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Scientists have been left baffled after the perfectly preserved remains of a 2,500 year old human brain were unearthed in York. Archaeologists were digging at a site before a new campus of the University of York is built when they discovered a human skull. When a researcher reached inside the...

A TV psychic has been called out to banish a poltergeist terrorising a family. Former Most Haunted medium Derek Acorah was called out to a house in Coventry after bizarre occurrences eventually caused the family to flee in terror. Lisa Manning, 34, and her children Ellie, 11, and Jaydon...

A serial rapist and burglar who sexually assaulted elderly men and women for 17 years has been sentenced to die in prison - a sentence which replaces the actual death penalty. Delroy Grant, 53, dubbed The Night Stalker, stalked elderly men and women in south London, Surrey and Kent before...

A burglary suspect chased away from the the scene of the crime was nabbed by cops - after he fell down a 30ft deep well. The hilarious incident occurred this morning and the 21 year old man had to call the emergency services himself after falling down the 5ft wide hole in Halifax, West...

When 30 Taliban decided to attack a British Army checkpoint in Helmand Province, they didn't realise, to their peril, that the British soldier manning it was a Gurkha, a member of the world's deadliest, most fearsome and bravest soldiers. But, despite being vastly outnumbered, the Gurkha...

After a decade of refurbishment, the railway hotel in central London that the poet Sir John Betjeman once described as "too beautiful to survive" is about to open its doors to the public again. Opened in 1873, the magnificent Midland Grand, which overlooks St Pancras, one of the world's great...

When American astronaut Colonel Alvin Drew became the 200th man to walk in space recently he decided, during the procedure, to phone a British aristocrat who resides in an ancient and mysterious castle. Modern met ancient. Colonel Drew once met space enthusiast, the Dowager Countess of...

These pictures capture the dramatic moment a 10-year-old boy was rescued as he sank into mud. Callum Currie was walking below cliffs on Charmouth beach in Dorset on the English Channel Coast looking for fossils (the coast of Devon and Dorset is abundant in fossils and is known as the Jurassic...

The RAF (the world's oldest and best airforce) has become the first airforce to use the new Eurofighter Typhoon in combat - and the world's most advanced fighter plane has been praised by RAF pilots. The RAF has ordered 160 of the planes and so far has received 71 of them. In addition, Germany...

A bicycle is the first in the world to be made by printing it out on a computer. The Airbike is made of nylon, is as strong as steel and aluminium but weighs 65 per cent less. The bike is the creation of British scientists at the European Aeronautic Defence and Space group (EADS) in Filton...

When a streaker wearing a Borat-style mankini ran on to the football pitch during an English lower league match between Dorchester Town and Havant and Waterlooville, Dorchester Town's player/manager Ashley Vickers thought it would be a good idea to stop him as the middle-aged stewards who were...

Just like the 1969 British movie Kes, this young boy and a bird are such good friends they are inseparable. When the jackdaw started appearing at the gates of St Mary's RC Primary School in Sunderland in December, parents and pupils complained of being bullied by the little bird. It got so bad...

Two men who helped the gunman Raoul Moat have been jailed for a combined minimum of 60 years. In the early hours of 3rd July last year, 37-year-old Raoul Moat, recently released from Durham Prison after serving 18 months for assaulting a 9-year-old relative, arrived at the home of his...

Queen Elizabeth II looks stunning in all-white in a new photographic portrait of her which is to be hung in the devolved Scottish Parliament. The picture, taken by photographer Shaun Murawski, 24, shows the 84-year-old monarch resplendent in a white gown and with a cheery smile on her face...

When a member of the public heard what sounded like gunshots coming from a nearby factory, he decided to call the police. Armed cops rushed to the factory in Cheadle, near Manchester, only to discover that the "gunshots" were in fact the sounds of a cricket ball hitting a metal shutter. They...

The little Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett is to be renamed Royal Wootton Bassett by the Queen in honour of its recognition of Britain's fallen soldiers, the first honour of its kind in 100 years. Since 2007, it has been tradition for members of the public, including war veterans, to line...

Back in the 90s, Manchester rockers Oasis were the biggest band on the planet, wowing us with Britpop albums such as "Roll With It", "Wonderwall", and "Don't Look Back in Anger." They have had eight UK number-one singles and eight UK number-one albums, and won fifteen NME Awards, nine Q...

If you are one of the people who have not received an invite to the upcoming Royal Wedding between Wills and Kate (and the chances are that you are) then fear not. Because now you can knit your own Royal Wedding and have a pretend one in your own living room! The usual Royal Wedding souvenirs...

Thousands of people are to be able to celebrate the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton without spending a right royal fortune. A campsite on London's Clapham Common is to be set up for three nights for revellers on a budget. Named Camp Royale, it will be very British...

TV medium Derek Acorah took part in the world's biggest paranormal experiment early this morning and caused a sensation amongst Sun readers. Liverpudlian Acorah, famous for his appearances as the resident medium on British ghosthunting TV series Most Haunted between 2002 and 2005 and then...