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This series of rarely seen and never before published words and pictures recorded by the British soldiers who fought in the 1917 Battle of Passchendaele details the horrors faced by the soldiers. Fresh and compellingly human in its detail, it is a gripping account of the long and bloody...

Many in Brussels are anxiously looking out for any sign of what has been termed ‘Brexit contagion’ – the idea that the Brits might encourage others towards leaving the EU. The findings of a major Pew survey of European opinion does not point to a rush towards the exit, but it certainly...

A weekend of events at Stoke Hall, near Newark in Nottinghamshire, will help mark the 530th anniversary of the "forgotten" Battle of Stoke Field.... Forgotten battle which settled the Wars of the Roses 17 June 2017 BBC News...

There will be no Queen's Speech next year to give MPs more time to deal with Brexit laws, the government says. Leader of the Commons Andrea Leadsom said the next parliamentary session was being doubled in length to two years. The highly unusual move would allow MPs to scrutinise "substantial...

The lavatory facilities at festivals can often be feared as pits of despair, but a team of scientists is set to turn Glastonbury goers' wee into energy. Display boards at this year's Glastonbury Festival are going to powered by urine, provided via a 40-person urinal which will be situated near...

Conservatives might be the losers after the general election but, unlike the Left in the wake of the EU referendum, at least they're good losers... Rod Liddle Where are the right-wing masses demanding a second election? Conservatives might be the losers – but at least...

The Queen has said it is "difficult to escape a very sombre national mood" following tragedies in London and Manchester. The monarch said the UK had "witnessed a succession of terrible tragedies" in recent weeks. Her official birthday message followed protests over the Grenfell Tower fire...

Stephen Porter, author of Everyday Life in Tudor London, takes us on a trip through the streets of Tudor London... Life in Tudor London...

Nobody left in the London tower block which was engulfed in flames in minutes on Tuesday night is still alive, fire crews have said. Rescuers say there are still 'unknown numbers' of people dead inside, but at the moment it is too risky to try to recover them from the upper floors of...

Two hundred years ago the Pentrich Uprising - the last attempt at armed revolution in England - saw government agents and a rigged trial used to demonise radicals, but also helped change how Britain was run. Spies, lies and fake news - England's 'last revolution' By...

Restricted operations at the British Antarctic Survey's Halley station may have to continue for some time to come. The base, which ordinarily stays open year-round, is currently closed because of uncertainty over a developing crack in the ice shelf on which it sits. Scientists are using...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has joined thousands of protesters in Barcelona to call for independence for the Spanish region of Catalonia. He made a strong plea for voters to take part in an independence referendum scheduled for 1 October. "We will vote, even if the Spanish state...

The UK's snap general election of 8th June 2017 will be talked about in decades and centuries to come as the election in which Prime Minister May called to try and massively increase her Commons majority but instead ended up losing it completely, resulting in a Hung Parliament and a Tory...

England won their biggest international title since 1966 by beating Venezuela 1-0 in the Under-20 World Cup final. It was England's first appearance in the final of a global tournament since their World Cup victory 51 years ago. Everton forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin's first-half goal was...

Scientists researching one of the world's first dinosaur finds have discovered the existence of five teeth they did not realise it had. The Megalosaurus was found in Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, and was the first dinosaur to be named in 1824. Researchers at the University of Warwick have...

A gloriously sunny summer’s day and a 2lb bearskin hat don’t make the best of bedfellows – as Prince William discovered yesterday. The Duke of Cambridge was pictured apparently wilting in the heat as he rode out of Buckingham Palace to take part in The Colonel’s Review. The ceremony is...

Former Top Gear host Richard Hammond has been flown to hospital after a crash while filming in Switzerland. The 47-year-old was on a practice run for a race in an electric car for Amazon Prime show The Grand Tour. Mr Hammond "climbed out of the car himself before the vehicle burst into...

Whilst they had a bad night in much of the rest of the country, the Tories did well in Scotland in the election - which is amazing considering that, until recently, Tories were about as popular in Scotland as saveloys at a kibbutz. Ruth Davidson, the gay leader of the Scottish Conservatives...

Archaeologists have discovered what could be the world's oldest cat paw print. The imprint of four feline toes was found on a tile which dates back almost 2,000 years. It is believed the marks were caused when the tile was left out to dry by a Roman potter and a curious cat stepped on it. The...

This is the most pro-Brexit House of Commons ever elected. More than 90 per cent of MPs have just been returned for parties that are promising to leave the EU, namely the Conservatives, Labour and the Democratic Unionist Party. That fact is worth remembering as you listen to the excited...