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An NHS worker provoked fury last night after she wished illnesses on the children of Brexiteers live on BBC One's Question Time show. Nicola Gorb, 47, a language and speech therapist at Great Ormond Street children's hospital, now faces calls to be sacked. Introduced by David Dimbleby as...

Britain has soared into the ranks of the top 10 most prosperous countries – leapfrogging most other European nations. A global index of the best places to live in the world puts the UK near the top, ahead of Germany, France and Spain. Rankings are based on income as well as ‘wellbeing’...

Stella Tillyard looks at Britain's Regency period... Uncertainty and unrest: the madness of the Regency period In...

From the window of her flat overlooking the canal path in a suburb of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, a blonde woman watches two female figures walking past as they chatter in a foreign tongue. Both the passers-by are covered in black Islamic gowns, only a glimpse of their eyes show from...

Poems written in "forgotten" Lancashire dialects have been uncovered as part of an academic research project. Simon Rennie from Exeter University made the discovery while trawling for "moving poetry" written about the 1861-65 cotton famine in Lancashire. People used their local language to...

No. It's an ice monster.

New scientific research suggests we have intercepted messages transmitted by aliens from beyond our solar system. A paper entitled "Discovery of peculiar periodic spectral modulations in a small fraction of solar type stars" published in the journal Publications of the Astronomical Society of...

Britain and Japan have several things in common: both are island nations off the coast of a huge landmass; both are tea-loving nations; both peoples have ancient and strange traditions which baffle foreigners; both peoples are very reserved. Here are eight key moments in the relationship...

Migrant battle on the streets of Paris: Large gangs of men armed with clubs fight each other after their makeshift camp is destroyed Pictures show men lunging at each other with makeshift clubs last night next to a row of tents...

Today sees the first ever state visit by a Colombian president to the UK. President Juan Manuel Santos, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is visiting for three days as an official guest of Her Majesty The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Colombia connection: The UK's discreet role By Frank...

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On 11th May 1812, British prime minister Spencer Perceval was shot dead in the lobby of the House of Commons. He remains the only British prime minister to be assassinated - but his assassination was greeted with celebration as well as dismay... The assassination of Prime Minister Spencer...

"I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall." As we enter the closing stages of the American election, all the hysteria, hyperbole, threats, allegations and FBI investigations in the world still don’t cover the fact the one of the...

England, Scotland and Wales are in talks with world governing body Fifa over whether players can wear poppies on their shirts to mark Armistice Day. England play Scotland at Wembley on 11 November in a 2018 World Cup qualifier, before Wales face Serbia at the Cardiff City Stadium the...

Members of the public are being asked to help create a record of ritual markings on buildings that were once believed to ward off evil spirits. The "witches' marks" were often carved near entrances to buildings, including the house where Shakespeare was born and the Tower of London...

European highwaymen were often idolized as dashing villains who captured the hearts of the people. Although some acted with charm, many more were so brutal or devious that they made their way into the history books... 10 Notorious Highwaymen From European History S.E. Batt April 2, 2016...

Nigel Farage has failed seven times to be elected as an MP but he could finally enter Parliament as 'Lord Farage'. All three front-runners in the Ukip leadership election have pledged to secure a peerage for him. Paul Nuttall, Suzanne Evans and Raheem Kassam say they will push Theresa May to...

If Victor Frankenstein had created a bride for his monster, mankind would have been wiped out within 4,000 years, a new research paper concludes. Dartmouth College scientists studied Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic masterpiece and concluded that it could have had a much more horrific ending... The...

Three reasons why Brexit is magnificent... COFFEE HOUSE Morrissey is right – Brexit really is magnificent Brendan O'Neill 29 October 2016 The Spectator Being an out-and-proud Brexiteer, someone who would go to the barricades for Brexit, someone who might even take a bullet for Brexit, I...