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David Cameron is making the case for air strikes against IS in Syria, saying the aim is to "keep the British people safe" from terror attacks. He faced calls to apologise for reportedly saying opponents of action were "terrorist sympathisers". Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the comment...

To kick off its Myths and Legends Week on History Extra, Eugene Byrne explores the tales of eight of Britain’s most famous mythical figures… 8 British mythical figures...

Chelsea have submitted a planning application to rebuild Stamford Bridge into a 60,000-seat stadium. The Premier League champions have consulted over the redevelopment of their west London home, which currently has a capacity of 41,600. And a statement on the club's official website on...

So what could be wrong about the world’s nations getting together to prevent such a disaster before it is too late? In fact, in more recent years scarcely a single point in this “consensus” theory has not been questioned by a growing array of independent experts, including some of the...

Labour are running scared of Ukip at the moment, thinking that the anti-EU, anti-immigration party may well take Oldham West and Royton off them during the by-election on Thursday. The first by-election of the 56th UK Parliament is taking place due to the death of the sitting Labour MP Michael...

A football fan who became a terrace favourite by wearing only swimming trunks at matches has vowed to continue despite the cold weather. Everton supporter Michael Cullen and his royal blue swimwear have become a regular fixture at home and away games. And in spite of dipping temperatures...

As a Muslim cleric has to deny saying it’s OK to eat your wife, the BBC and the liberal establishment just cringe with appalling liberal bias Why don’t the French bomb Belgium? As a Muslim cleric has to deny saying it’s OK to eat your wife, the BBC and the liberal establishment just cringe...

He sounds like a tool.

Didn't Prince and Marilyn Manson have ribs removed to enable them to suck their own knobs?

Great Britain have won the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936 after Andy Murray beat Belgium's David Goffin to clinch the decisive point in the final in Ghent. Murray won 6-3 7-5 6-3 to give the visitors an unassailable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five tie. Britain have now won the team...

Almost 420 years since Shakespeare's lavish and magnificent house was razed to the ground, archaeologists have discovered what they believe to be the Bard's demolished kitchen. Uncovered in the remains of New Place in Stratford-upon-Avon - the site of his family home - the experts found...

A large chunk of an American space rocket has been found in the sea off the Isles of Scilly. A large section of a spacecraft, measuring about 32ft by 13ft, was spotted on the surface between the islands of Bryher and Tresco. Coastguards believe it is from the unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 which...

A hoard of silver coins, some of which were issued by Roman general Mark Antony, has been discovered in a Welsh field more than 2,000 years after it was buried. While they have yet to be valued, the 91 coins have been hailed by history experts as 'a significant find' and could be worth...

The last surviving Royal Mail coach which was once attacked by a lion that had escaped from a travelling menagerie has gone on sale for an impressive £70,000. The 200-year-old horse-drawn carriage harks back to the golden age of the Royal Mail when town clocks could be set by their...

A hoard of more than 5,000 Anglo Saxon coins has been unearthed, including what may be a unique penny. The discovery, near Lenborough, Buckinghamshire, is said to be the biggest hoard of coins in modern times. It includes a uniquely-stamped coin which may be the results of a mix-up at the...

Wherever Niklas Frank goes he carries a photograph of his dead father. But it is not a snap of a cherished childhood memory – it’s a picture of his corpse. With trembling fingers he holds out the battered black-and-white image taken moments after his dad was hanged for murdering four million...

Trigger-happy Turkey has downed a Russian jet saying it strayed into its airspace, even though it seems that the jet was only in Turkish airspace for a matter of seconds. Russia, however, says its jet was in Syrian airspace and so, too, was the Turkish jet which shot it down. The shooting down...

An amateur metal detectorist in the UK has made an extraordinary find - a gold-carved ring depicting a nude portrait of Cupid, god of erotic love. The ring contains a dark onyx and blue engraved nicolo stone and may once have rested on the finger of a man or woman during the reign of...

Two new army strike forces, 600 new Ajax armoured vehicles, two new RAF squadrons, 450 more Royal Navy personnel, a doubling of the RAF's drone fleet, new marine surveillance planes and a trebling of the firepower of the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers have all been announced today by the...

The tragic direction of continental Europe over the last few years has vindicated several decisions taken by Britain. Europe’s chaos vindicates decisions Britain has made For a country to tolerate Britain’s level of immigration with no far-right backlash is nothing short of...