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Animal bones dating back five million years - including some from a mammoth - have been handed in to a charity shop. The remains of bison and fossilised sea urchins were also among the donations handed into the Norwich branch of East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH). Mammoth bones...

Roman boxing gloves have been discovered near Hadrian’s Wall, thought to be the only known surviving examples, even though the sport was well-documented on Roman wall paintings, mosaics and sculptures. With a protective guard designed to fit snugly over the knuckles, the gloves were...

Chinese authorities have demanded "severe punishment" for a man who allegedly stole the thumb of a terracotta warrior statue on display in the US, Chinese state media report. The 2,000-year-old statue, worth $4.5m (£3.2m), is one of 10 on loan to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia...

Four new 50p coins featuring some of Beatrix Potter's favourite fictional characters are to be released, the Royal Mint has announced. Peter Rabbit, Mrs Tittlemouse and Flopsy Bunny will feature on the coins, which will enter general circulation for a limited time later this year. New 50p...

Daters around the world say that the English accent is the sexiest with those looking for love finding it more attractive than the sound of French, a new survey has revealed... The sexiest accents in the world revealed: It's not the sound of French or Italian that has the woo-factor - but...

The 17.4 million people who voted for Brexit are, according to many Remainers, thick simpletons who "didn't know what they were voting for" and that academics - scientists, economists, lawyers, historians, philosophers etc - all voted to stay in the EU "because they are cleverer". But now, a...

Thousands of people lined the streets of London to welcome in the Year of the Dog at the capital's annual Chinese New Year celebrations. Dancers and dragons joined a parade around Chinatown before performers took to the stage in front of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. London...

Hundreds of letters claiming to have been written by 'Jack the Ripper' were sent to the media and the Metropolitan Police following the brutal Whitechapel murders of 1888. These letters have long been a mystery, with many suspecting they were faked by journalists to sell more newspapers. Now...

We now have a good idea what the earliest known modern British man looked like: he was around five foot five, with dark skin, striking blue eyes and curly black hair. The face of Cheddar Man, who lived in Britain over 9,000 years ago, was recreated thanks to DNA analysis of his skeleton...

As a freedom-loving democrat, I have long supported the view that Ireland should be one united, 32-county sovereign republic. But, as a freedom-loving democrat, I am fiercely opposed to any attempt via the European Union to impose some bureaucratic version of ‘Irish unity’ in order to undermine...

A part-time coastguard was left stunned after finding a shark had fallen from the sky and landed in his back garden. James Hill, 26, was making a cup of tea in the kitchen when his father, Colin, 59, alerted him to the two-foot long, small-spotted catshark lying lifeless on Thursday lunchtime...

Scientists will set out in the next week to study an Antarctic realm that has been hidden for thousands of years. A British Antarctic Survey-led team will explore the seabed ecosystem exposed when a giant iceberg broke away from the Antarctic Peninsula in 2017. The organisation has also...

The Commonwealth has secretly begun considering who might succeed the Queen as its head, the BBC has learned. The issue is hugely sensitive because the role is not hereditary and will not pass automatically to the Prince of Wales on the Queen's death. The Commonwealth has set up a "high...

It takes quite a lot to shock a journalist. You might think we would be inured to this: that almost no form of outrageous political behaviour could evoke more than a wry shrug. But I have to say – absolutely sincerely – that I have been shocked by the rabid, outrageous, visceral hatred...

A minor earthquake with a 4.4 magnitude has affected parts of Wales and England. The quake was felt over all of Wales, most of western England, as far east as London and as far north as the southern edge of the Lake District, the British Geological Survey (BGS) said. The epicentre was...

A man who fell down a drain and became trapped in the sewer system for a reported three days has been rescued by police in east London. The 48-year-old, who has not been named, is thought to have wandered through pipelines for up to 72 hours as he desperately tried to find his way out...

The lost settlements of one of Scotland's most visited landscapes, infamous for the worst murders of the clan era, are to be traced by archaeologists for the first time. Glencoe was the scene of a massacre of the MacDonald clan, which saw more than 30 members of the kinship group slain...

It was a key battle that changed the course of British history. Now, a lengthy investigation has revealed the site of the 1066 Battle of Fulford in York. Archaeologist Charles Jones says the compelling evidence shows 'beyond any sensible doubt' that the historic battle in the city of York...

Remains of an Iron Age hill fort have been uncovered during excavation work to restore a series of caves in Kent. A dig at Margate Caves in preparation for the site being reopened to the public revealed the 'wonderful' find. Researchers discovered a defensive ditch during routine excavation...

One of the oldest trees in Wales which was probably planted 1,000 years ago as a boundary marker along Offa's Dyke has fallen down. The Buttington Oak was spotted collapsed in its field two miles from Welshpool in Powys by a man nicknamed the "tree hunter". 1,000-year-old oak on Offa's Dyke...