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A medieval baptismal font has been found buried outside the main door of a church in Wiltshire. The 16th Century font was unearthed at St Andrew's Church, Chippenham, during construction work...

The Remoaning LBC radio host has been getting his knickers in a twist about a breakfast... The madness of James O’Brien...

Ancient human remains held at a church in Kent were today confirmed as those of one of England's earliest saints in a 'stunning result of national importance' that has brought 'forgotten history back to the surface'. Bones...

Hundreds have called for the organisers of a Greta Thunberg climate change rally to pay for damage caused to green space. Around 15,000 people are believed to have attended Friday's Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate rally, churning up College Green and angering many. A fundraiser was set up for...

Scientists have detected evidence of a colossal explosion in space - five times bigger than anything observed before. The huge release of energy is thought to have emanated from a supermassive black hole some 390 million light years from Earth. The eruption is said to have left a giant dent in...

Britain is ready to quit the European Convention on Human Rights which blocked the deportation of dangerous foreign criminals, setting up a row with the EU and within Tory ranks...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds have announced they are expecting their first baby and that they are to marry...

Celebrations are taking place for St David's Day - but how much do we actually know about him? St David: Ten things about the Patron Saint of Wales...

In a defiant cry against further European integration, Margaret Thatcher declared to the Commons in 1990: 'No, no, no'. Her declaration, which came at a time of intense Tory divisions...

Behind the backs of the British people, the well-upholstered felines of big business were being told that a huge Commons defeat for May’s withdrawal agreement (it had just lost by 230 votes) did not mean that Brexit would go ahead on WTO terms at the end of March...

Isn’t it amazing how all the woke rules for how to talk about women and people of colour go flying out the window when it comes to Home Secretary Priti Patel? You can say anything you like about Patel and the PC set won’t bat an eyelid. In fact they will cheer you on. Patel is possibly...

A party has been thrown for a woman born 100 years ago who has only had an actual birthday every four years. Doris Cleife will hit the milestone on Leap Day - 29 February - which is only...

Hordes of Viking reenactors took to the streets of Norfolk brandishing burning torches and carrying a 28ft longship as the eighth annual Scira Viking Festival drew to a close. The final day of the festival held in Sheringham, Norfolk, saw more than 150 actors descend onto the West Prom Beach...

Three lost sheep found their way onto a roof in Cumbria after escaping from their field. Andrew Laverick, 49, spotted the animals 'chilling' on the tiles in Glenridding, the Lake District, and called a farmer...

A historian has shed new light on a little-known predator who terrorised London a century before Jack the Ripper by luring them with flowers and stabbing them in the buttocks. Dr Jan Bondeson, a consultant physician at Cardiff University, has revealed serious doubts about whether the man...

Herbivorous humans cause more damage to the environment (and their health) than normal, natural, omnivorous humans. And nobody is wrecking Earth. In 5 billion years the Sun will grow to become a red giant and will swallow Mercury, Venus and maybe Earth. Yet Earth may not be swallowed and will...

With the UK free now to diverge on EU regulations, we can forge our own path forward in the world of AI... The...

A perfectly-preserved leaf that fell from an elm tree 6,000 years ago has been discovered intact in Lancashire...

A stunning 14th century medieval chapel gas been uncovered in County Durham, 370 years after it was destroyed in the wake of the First English Civil War. Part of Auckland...

An ancient tomb believed to be the final resting place of the legendary 'wolf-suckled' King Romulus - the founder of Rome - has been unveiled to the public for the first time in a series of new images...