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    1,500-year-old graves may give clues about Britain's last days of Roman occupation

    Construction work on a new slip road in Wales has turned up more than just rubble. Archaeologists at the site in Anglesey have unearthed the graves of at least 48 people dating back 1,500 years, calling it a find of 'national importance.' The team digging at the grounds of an ancient...
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    EU 'hug a Brit' campaign makes me even MORE keen to leave

    The Europeans are so desperate to keep Britain - and no doubt, her money, being the EU's second-biggest cash cow. Let's face it, it is that that they are really interested in - in the EU that they're taking to evermore desperate measures to try and "persuade" us to stay. But none of these...
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    The piece of shrapnel that could have rewritten British history

    Rare pictures of Winston Churchill during World War One are to be published for the first time. The black and white images include shots of the Prime Minister in uniform at the front near Ypres in northern France. He can be seen posing with fellow officers in the heart of the Western...
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    Boris, Hitler and the European Union

    From Belgravia to Brussels, the howls of outrage over Boris Johnson’s observation that Hitler, like the EU, had tried to unify Europe under a single authority, grow ever louder. Lord Heseltine described Johnson’s remarks as ‘preposterous’ and ‘obscene’. Donald Tusk, the president of the...
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    Isle of Wight dinosaur tooth sheds light on Eotyrannus

    A "pristine" dinosaur tooth found on the Isle of Wight has shed new light on a predator related to Tyrannosaurus rex. Student Megan Jacobs found the fossilised front tooth of an Eotyrannus lengii while walking at Compton Bay. It suggests the Eotyrannus could have been 20ft long - larger than...
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    Man held over Buckingham Palace breach

    A man has been arrested in the grounds of Buckingham Palace after scaling a perimeter wall, police have said. The 41-year-old was found in the palace grounds by officers seven minutes after an alarm was activated on Wednesday evening, according to the Met Police. Buckingham Palace...
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    Remains of medieval kitchen that served pilgrims discovered

    The remains of a medieval kitchen where cooks may have prepared meals for hungry pilgrims has been discovered in Suffolk. The rare 14th Century building was discovered on the site of Guildhall Feoffment School, which itself was built on an 11th century road system in Bury St Edmunds. While the...
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    Merkel says Brexit would bring “instability” to Europe. A bit like her migrant crisis

    Each week before June 23, Douglas Murray would like to nominate a ridiculous comment of the week. With the amount of folk around claiming that Britain’s exit from the EU would herald World War III, pestilence, famine and every other horseman of the apocalypse, there is no shortage of...
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    Is King Arthur buried in a field in Shropshire?

    Legend says King Arthur was taken to the Isle of Avalon after he was injured in a battle with his enemy Mordred before disappearing. But now a historian claims to have found where the great British ruler is buried - in a field in Shropshire. Graham Phillips, who has been researching the...
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    Voters need to know: how final is the EU referendum?

    The Remain camp's smugness over the fact they believe they're going to win this referendum - although, despite what the polls say, the Remainers could wake up to a nasty surprise on the morning of 24th June to find out that, thanks to a much higher turnout from Leave supporters than Remain...
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    A vote for Remain is a vote for mass immigration from Turkey

    This referendum is a once in a generation chance for us to take back control of our country. When the British people enter the polling booths on June 23rd, border controls, our ability to make our own laws and our huge EU membership fees will all be major factors. But more than that, the...
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    From royal residences to ruins: English castles on sale

    The chance to be king (or queen) of a castle rarely comes along, but as an ancient structure - complete with jousting field - is put on the market, aspiring royalty have the opportunity to but wigmore Castle in Herefordshire. As the saying almost goes, an Englishman's home is his castle...
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    Queen's 90th birthday marked with star-studded extravaganza at Windsor Castle

    Horses and their riders as well as military and police bands from around the world honoured the Queen's 90 years last night in a spectacular show in the grounds of Windsor castle. The show, which was almost three hours long, was broadcast live on ITV1 and hosted by entertainers Ant and Dec...
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    World's largest plane draws crowds in Australia

    Thousands of Australian aircraft enthusiasts have watched the world's largest plane, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, arrive in Perth. The 276ft-long plane, which weighs 175 tonnes without cargo or fuel, was transporting a 117-tonne generator. Built in 1988, it is the only Antonov An-225 Mriya -...
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    11 shocking moments in history

    From the Salem witch trials to the bombing of Hiroshima, history is full of dates that shook the world and continue, decades and centuries later, to astound. Using eyewitness testimony – letters, diaries and archive interviews – the BBC oral history radio and TV programme Witness retells these...
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    The last surviving dress of Elizabeth I founding hanging on church wall

    Parishioners of a tiny church in rural Herefordshire have long believed a rumour that their altar cloth once belonged to Queen Elizabeth I. It was kept at St Faith's Church in Bacton in an old wooden frame. Now, having spotted it by chance, experts at Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) have...
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    Old Trafford stadium evacuated because of suspect package

    Manchester United's final-day match against Bournemouth has been called off because of a suspect package. Two stands - the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand and the Stretford End - at the 75,635 capacity stadium were evacuated before the home game against Bournemouth and sniffer dogs brought in to search...
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    EU Remain campaign is "contaminating" UK democracy, says former NZ Deputy PM

    EU Remain campaign is "contaminating" UK democracy, says former NZ Deputy PM The Remain campaign is “contaminating” Britain’s democratic process by relying on “outside money” and foreign interests to tell Brits how to vote, the former Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand has said...
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    War and genocide if Brexit occurs? It's the biggest lie of all

    It was perhaps the biggest lie of all. This week, David Cameron provoked universal derision by claiming that Europe risks sliding back into war and genocide if Britain votes to leave the EU. He argued that it was only because of the EU that peace had been maintained on the continent over...
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    61st Eurovision Song Contest gets underway tonight, with Russia the favourite

    The people of Europe, from Ireland to Russia - as well as the people of Australia - are gearing up for the 61st Eurovision Song Contest tonight. There are sure to be Eurovision parties across the continent as the cheesy song contest is broadcast live from Stockholm, with Russia the favourite to...