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    Family home of Henry VIII's third wife Jane Seymour is discovered

    The real Wolf Hall made famous by Hilary Mantel's books on Henry VIII has finally been unearthed nearly three centuries after it was razed to the ground. The magnificent 16th...
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    Macron: It's time to cut this Napoleon down to size

    To Mr Macron, as to so many of his compatriots, Brexit poses a huge existential challenge. It would be humiliating for France, for so long our greatest rival, if we made a success of our independence outside the EU while they ploughed joylessly on towards ever-closer union with the titans of...
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    HMS Endeavour was rampant with boozing and homosexuality

    Captain James Cook's 18th century ship the Endeavour was a hotbed of drunken behaviour and hidden homosexuality, experts have revealed. The claims come after maritime archaeologists say they believe they...
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    Freemen of the City of London herd sheep across London Bridge

    Alan Titchmarsh drove a flock of sheep across London Bridge as part of a centuries-old tradition. The TV gardener was joined by more than 600 Freemen of the City of London as they exercised their "right"...
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    Woman 'identifies' Salisbury suspect as Anatoliy Chepiga

    A woman in the far east of Russia has told the BBC she recognises one of the key suspects in the Salisbury attack as a military intelligence officer. The woman identified him...
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    UK to host nationwide festival in 2022 to celebrate Brexit

    Theresa May plans to evoke the spirit of the famous 1951 Festival of Britain with a £120 million nationwide celebration after Brexit...
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    Fans told to keep away from Thames beluga

    Benny the beluga is spending his fifth day in the Thames but appears to be healthy and swimming normally, the Port of London Authority (PLA) has said...
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    The secret document which kept the realities of the EU secret from the British people

    As Theresa May prepares to face delegates at arguably the most fiercely divided Tory Party Conference for a generation in Birmingham next week, Express.co.uk examines the legacy of one of the most important documents in British political history...
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    The Corbynista A-Z of everything

    The alphabet according to the Far-Left, Momentum-run, Corbynista Labour Party... The Corbynista A-Z of...
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    Offa's Dyke may be 300 years older than is thought

    Britain's longest ancient monument may be 300 years old older than thought - and built by generations before the king who gave it his name...
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    First F-35B lands on HMS Queen Elizabeth

    Landing a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier at sea is one of the biggest challenges a pilot can face. But when Royal Navy Commander Nathan Gray landed the Lightning F-35B on HMS...
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    Now the EU wants to turn off The Sun

    The EU showing once again why the British people voted to leave... Now the EU wants to turn off The Sun...
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    Did English leaders “deliberately acquiesce” to foreign rule in 1066?

    On 17 September 2018, MP Boris Johnson wrote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s ‘Chequers plan’, as Britain prepares to leave the European Union. Johnson told the readers of the Daily Telegraph that “if Chequers were adopted it would mean that, for the first time since 1066, our leaders were...
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    Salzburg: the humiliation of British democracy

    What we had here was not a friendly, diplomatic dinner and conference to discuss tough problems, as was advertised, but a strategically arranged spectacle at which the freely, fairly elected leader of the UK could be rinsed before the eyes of the world media. Never has fully breaking from the...
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    Roman cemetery found at North Lincolnshire building site

    A Roman cemetery has been unearthed on the site of a housing development in North Lincolnshire. Dozens of...
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    The moment the Queen giggled over a chirruping bird

    She's been dubbed ‘One-Take Windsor’ by broadcasters for her professionalism in always getting things right first time. But the Queen had to re-record last year’s Christmas message –...
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    Tusk, Selmayr and the EU’s Twitter diplomacy

    Before he trashed Theresa May’s Brexit plan, Donald Tusk released an Instagram picture of him offering her some cake. “Sorry, no cherries” was his punchline – a way of trolling the British. He thinks her Chequers plan “cherry picks” the single market, so chooses instagram to mock her...
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    Lost Henry VIII tapestry rediscovered in Spain to go on display for first time

    A magnificent tapestry commissioned by Henry VIII has been rediscovered in Spain, long after it was thought to have been destroyed. Woven in glistening gold and silver thread, and...
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    Now we know: the EU was lying about Ireland

    For months the European Union has been whipping up fears about what Brexit might do to Ireland. As soon as negotiations between Theresa May and EU leaders began, the Irish border was invoked as an unfixable problem. As far as the EU was concerned, there were two options: create a hard...
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    Why Brexitphobes are crap campaigners

    Anti-Brexit campaigner and former financier Gina Miller proudly unveiled her new campaign this week, ‘End the Chaos’, a website and series of events designed to challenge false claims and make people ‘more informed’ about the Brexit process. Apparently, we are a mass of infants who still...