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A unique Roman 'licking dog' never before seen in Britain has been found by two metal detector enthusiasts. The exquisite bronze figure, which measures about 8.5-inches tall and 2-inches wide, has minutely detailed eyelashes and teeth. The dog is sticking out its tongue and experts say it is...

A Star Wars request to film on land owned by the Queen was turned down, it has been revealed. The Crown Estate said no to the film franchise when it wanted to film scenes at Windsor Great Park, Berkshire. An estate spokesman said the planned scenes were not suitable for the park, adding: "Our...

Former soldier and policeman Henry Bolton has been elected the new leader of Ukip. Mr Bolton, who saw off challenges from better-known contenders, told UKIP members: "Brexit is our core task. However, it is not the end of the line." Meanwhile, the party has become involved in a row over its...

We have been too accommodating and way too generous so far. It’s time to pull the rug from under their feet. It’s time to tell the pygmies: No Deal... ROD LIDDLE It’s time to stand up to the patronising Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker and do a direct deal with countries which are being...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth term in federal elections, exit polls suggest. Her conservative CDU/CSU alliance won 32.5% of the vote, remaining the largest party in Germany's parliament, according to the ARD poll. Its outgoing coalition partner, the social...

A "historically unique" 800-year-old stone coffin was damaged when visitors to a museum put a child inside it. Part of the sarcophagus tumbled over and a chunk fell off at Prittlewell Priory Museum in Southend, Essex, as the Southend Echo reported. Ancient coffin breaks as child put in it at...

An unusual late Bronze Age hoard recently discovered in the west of Cumbria is the first of its kind to be found in the county, it is reported. Comprising a penannular bracelet and three lock rings, all made of gold, as well as a fragment of copper alloy, the hoard was found by two...

It has for centuries been one of the world’s greatest enigmas: how a Bronze Age society with little in the way of technology created Egypt ’s Great Pyramid of Giza – the oldest and only survivor of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Now archaeologists have discovered fascinating proof...

A "lost" portrait by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens has been rediscovered after almost 400 years. The 17th Century Flemish artist's "head study" of the Duke of Buckingham was identified by Dr Bendor Grosvenor from BBC Four's Britain's Lost Masterpieces. It was in Glasgow Museums'...

Peter Marshall tells the story of the Reformation... The savage Reformation When Henry VIII instituted the break...

The remains of a pre-historic dwelling dating back 6,000 years have been unearthed in a field during engineering work. Archaeologists found post-holes which formed part of a rectangular buildingd as well as fragments of rare Neolithic pottery. The discovery was made while Scottish Water...

“In 1914, they started off with no armaments, in a very gentlemanly war. If they passed a German plane, they waved at each other.” Eventually, the observer pilots realised that if they took a pot shot with a rifle instead, they could down an enemy plane – and one that was monitoring British...

Archaeologists excavating a historic religious retreat have found the grave of a medieval porpoise. The unusual discovery, thought to date from the 13th century, was made after three weeks of digging at the site in Guernsey. The team found evidence of a grave and unearthed a skull and other...

In a new paper in the prestigious journal Nature Geoscience, the scientists who produce those doomsday reports for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have finally come clean — the computer models they’ve been using to predict runaway global warming are wrong. The planet has stubbornly...

The bloody bus is back in the news this week after Boris Johnson said he’d like to get our cash back from the EU and possibly give some of it to the NHS. Judging from the reaction to his words — reams of press outrage, a finger-wagging letter of condemnation from the UK Statistics Authority, a...

Multiculturalism is a faith, and many of its believers seem quite prepared to die for their religion. Quite literally, if the alternative is to embrace racism in any form. It could be argued that it is the third great universalist faith to take hold among Europe’s intellectuals, after...

Rivalries in Orkney more than 4,500 years ago led to competition between communities including over how people were buried, according to new research. Scientists were able to gather much more precise estimates of the timing and duration of events in the period around 3200-2500 BC by examining...

The UK has overtaken France in the manufacturing rankings as the weak pound boosts exports. Our factories produce £184billion of goods a year – the eighth highest in the world. Now British factories are beating the French: UK becomes eighth highest producer in the world with £184billion of...

Our dullard Establishment hates anyone with ‘a vision’. But that is exactly how Boris Johnson described his article which has caused such hyperventilational hand-flapping among Remain snobs. ‘Here’s my Brexit vision,’ said swashbuckling Boris. And what a magnificent, upbeat, tolerant vision it...

Prime Minister Theresa May is due to travel to Canada to discuss plans for a post-Brexit trade deal. She said the two countries held "shared values" ahead of meeting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Theresa May visits Canada for post-Brexit trade talks BBC News 18 September 2017...