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Steeped in history, Britain’s palaces have been the backdrop to royal births, marriages and even murders. Here we round up 10 of the most remarkable... Britain's 10 best palaces...

American politicians are begging for Britain to stay in the EU, yet they themselves would never advocate America joining anything like it. For those Americans who want to know what it's like for the British being in the EU, it would be easier for them to imagine what life would be like for them...

Evidence of violent storms that destroyed a lost town known as Britain's Atlantis has been uncovered. The finds were uncovered off the coast of Dunwich, Suffolk - a small village which, in the 11th Century, was one of the largest towns in England. The town was hit by a succession of...

Archaeologists believe they have found the remains of a tragic woman author Thomas Hardy used as the real-life inspiration for his classic novel Tess of the D'Urbevilles after he witnessed her execution. Martha Brown was publicly hanged outside Dorchester jail in Dorset for the murder...

After holding the first Saturday Cabinet meeting since the Falklands War, David Cameron has just announced that the EU in/out referendum, in which the British people will decide whether Britain should exit the EU or remain in it, will be held on Thursday 23 June... EU referendum: Cameron...

The discovery of the earliest complete Bronze Age wooden wheel ever found in Britain has confounded experts and challenged previous understanding of the available technology and the way families lived 3,000 years ago. The unprecedented find was made at a site dubbed the “Peterborough...

World War I soldiers spent less than half their time on the front line, according to researchers. A study led by Goldsmiths, University of London, found British army infantry troops spent less than 47% of their time on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918. While there, they spent one...

It's exactly 500 years today since the birth of Queen Mary I, a monarch best known for the executions of Protestants that led to her posthumous sobriquet "Bloody Mary". To mark the anniversary, we've tracked down the capital's most notorious public execution sites. London's 11 most...

By leaving the EU, Britain would become once again a self-governing democracy, with a genuinely global rather than a little European perspective, argues former Chancellor Nigel Lawson... Britain outside the EU would stand tall as a free and prosperous nation The Prime...

Fifteen years ago, the UK was devastated by a mass outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Throughout 2001, there were 2,000 cases of foot-and-mouth throughout the country. Each of those cases meant a farm having all of its livestock killed and burned. By the time the last case was confirmed at...

Nearly 20 feet (6 meters) below the streets of London, archaeologists discovered a fragile Roman painting featuring deer and birds that may have once decorated the wall of a wealthy citizen's home. Excavators from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) were carefully digging for Roman...

A person with a metal detector has discovered a 1,800-year-old copper brooch, engraved with the letters "RMA," on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. It contains wordplay that is, quite literally, "lovely," scientists have found. The letters on the brooch, which dates to a time when the...

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has claimed Jeremy Corbyn is a bigger threat to the Falklands than Argentina. Mr Fallon, who is visiting the islands, was referring to the Far-Left Labour leader's recent suggestion the UK and Argentina should discuss their future. Labour said his...

From an umbrella to keep ladybirds dry in the rain to hooks to retrieve Pringles from the bottom of the tube, check out these kids' inventions that have been made real.... Kids' wacky inventions made real CBBC The Official Home of CBBC - CBBC - BBC Newsround 26 February 2016 Imagine coming...

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Apparently, Call Me Dave has invited Obummer to Britain to try and persuade the British people to vote to remain in the EU in the upcoming referendum. So, that'll be a lot more British people deciding to vote to LEAVE the EU, then.... DOMINIC LAWSON: An ear-bashing by Obama on Europe will just...

They're even telling us now that a Brexit would lead to more global warming. Talk about scaremongering.

A visitors' book from a tea room in Peterborough has helped reveal the extraordinary story of probably the first soldier of World War One to be accidentally killed by one of his own men... The first 'friendly fire' victim of World War One By Andrew Bomford, BBC...

A centuries-old tradition of recording copies of Parliament's laws on calf skin will continue, a minister has said, after peers signalled its end. Matt Hancock said the technique was "cost-effective" and the Cabinet Office would look at how to pick up the bill. The Lords had said switching...

No, they haven't. Sea levels aren't rising. End of.