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More than 20,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in the German city of Dortmund after a 4,000 pound World War II bomb was discovered. The 1943 battle saw the British Empire (Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa) attack the Ruhr Area of Germany, which had coke...

When the Metropolitan Police received a silent 999 call, they traced it and were despatched to the address that the call came from, a London flat. After receiving no response from their knocking and ringing of the bell, they knocked down the door and came face to face with the caller - a cute...

A man has been kicked out of a supermarket for wearing a Nazi outfit. Hitler fanatic Paul Dutton went into the Asda store in Cambridge wearing a black SS uniform and cap, with a red armband bearing the swastika, and swastika tattoos on his neck, chest and hand. While a few shoppers in the...

Archaeologists in London have unearthed a Roman eagle statue that is almost 2,000 years' old. The statue is over two feet high with carvings on it that are so crisp the archaeologists originally thought it was a much later copy. But experts at the Museum of London Archaeology confirmed that...

English legal history has been today after TV cameras filmed proceedings in an English court. Filming has been banned in courts in England and Wales - except the Supreme Court, set up in 2009 - since 1925. But now there has been a partial lifting of the ban. And this morning, history was...

Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest TV documentary series of all time - The World At War. The epic 26-episode British documentary series chronicalling the events of WWII was originally shown on ITV in Britain from 31st October 1973 to 8th May 1974, just 29 years after...

It's not everyday that the Queen drives down your street and past your front door. But that is what happened to the residents of Brixton, South London, yesterday. The Queen and the Duchess of Cornwall drove through the rough, gang-ridden neighbourhood, infamous for its race riots of 1981, on...

The brilliant BBC wildlife series Autumnwatch returns tonight for its ninth series, with its usual hosts Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games. The show, paired with its spring equivalent Springwatch, charts the fortunes of British wildlife in the autumn. As usual, it is...

Stormont Castle in Belfast has been evacuated following the discovery of a letter bomb. The bomb was addressed to Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers, who is also the Conservative MP for Chipping Barnet. The castle houses the offices of Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter...

Prince William has vowed to make his new son, Prince George, an Aston Villa fan like himself. The future king made the vow in a video message released yesterday to mark the 150th anniversary of England's Football Association (FA), of which football-mad William is the President. It was on...

Two British soldiers are being investigated after they were photographed doing a Nazi-style gesture in Afghanistan. The pair were photographed in front of a Union Flag and a Northern Irish flag whilst making the salute at a British Army base in Helmand Province. MPs and ex-military leaders...

Meet Red Dress Manor, one of the most mysterious houses in Britain. The derelict dairy farm was built in 1725 but the last owner of the property, Ellen Jones, died in the 1970s and nobody has lived there since. Ellen left her red dress hanging in her wardrobe, hence the nickname for the...

This set of stunning photos offers an insightful glance behind the scenes at the dangerous work carried out every day by servicemen and women in one of the world's greatest airforces. Showing a glimpse of life on operation, training, as well as giving a look at the high-tech equipment and the...

Cambridge University is one of the world's best universities - a total of 89 Nobel Prize winners are affiliated with - and is notorious for its odd and difficult interview questions for those trying to join. Cambridge candidates are said to have been posed a number of mind-twisting questions...

The site of one of the most important battles of the Wars of the Roses may become a rubbish tip for a golf course. The Battle of Barnet took place on 14th April 1471 between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians. The Lancastrians supported Henry VI's claim to the throne, who was deposed as...

London's Natural History Museum has set up its own X-Files unit to investigate bizarre phemonema. The Identification and Advisory Service has been tasked with identifying a host of bizarre items discovered by the British public. Amongst those is a mysterious slime, which has left the...

A tornado has struck an island off the south coast of England, damaging 100 homes. The twister struck Hayling Island near Portsmouth, in Hampshire, at around 8am this morning. Nearly 100 houses had their roofs damaged by the high winds and rain and several cars have been damaged by fallen...

Stonehenge's builders may have built the famous monument where they did because of the presence of warm pools nearby. A small series of shallow pools close to Stonehenge, in Amesbury, have remained undisturbed for tens of thousands of years. Hidden in a private estate and surrounded by...

This is not good news for the atheist minority. Their attempts to impose their silly beliefs onto everyone else don't seem to be working. At least, not in Britain. A new poll shows that, whilst organised religion - i.e. actually going to church or other religious establishments and worshipping...

Prince Harry celebrated the England football team qualifying for the 2014 World Cup by going to Nando's. The prince attended the Portuguese restaurant outlet in Fulham, west London, with a friend and his security staff. He ordered a chicken breast fillet in lemon and herb sauce, cheese, and a...