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It's long been viewed as a bastion of Roman military prowess but Hadrian's Wall may have had a more domestic history, researchers say. Newly discovered remains of a woman and five-year-old, believed to be a mother and child, challenge the idea that the fort was purely the preserve of...

The Left never did get irony. Think of all those millionaire luvvies and comedians mocking the miserly Tories while exploiting every tax loophole. Think of all the student unions, proclaiming freedom of speech while banning every incorrect voice. Think of the virulent anti-Semitism of the...

A burial site containing 75 Roman skeletons has been uncovered beneath a hotel swimming pool in York. The grade two listed building, known as the Newington Hotel, is currently being gutted by developers to create seven family homes. During the renovation of the Georgian building...

Archaeologists believe they have found, preserved in peat, charcoal from a fire that destroyed an ancient hillfort. Dun Deardail was built about 2,500 years ago on a prominent knoll on Sgorr Chalum, a hill overlooking the River Nevis in Glen Nevis. Charcoal found in surrounding peatbog has...

A 213-year-old biscuit dating from the Battle of Trafalgar is to be sold at auction. The biscuit, which belonged to a sailor on board HMS Defence in 1805, is believed to be the oldest surviving ship's biscuit in the world. It is thought to predate one from 1852 on show at a museum in...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their third child Louis Arthur Charles. The couple's second son was born at 11:01 BST on Monday at the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London, weighing 8lb 7oz. A tweet from Kensington Palace said the baby would be known as His Royal Highness...

Two houses dating back 11,000 years have been declared Britain’s oldest dwellings by experts. Remains of the wooden shacks were found during a decade-long dig at a Stone Age site. THIS OLE HOUSE Britain’s oldest houses date back over 11,000 years, scientists discover A team of researchers has...

The ancient remains of a gigantic marine reptile have been found in southwestern England. Known as an ichthyosaur, the animal lived about 205 million years ago and was up to 85 feet long—almost as big as a blue whale, say the authors of a study describing the fossil published today in PLOS ONE...

So, here it is. Europe's Mars rover. Or rather, a copy of it. This is what they call the Structural Thermal Model, or STM. It is one of three rovers that will be built as part of the European Space Agency's ExoMars 2020 mission to search for life on the Red Planet... Europe's Mars rover...

A live musical extravaganza is taking place tonight, live on BBC One, to mark the Queen's 92nd birthday... Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 92nd birthday with star-studded concert By Staff The Associated Press A 41-gun salute was held in Hyde Park to mark the Queen's 92nd birthday Queen...

Royal Navy submarine HMS Trenchant has punched through ice in the North Pole – in a major show of strength to Russia. The nuclear powered hunter-killer submarine – armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles – was on an exercise with two US subs. And as soon as the crew punched through they had a...

A 'malfunctioning' robot named Fred has terrified drinkers in a London pub by smashing a pint glass while talking about a 'robot invasion'. The hyper-realistic automaton, modelled to be an exact replica of London-based actor Tedroy Newell, sat down for a refreshing lager at The Prince...

A University of Glasgow archaeologist using cutting edge technology on remnants of the Antonine Wall has shown parts of it were painted in bright colours...

The Romans may have left an impressive legacy of roads, irrigation and education in Britain but it was always thought they took their DNA with them when they left. However, this theory could soon be overturned as researchers have found a strange genetic disparity in England during the...

The Prince of Wales will succeed the Queen as head of the Commonwealth, its leaders have announced. The Queen had said it was her "sincere wish" that Prince Charles would follow her in the role. Leaders of the Commonwealth have been discussing the issue at a meeting behind closed doors at...

The Oxford Dodo - the world's most famous example of the extinct bird - was shot in the head, research has found. Historians believed the flightless creature had been kept alive in a 17th Century London townhouse. But recent forensic analysis of its skull found lead shot pellets, which were...

From the haunting beauty of isolated ruins to the majesty of some of Britain’s most ostentatious buildings, here are some of the most picturesque castles in England... 10 of the most romantic castles in England By Sally Coffey Britain Magazine From the haunting beauty of isolated ruins to the...

This week thousands of people will descend on London from all corners of the world, pilgrims coming to worship at the altar of post-colonial multilateralism that is the Commonwealth of Nations. They will be drawn to the UK's capital for the organisation's biennial heads of government summit...

Stonehenge is one of Britain's greatest mysteries, but one scientist thinks he's cracked the secrets to its existence. Mike Pitts has mustered up an explanation as to why Stonehenge is where it is, and reckons the rocks were already there – millions of years before humans arrived... ROCK ON...

A hidden Bronze Age landscape, thought to be 4,500 years old, has been discovered on a remote island off the coast of Wales. Researchers used lasers to create a 3D model of Ramsey Island which revealed burial grounds, a prehistoric coastal fort and the possible site of a lost chapel. The...