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The US men's soccer team has failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1986. But should a referee have disallowed a goal that helped doom their chances? Bruce Arena's men were eliminated after a disappointing 2-1 loss to Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday night. A string of...

A van driver was pulled over by police as he had too much cheese on board. Officers found the vehicle had about 2,822lb of cheese inside, in Sawtry, Cambridgeshire on Monday. Too much cheese lands van man in pickle with police 10 October 2017...

How Churchill brought Britain back from the brink of a negotiated peace with Hitler... The May 1940 War Cabinet Crisis: Churchill’s darkest hour...

A new book brings black-and-white photographs back to life in glorious colour.... Mrs Pankhurst's arrest, a zebra hauling a cart and Tower Bridge's construction... in colour: New book brings black-and-white pictures to life The Paper Time Machine: Colouring The Past offers fresh perspective...

The severed head of eccentric philosopher Jeremy Bentham is to go on display for the first time in decades and scientists are using the opportunity to test his DNA to find out if he was autistic. Social reformer Bentham, who died in 1832, insisted that his body be preserved after his...

Britain is reportedly preparing for the possibility of war breaking out with North Korea as concerns rise that another provocative missile test could trigger a military response by the US. British officials have drawn up military plans for a response to a break out of hostilities, it...

Archaeologists have unearthed an Anglo-Saxon settlement as part of preparation work for a £2.5bn wind farm. East Anglia One is being built 30 miles off the Suffolk coast, with the onshore cable route running 23 miles from Bawdsey to Bramford. There are 50 excavation sites along the route...

Though they have different methods, and choose different times to strike, the British warriors against Brexit and the Spanish attackers of Catalan voters share a common disregard for the views of citizens. That shocking image of a Spanish police officer carrying away a ballot box so that Catalan...

Britain's most legendary warrior King Arthur never existed and was only created as a "Celtic superhero", according to new evidence from an archaeologist. Dr Miles Russell, a senior lecturer at Bournemouth University, now claims he can prove the medieval warlord is actually a composite of...

It may look like a scene from Indiana Jones, but this huge collection of human skulls and bones is far from fictional. A small church in Kent is home to one of the largest and best-preserved collections of ancient human bones and skulls in Britain. The collection includes over 1,000...

Several pedestrians have been injured after a car hit people near the Natural History Museum in London, police say. The Metropolitan Police said one person had been detained following the incident in Exhibition Road in South Kensington Natural History Museum crash: People hit by car BBC News...

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A 'lost chapel' which was the first dedicated House of Commons chamber has been recreated 183 years after it burnt down. The chamber destroyed in the 1834 Palace of Westminster fire has been reconstructed with the help of 3D visualisation technology. The House of Commons took shape in the...

Archaeologists exploring northeast Wales have found a mysterious cache of Bronze Age stone tools that are 'unlike anything ever seen before'. The strange collection was discovered at the bottom of an ancient stream in the Clwydian Range. The team believes that the tools were deposited...

The Treaty of Montgomery, signed 750 years ago on 29 September 1267, marked the zenith of the short-lived native principality of Wales... The 1267 Treaty of Montgomery: a prince’s hope for the future of Wales The Treaty of Montgomery, signed 750 years ago on 29 September 1267, marked the...

AA Milne's world-famous character Winnie-the-Pooh played an unlikely role in the nation's recovery from the traumas of war... How Winnie-the-Pooh helped the country find its feet Feel good: AA Milne found his escape in nostalgia and a return to a simpler age. (Above) A scene from new film...

Two people have been killed in a knife attack at Marseille's Saint Charles train station. The assailant has been shot dead by security forces in the southern French city. The incident is being treated as an act of terrorism, officials say. Marseille: Fatal knife attack at train station BBC...

The Bloodhound supersonic car has been fired up for the first time - and worked a treat. Engineers turned over the vehicle's Eurofighter jet engine in a "tie-down" test at Cornwall Airport Newquay on Friday. It worked flawlessly, sending a big orange flame out of the rear nozzle. The British...

An amateur historian using a metal detector in a farmer's field has told how he found a once-in-a-lifetime hoard of 2,000-year-old silver Roman coins - worth up to £200,000. Some of the metal disks were minted during the era Roman general Mark Antony was allied with his lover Cleopatra in...

Prince Harry says he hopes to expand the Invictus Games in the future, saying the "sky's the limit". He launched the Paralympic-style competition for injured servicemen and servicewomen and veterans in 2014. The prince was joined at the closing ceremony by his girlfriend Meghan Markle and her...