declared King of all England and the town of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire its capital. But why is so little known of the man who would be England's shortest-reigning king (he reigned only until his death on 3...

The British economy is on course to overtake France and Germany to become Europe's biggest economy by 2030. Thanks to Britain's Tory/LibDem coalition government's austerity measures (measures which have been derided by the Left) and Britain's refusal to join the Euro (another decision derided...

Between 1309 and 1814, the Thames froze over at least 24 times, giving Londoners the chance to host elaborate Frost Fairs on the ice. This was a period known as the Little Ice Age when the planet went through an exceptionally cold period, leaving it more likely for the Thames to freeze over as...

British computer pioneer and WWII codebreaker Alan Turing has today been given a posthumous royal pardon. During WWII, Turing worked for the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire which cracked Nazi codes, including those enciphered on the Enigma...

Christmas has come early for the crew of a Royal Navy ship. The ice patrol ship, originally called Polar Bear, is in the British Antarctic Territory to carry out survey and patrol operations and will be at sea on Christmas Day. So her crew has had Christmas a few days early. They celebrated...

Britain and America are marking the 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing. The Lockerbie bombing of 21st December 1988 is Britain's worst ever terrorist attack. Pan Am flight 103 from London to New York was destroyed by a bomb over the small town of Lockerbie in southern Scotland killing...