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Archaeologists in Wales have used 3D digital modelling to shed new light on a strange prehistoric mound that aligns with the summer solstice. The 5,000-year-old Neolithic passage tomb known as Bryn Celli Ddu in Anglesey includes a stone cemetery that was important for prehistoric...

The locations and details of all ancient hill forts in the UK and Ireland have been mapped in an online database for the first time. Scientists found 4,147 sites - ranging from well-preserved forts to those where only crop marks are left. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh...

About 13,000 people watched the sunrise at Stonehenge on Wednesday morning, on the longest day of the year. The sun rose at the historic monument in Wiltshire at 04:52 BST. English Heritage opens the site up every year for the solstice, giving people a rare chance to get up close to the...

We need, if you’ll pardon the expression, a ‘strong and stable’ Government — initially to get us through the next few months and then through Brexit and beyond. For better or worse, that means a grown-up, united Conservative Party. As I wrote before the election, the alternative is...

They're an African tribe known for their hunting culture and proud warrior traditions. But the Maasai tribesmen of southern Kenya have put down their spears and shown the world that they are just as skillful with cricket bats. A group of warriors played against the British Army Training...

David Davis today said there is 'more than unites us than divides us' as he arrived in Brussels for the first round of official Brexit talks. Greeted by the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier, the Brexit Secretary passed the latest crucial milestone in delivering on the historic...

A man has died and 10 people have been injured after a man drove a van into worshippers near a north London mosque. Eight people were taken to hospital after the "terrorist attack" near Finsbury Park Mosque, police said. A group of people were helping a man who had collapsed when they were...

Donald Trump can be gauche, boorish, thin-skinned, bombastic and simplistic. His late-night forays into the Twittersphere are frequently childish and deliberately provocative, unworthy of a man who is nominally leader of the Free World. But what especially infuriates his many sworn enemies and...

This series of rarely seen and never before published words and pictures recorded by the British soldiers who fought in the 1917 Battle of Passchendaele details the horrors faced by the soldiers. Fresh and compellingly human in its detail, it is a gripping account of the long and bloody...

Many in Brussels are anxiously looking out for any sign of what has been termed ‘Brexit contagion’ – the idea that the Brits might encourage others towards leaving the EU. The findings of a major Pew survey of European opinion does not point to a rush towards the exit, but it certainly...

A weekend of events at Stoke Hall, near Newark in Nottinghamshire, will help mark the 530th anniversary of the "forgotten" Battle of Stoke Field.... Forgotten battle which settled the Wars of the Roses 17 June 2017 BBC News...

There will be no Queen's Speech next year to give MPs more time to deal with Brexit laws, the government says. Leader of the Commons Andrea Leadsom said the next parliamentary session was being doubled in length to two years. The highly unusual move would allow MPs to scrutinise "substantial...

The lavatory facilities at festivals can often be feared as pits of despair, but a team of scientists is set to turn Glastonbury goers' wee into energy. Display boards at this year's Glastonbury Festival are going to powered by urine, provided via a 40-person urinal which will be situated near...

Conservatives might be the losers after the general election but, unlike the Left in the wake of the EU referendum, at least they're good losers... Rod Liddle Where are the right-wing masses demanding a second election? Conservatives might be the losers – but at least...

The Queen has said it is "difficult to escape a very sombre national mood" following tragedies in London and Manchester. The monarch said the UK had "witnessed a succession of terrible tragedies" in recent weeks. Her official birthday message followed protests over the Grenfell Tower fire...

Stephen Porter, author of Everyday Life in Tudor London, takes us on a trip through the streets of Tudor London... Life in Tudor London...

Nobody left in the London tower block which was engulfed in flames in minutes on Tuesday night is still alive, fire crews have said. Rescuers say there are still 'unknown numbers' of people dead inside, but at the moment it is too risky to try to recover them from the upper floors of...

Two hundred years ago the Pentrich Uprising - the last attempt at armed revolution in England - saw government agents and a rigged trial used to demonise radicals, but also helped change how Britain was run. Spies, lies and fake news - England's 'last revolution' By...

Restricted operations at the British Antarctic Survey's Halley station may have to continue for some time to come. The base, which ordinarily stays open year-round, is currently closed because of uncertainty over a developing crack in the ice shelf on which it sits. Scientists are using...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has joined thousands of protesters in Barcelona to call for independence for the Spanish region of Catalonia. He made a strong plea for voters to take part in an independence referendum scheduled for 1 October. "We will vote, even if the Spanish state...