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A factory worker thought he'd found a Coke can ring-pull while out metal detecting only to discover it was a rare piece of Elizabethan jewellery worth £10,000. Ben Bishop was searching a farmer's field when he came across the stunning item, a gold signet ring dating back to between 1550...

A rare Chinese tree in Cardiff has flowered for the first time since it was planted more than 100 years ago. The creamy-white flowers on Roath Park's Emmenopterys henryi are thought to be the result of a cold winter followed by heatwave conditions. Roath Park's rare Chinese tree flowers in...

IT was the mega-shark three times the size of a great white, with each of its 270 teeth as big as a hand. Now, 2.5million years after its extinction, the mighty megalodon is being brought back to life on film. The Meg, starring Brit action man Jason Statham, has been described as “Jaws on...

Australians have emailed MPs with dozens of requests for free portraits of the Queen, after the little-known entitlement was publicised this week. Under official rules, citizens may ask for "nationhood" material - things such as Australian flags, anthem recordings, and portraits of the...

A new film that shows Mary, Queen of Scots, meeting rival English queen Elizabeth I has been criticised for its historical inaccuracies. Dr Estelle Paranque said the meeting between the two queens never happened. The historian said the film, starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, was...

The mysterious death of King William II and the discovery of oxygen are two of the things that have happened in August... 6 weird things that have happened in August through history When was oxygen discovered? How did King William II die? And when was the first Guinness Book of World Records...

This is the horrifying moment a giant boa constrictor crushed a pigeon to death in broad daylight on a busy London street. Sickened pedestrians watched on as the fearsome serpent wolfed down the bird on Leytonstone High Road... HISS OF DEATH Incredible moment a boa constrictor swallows a whole...

Gina Miller - the woman made famous for initiating the court case in January last year against the British Government's authority to implement Brexit without the approval of parliament - has really shone a light on what is driving elitist Brexitphobia... Gina Miller’s nasty elitism sums up...

A man put out a fire on the world's longest pleasure pier by urinating on it. Thomas Watson noticed a small fire on the deserted Southend Pier and took matters into his own hands by relieving himself over the flames... Man puts out Southend Pier fire by peeing on it 31 July 2018...

France is said to have been a constant thorn in Queen Elizabeth I's side during her reign. But newly uncovered letters suggest the Tudor monarch was in fact a trusted confidant to King Henri III and broke protocol to warn him of an attempt to steal his crown... Queen Elizabeth I had a...

A grandfather in Derby says praying to his cucumber has helped it grow to a potential world-record size. Raghbir Singh Sanghera, who worked as a farmer in India before coming to the UK in 1991, grew the 51in (129.54cm) ribbed vegetable in his greenhouse. Mr Sanghera said the cucumber -...

Hell, the Remainers think WE’RE gullible. For having believed the “lies” of the Brexit campaign. But it is hard to imagine anyone could be quite so stupid as to really believe we’ll be short of food if we tell our European friends to shove their deal where the sun doesn’t shine... Rod...

An 'enormous' Roman settlement has been unearthed in the Channel Islands. The 3.7 acre settlement – the largest ever discovered in the Channel Islands and nearby areas of France – was preserved by drifts of sand for thousands of years. Excavations on Longis Common in Alderney have revealed...

An amateur treasure hunter used a metal detector to unearth a 1,800-year-old gold Roman signet ring in Somerset. Pest control officer Jason Massey, 45, discovered the rare piece of jewellery, which features an engraving of the Roman goddess of Victory, in a field near Crewkerne. It is...

This is the extraordinary moment police chase jetskis in a James Bond-style pursuit on the River Thames. Astonishing footage shows cops speeding behind the four vehicles as they raced past the Greenwich Pensinsula towards Central London on Friday evening... VIEW TO A THRILL Extraordinary...

There may be 28 countries in the European Union – soon to be 27, unless our Government betrays us – but its soul is French. That crucial fact goes a long way to explaining why the EU is apparently determined to make Brexit as miserable and tortuous as possible — even at the cost of harming...

Early Roman horseshoes unearthed during an excavation at a fort near Hadrian's Wall are to go on display. Barbara Birley, curator at Vindolanda, near Hexham, in Northumberland, said it was "incredibly rare" to find a full set of four iron hipposandals. She said the hoof protectors were so...

Suffering in the hot weather? Spare a thought then for the population of London back in 1858, a year of sky-high temperatures and the Great Stink. Too hot? In 1858 a heatwave turned London into a stinking sewer By Judith Burns BBC News 3 August 2018...

How much do you know about Catherine Howard? How did she meet Henry VIII, and is she related to Anne Boleyn? How old was Catherine when she died, and does her ghost really haunt Hampton Court Palace? Here are the facts… 11 facts about Catherine Howard Catherine Howard was the fifth wife of...

Seven celestial events that may have changed the course of history, from the comet that carried William the Conqueror to victory in 1066 to the eclipse that helped Lawrence of Arabia defeat the Ottomans... Written in the stars: 7 celestial events that may have changed history Guy de la...