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When a fleet of zeppelins bombed the Midlands on the night of 31 January 1916, killing 70 people, it ushered in a terrifying new era of warfare from the skies. It was one of the first times the horrors of World War One had emerged from the columns of the newspapers and into the homes of...

Sir Terry Wogan, the Irishman who was one of the most famous names on British radio and television for 50 years, has died today aged 77. In a statement, his family said: "Sir Terry Wogan died today after a short but brave battle with cancer. "He passed away surrounded by his family. While we...

The body of a man has been pulled from a canal in Greater Manchester - increasing fears that a serial killer has claimed his 29th victim. An astonishing 85 bodies - mostly men - have been pulled from the city's waterways in the last seven years. The cause behind the majority of the deaths are...

Steven Gunn and Tomasz Gromelski, who are researching thousands of 16th-century coroner’s inquest reports, reveal why coming into contact with animals in Tudor times could have fatal consequences... Deadly beasts of Tudor England...

Richard Litttlejohn on Brussels' tentacles interfering in every aspect of our lives and some of the big stories of the week - more Elf N Safety madness; pathetic Labour MPs attacking David Cameron for saying "bunch of migrants" during PMQs; the pro-EU campaign group Britain Stronger in Europe...

Over the past few months, as the refugee crisis in Europe has spiralled out of control, the term Kindertransport (children’s transport) has been bandied about in a lazy and dishonest manner. Those who use it, including MPs, charity leaders and commentators, are trying to hijack the emotive...

As Clarkson, Hammond and May once said about the Mexicans on an episode of Top Gear whilst mocking the Mexican Mastretta sports car: May: "This is the Tortilla" (then remarked that he didn't remember what is is called). Hammond: "Cars reflect national characteristics... a Mexican car's just...

We've got the same happening in this country with foreigners coming over taking our jobs, but here's it's mainly Poles and Bulgarians and the like rather than Mexicans.

As we know from the stupendous BBC adaptation of Tolstoy's epic novel, War And Peace, the Russians are very good at war, not so pie-hot when it comes to peace. Military parades, manoeuvres and a good scrap are what they like best - and as Simon Sebag Montefiore says in this panoramic study...

Finally, sanity prevails! After getting used to seeing, in recent years, certain institutions, celebrities, scientists and politicians cowardly backing down under the onslaught of the PC Twitterati after the PC Twitterati were "offended" by the un-PC actions or un-PC words of said certain...

Commons Speaker John Bercow has said he thinks MPs would agree to temporarily move out of Parliament while £4bn repairs are carried out on the dilapidated Palace of Westminster. But he said they should only agree to move if a temporary, "pop-up" Commons chamber is constructed nearby and...

The UK has been caught in a long tug-of-war about its identity, which will only become more intense as the EU referendum approaches. Where does the UK belong in the world? Is the strongest bond with major European economies like France and Germany? Or is there a stronger connection with...

A JCB driver who dug up over 3,000 rare Roman coins which he put in a carrier bag will be able to keep the cash despite colleagues claiming it was a team find. Mark Copsey, 44, was levelling a recreation ground for a hockey pitch when he spotted something in the soil. He found a...

Booker Prize-winning author Thomas Keneally speaks to Rob Attar about the early history of his home country, Australia, discussing the remarkable progress of Britain’s sunstruck dungeon at the end of the world... Convicts and colonisers: the early history of Australia Booker Prize-winning...

One of the world's rarest collection of stained glass windows has been restored to its former glory after 200 years. More than 400 colour panels dating back to the 16th century were carefully removed from the famous Lady Chapel at Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire, and painstakingly cleaned...

A complete ban on on women wearing the veil should be introduced because it stops them from "smiling, waving and saying hello" in a very British way, a Tory MP has said. Philip Hollobone, the Conservative MP for Kettering in Northamptonshire, said it was "really, really sad" that Britain...

Hundreds of varieties of rare cider apples are being planted across England after being donated to the National Trust by a collector. The Netherton Late Blower, Slack-ma-Girdle and Billy Down Pippin are among the National Cider Collection grown in Tidnor Wood Orchard, Herefordshire...

There's one in Africa.

Did the Irishman take a photograph of a potato so that he can rememember what they look when the next famine comes along? Also, you'd out to be completely and utterly out of your mind if you are willing to pay $1.5 million for a photo of a potato.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel's school report has revealed that the celebrated engineer's teachers 'had brilliant expectations of his future', but thought his Latin needed work. The previously unseen report was written for a 15-year-old Brunel in 1821 while he was studying at the Institute of...