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This week thousands of people will descend on London from all corners of the world, pilgrims coming to worship at the altar of post-colonial multilateralism that is the Commonwealth of Nations. They will be drawn to the UK's capital for the organisation's biennial heads of government summit...

Stonehenge is one of Britain's greatest mysteries, but one scientist thinks he's cracked the secrets to its existence. Mike Pitts has mustered up an explanation as to why Stonehenge is where it is, and reckons the rocks were already there – millions of years before humans arrived... ROCK ON...

A hidden Bronze Age landscape, thought to be 4,500 years old, has been discovered on a remote island off the coast of Wales. Researchers used lasers to create a 3D model of Ramsey Island which revealed burial grounds, a prehistoric coastal fort and the possible site of a lost chapel. The...

More than 2,000 dancers from Birmingham will be performing in the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games closing ceremony to welcome the event to the Midlands in 2022. In 15 minutes, performers hope to "tell the story of a city that is young, diverse and full of talent" to a TV audience of up to...

Remoaner Sir Patrick Stewart is amongst a number of luvvies and MPs calling for a "people's vote" on Brexit. The group wants a referendum on the final Brexit deal in the hope that, if voters reject the deal, Britain would then stay in the EU. Stewart and chums need to be reminded that there...

“There is not going to be a hard, physical border across Ireland,” said the former Irish leader, Bertie Ahern, on Monday. He is right. Border posts are unnecessary and unwanted. Britain has said it won’t put them up under any circumstances. So what is all the fuss about? DANIEL HANNAN...

The international chemical weapons watchdog has confirmed the UK's analysis of the type of nerve agent used in the Russian ex-spy poisoning. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons did not name the nerve agent as Novichok, but said it agreed with the UK's findings on its...

British and Belgian scientists are exploring the sea bed off Norfolk hoping to find evidence that Stone Age people lived there when it was still dry land. In recent years, some trawler crews and researchers have found prehistoric animal bones and basic stone tools in North Sea sediment. The...

The US, UK and France have bombed multiple government targets in Syria in an early morning operation targeting alleged chemical weapons sites. The strikes were in response to a suspected chemical attack on the Syrian town of Douma last week. Explosions hit the capital Damascus as well as two...

78-year-old Richard Osborn-Brooks was in bed with his wife who suffers from dementia in Hither Green in the London Borough of Lewisham when intruders burst in shortly before midnight. One of the men, armed with a screwdriver, marched Mr Osborn-Brooks into the kitchen, while the other started...

Punters are hedging their bets on Duchess Catherine giving birth to a little princess later in April, with baby Alice dominating at the bookies. Ladbrokes has now said baby Philip comes in at a close second place for a baby boy. Alice and Philip have topped the charts for both genders coming...

Graffiti and handprints from craftsmen dating back more than 200 years have been uncovered during renovation work at a stately home. The marks at Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, were found in timbers during preparatory work to fix a leaking roof. More than 20 messages...

Ever since Britons voted to leave the EU in June 2016, we have been told by campaigners against Brexit that the vote was a product of xenophobia and hate, and also that it further inflamed these prejudices. This oft repeated assumption has served to disparage Brexit voters, who are...

For most older siblings, the arrival of a new little boy or girl in the family is a moment of sadness as it means they'll no longer be the centre of attention. But Princess Charlotte certainly won't mind when the next royal sibling comes along later this month as it means she'll be making...

The towns that lay claim to be the oldest in the UK... Which really is the UK's oldest town? 6 April 2018 The Telegraph Whitby The UK has heritage from top to toe, but nowhere more so than these towns, many of which claim to be the oldest in Britain. Exact dates of incorporation are...

Prince Charles might not have the god-like status of his father Prince Philip on Vanuatu, but he was given an honour of his own on a visit to the island nation. Donning a grass skirt and a white garland, the heir to the throne was made a high chief in a colourful ceremony on Saturday. In the...

Can we get one thing straight about the hard-Left, whose takeover of the Labour Party is now almost complete? They are not hateful only because of their rank odour of anti-Semitism. The anti-Semitism is just one manifestation of their all-embracing hatefulness. Or, to put it another way...

A lone stag stands majestically beneath a perfect rainbow in this remarkable nature lover’s photograph. Stephen Davies, 47, captured the moment on a family expedition to Glen Etive in the Scottish Highlands. LOOKS LIKE RAIN DEER Breathtaking photos capture lone stag beneath picture-perfect...

For the time-being we can deplore the murder of an 85-year old Holocaust survivor and praise the heroism of Arnaud Beltrame, but not do either victim the decency of trying to learn much information about their killers, what might have motivated them or what views we might come to as a...

A church was presented with signs reading "Chris is risen" after a mix up at the printers. Acomb Parish Church in York had ordered four banners saying 'Christ is Risen' but the 'T' was missed off the finished article. Misspelled Acomb sign proclaims 'Chris is Risen' 25 March 2016...