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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is to become a full-time student of agricultural management at Cambridge University from next week. Prince William, who left the RAF in the autumn, will learn about issues facing the UK's rural communities and farming industry during the 10-week bespoke...

A new £2 coin design featuring Kitchener has been unveiled to mark the centenary of WWI. Lord Kitchener was Secretary of State for War between 1914 and 1916 and he famously appeared on the YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU military recruitment posters during the conflict. Other new designs to feature on...

What happened when someone was charged with conversing with the Devil or practising sorcery on the king? Owen Davies lifts the lid on 10 of Britain’s most infamous witch trials, from 1441 to 1875. Witches in the dock: 10 of Britain's most infamous witch trials Monday 30th December 2013...

A remarkable photo has been revealed of the England Rugby Union team taken just months before WWI broke out. Of the 15 men in the photo, seven of them would perish in the Great War. The photo was taken just before their 16-15 win against arch-rivals Scotland. Now, almost 100 years after...

Plans have been unveiled for a 'SkyCycle' that will let cyclists commute far above the railways of London. The SkyCycle would cost £220 million - just for the first phase of the project, a four mile stretch from east London to Liverpool Street Station. In total, the SkyCycle would be 135...

In his brand new three-part BBC documentary series - Sacred Wonders of Britain - Scottish archaeologist, historian, TV presenter and author Neil Oliver goes on a journey to reveal the sacred face of Britain, an ancient landscape of belief and ritual that still lies hidden just below the surface...

On Christmas Day 1013 - exactly 1000 years ago - Danish ruler Sweyn Forkbeard was declared King of all England and the town of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire its capital. But why is so little known of the man who would be England's shortest-reigning king (he reigned only until his death on 3...

The British economy is on course to overtake France and Germany to become Europe's biggest economy by 2030. Thanks to Britain's Tory/LibDem coalition government's austerity measures (measures which have been derided by the Left) and Britain's refusal to join the Euro (another decision derided...

Between 1309 and 1814, the Thames froze over at least 24 times, giving Londoners the chance to host elaborate Frost Fairs on the ice. This was a period known as the Little Ice Age when the planet went through an exceptionally cold period, leaving it more likely for the Thames to freeze over as...

British computer pioneer and WWII codebreaker Alan Turing has today been given a posthumous royal pardon. During WWII, Turing worked for the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire which cracked Nazi codes, including those enciphered on the Enigma...

Christmas has come early for the crew of a Royal Navy ship. The ice patrol ship, originally called Polar Bear, is in the British Antarctic Territory to carry out survey and patrol operations and will be at sea on Christmas Day. So her crew has had Christmas a few days early. They celebrated...

The only Global Warming that has occurred is that natural warming which OF COURSE had to take place when the Little Ice Age ended in the mid-Nineteenth Century.

If Global Warming is what has caused the total vineyard area in England to increase by 75% since 2004, and has caused English wine production to jump from 1.34 million bottles in 2008 to 3.17 million bottles in 2009, and has allowed England to produce sparkling wines which are even better than...

Global Warmists like to point to the fact that, because Frost Fairs are no longer possible on the Thames, then that's proof of Global Warming. In London it used to get so cold at winter that the Thames froze over. They used to hold Frost Fairs on the frozen river. The first recorded frost...

Britain and America are marking the 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing. The Lockerbie bombing of 21st December 1988 is Britain's worst ever terrorist attack. Pan Am flight 103 from London to New York was destroyed by a bomb over the small town of Lockerbie in southern Scotland killing...

German U-boat UB 122 has emerged from a British river for the first time in almost 100 years. After the British won the Great War, the Germans surrendered to them over 100 of their U-boats. The British gave some of them to the French Navy, whilst some of the others had their engines removed to...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to visit Australia and New Zealand in April, Kensington Palace has confirmed. It is not yet known for definite whether Prince George will also be going on the trip, although it is thought to be highly likely. If the young prince and future king of both...

Two people are thought to be trapped and around 23 people injured after a double decker bus crashed in Kennington, central London. Of those injured, two are thought to be in a critical condition. The bus was heading to King's Cross when it crashed into a tree near the Ship pub on Kennington...

Rubbish. There is no scientific consensus over Global Warming. Many scientists believe its a load of old hokum.

Nice to know this site values free speech. This is just another example of silencing anyone who has opposing views to any left wing consensus. And there is no Global Warming, by the way. Only gullible fools, like those who run reddit, believe in it.