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Remember, remember the Fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot... Thousands of people have watched the spectacle of a centuries-old tradition involving flaming tar barrels. The event in Ottery St Mary, Devon, involves men, women and children "barrel rollers" running with burning...

It's a sporting battle with a difference. On one side, 20,000 football fans, with a maths geek up front. On the other, officialdom, strong in defence. The tussle at its heart? Whether the football on British road signs should be an accurate depiction of the real thing. Football ground street...

The face of a Scottish woman persecuted for witchcraft more than 300 years ago has been reconstructed by forensic scientists. Lilias Adie died in 1704 in prison before she could be burned for her "confessed" crimes of being a witch and having sex with the devil. Forensic artist reconstructs...

A large Pictish stone decorated with what appears to be a big nosed warrior holding a spear and a club has been found by workmen on the outskirts of Perth. Work on the upgrade to the A85/A9 junction was halted following the discovery with archaeologists called in to examine the stone...

England's north-south divide began with the Vikings more than 1,000 years ago, an archaeological expert has claimed in a new book. Archaeologist Max Adams said the Watford Gap, one of the country's best known service stations that is widely viewed as the dividing point between the north and...

Maybe it's time the British gave the EU a taste of its own fake news medicine... ROD LIDDLE Let’s brief the EU press about how Jean Claude Juncker tried to cop off with Theresa May As EU monkeys continue to leak absolute rubbish to the press about Brexit negotiations to weaken Britain's...

Today Britain’s intelligence services can draw upon anything from video surveillance and wire taps to satellites and drones. But it was very different in the 16th century. In those days candle flames were used to detect communications written in invisible ink made from milk or lemon juice and...

Hadrian's Wall has been uncovered during site investigations as part of a scheme to revive a historic building in Newcastle city centre. The section of the wall has been revealed outside the Mining Institute on Westgate Road. It was reportedly last seen during an excavation on the site in...

A portrait believed to be of Mary, Queen of Scots has been found beneath a 16th Century painting. The drawing was revealed in an X-ray of the 1589 portrait of Sir John Maitland, Lord Chancellor of Scotland. Mary, Queen of Scots sketch found under 16th Century painting 27 October 2017 BBC News...

England won the Under 17 World Cup in stunning fashion, staging an improbable fightback from two goals down to stun Spain in the Final and lift the trophy for the first time amid delirious scenes. It completes an unprecedented year of success for English youth sides, with Steve Cooper's...

Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis was accessed more than two million times within days of it being made available to the public, it has been revealed. Prof Hawking's 1965 work proved so popular on the day of its release it crashed the publications section of Cambridge University's website. More...

Was King Æthelstan even greater than his grandfather King Alfred the Great? If King Alfred was great, was Æthelstan even greater...

Amid the millions of words of obfuscation and bull being spouted about Brexit, we witnessed a rare moment of truth this week. European Council president Donald Tusk let the cat out of the Brussels bag when he warned the European Parliament that the EU will be ‘defeated’ in the Brexit...

A 17th Century silver hawk ring found in a field by a metal detectorist has been linked with royalty. The 0.3in vervel, unearthed in Buckinghamshire in 2015, was worn by a hawk to identify its owner. It has since been established it was owned by Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon - a keeper...

Pop star George Michael has topped the UK album charts, 10 months after his death. An expanded version of his second solo album, Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1, beat Niall Horan and Pink to become the week's best-selling record. It means Michael's album has spent two weeks at number one...

Police have stormed a bowling alley at a leisure complex in Nuneaton and ended an armed hostage siege, the firm's chief executive has told the BBC. Mehdi Amshar said two hostages had been held at MFA Bowl, in Bermuda Park, but the situation has now ended and there were no casualties...

From the fleeting mayfly to the enduring Greenland shark, here are the lifespans of some of planet Earth's great species... read old about it From the fly that lives just 24 hours to the shark that can survive 512 years – nature’s shortest to longest lifespans After tortoise Jonathan reached...

On LBC radio's The Nigel Farage Show, leading Brexiteer and former Ukip leader Nigel Farage asks: "Are the global elite trying to stop Brexit?"

New BBC drama Gunpowder dramatises the events of one of the most famous thwarted assassinations in history – the Gunpowder Plot, where radical Catholics attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament to kill King James I and inspire an uprising. But when making the drama, star Kit Harington and...

Until AD 865, Viking raiders’ modus operandi in the British Isles was simple – they came, they saw, they plundered, and then they sped away back over the sea. But that year something changed... The great Viking terror: how Norse warriors conquered the Anglo-Saxons...