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A waiter working at the British Museum knocked the thumb off a priceless Roman sculpture, it has emerged. The accident occurred in December last year, according to The Art Newspaper, but has only just come to light. Waiter knocks thumb off Roman sculpture at British Museum BBC News 27 October...

During the EU in/out referendum campaign, leading figures in the Government and international organisations like the IMF said that a vote to leave the EU would see Britain's economy hit by a recession. In fact, the so-called "experts" said that this very quarter just ended would see negative...

Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, died on this day - 26th October - in 899. He came to the throne in 871. To mark the anniversary, Barbara Yorke reveals intriguing details about the talents that made King Alfred a unique early medieval monarch... The real Alfred the Great On the anniversary...

THERE is more than a whiff of the Bonnie Prince Charlie about Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon: a stirring call to arms based on a romantic notion of Scottishness that eventually leads to disappointment and defeat. But whereas the Prince left hundreds of dead clansmen on the field of...

Prehistoric stone tombs used to store the ashes of loved ones are being built in Britain for the first time in thousands of years. The ancient resting places could help to tackle the problem of a lack of burial space. Until now, Neolithic earth mounds built over the dead, known as long...

Britain is the most business-friendly major economy on the planet, the World Bank has said – casting fresh doubt on predictions of economic collapse after Brexit. The UK came top of the G7 group of industrialised countries in an annual index on ease of doing business, one place ahead of...

They became friends at Cambridge University, both joining the prestigious Footlights society before going on to form their own Fry & Laurie television double act So it was only fitting that Stephen Fry was on hand to pay tribute to his best friend Hugh Laurie as Laurie was awarded a...

The Jungle has been the cause of so much bitterness between London and Paris. Indeed, you could hardly find a better example of the jealousy with which the French elite view their northern neighbours or the sanctimonious hypocrisy with which they love to disguise their chauvinistic...

BT is preparing to roll out a futuristic new phone box that offers free calls and WiFi. The ultramodern Link kiosks will open on major high streets across London next year and will come complete with charging points, maps access and tourist information. BT said the rollout marked 'the next...

Miles Russell visits Fishbourne Roman Palace, once a sumptuous building with possible royal connections... History explorer: Extravagance in Roman Britain As part of our series in which experts nominate British locations to illustrate historical topics, Miles Russell visits Fishbourne Roman...

Britain is leaving the European Union, and the great and good in Brussels are on edge. The move could be "the beginning of the destruction of not only the EU but also Western political civilisation in its entirety", Donald Tusk warned just before the referendum. Jean-Claude Juncker was...

Stars have paid tribute to Dead or Alive singer Pete Burns, who has died aged 57 after having a cardiac arrest. Soft Cell frontman Marc Almond tweeted that Burns was "a one-off creation, a fabulous, fantastic, brilliant creature and always sweet to me". He added: "...and one of Liverpool's...

Doom-mongering Remoaners: "Banks are preparing to leave the City of London because of Brexit!" Banks: "Erm, no we're not." It's nonsense! Banks dismiss gloom-laden claim they'll quit the UK after Brexit British Bankers' Association chief Anthony Browne has been criticised He said of large...

More than 1,200 police and officials in France have begun an operation to clear the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais. The camp has been housing at least 7,000 people in squalid conditions. Migrants queued peacefully to be processed, and the first of some 60 coaches that will carry them to...

Jimmy Perry, creator of one of TV's most popular comedy series, Dad's Army, has died aged 93. Working with producer David Croft, he was also responsible for It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hi-de-Hi and You Rang, M'Lord? He drew on his life experiences for his writing, as a young member of the Home...

So what’s fuelling this rather fudged, opportunistic bid for independence? The SNP would have you believe it’s because 62 per cent of Scots voted to remain in the EU, as opposed to the 53.4 per cent of English people who voted to leave. It claims, therefore, that it has a mandate to pursue...

The new trade fiasco is made in Germany. Like many other troubles in Euroville, it is one that Germany tried to export to other countries. The euro crisis would have been much different if Germany had not outsourced its own banking problems to Ireland, Portugal and Spain. Last year’s...

A plaque is set to be unveiled in memory of the Englishman credited with founding Italian football giants AC Milan. Herbert Kilpin, from Nottingham, went to work in Italy in the 1890s and later established the Milan Football and Cricket Club. The plaque is being unveiled to mark 100 years...

Here, Murray Pittock, the author of the book Great Battles: Culloden, busts seven of the most notable myths of the 1746 Battle of Culloden, the last battle to be fought on British soil... 7 myths about the Battle of Culloden busted...

When French President François Hollande said this week “if Madame Theresa May wants a hard Brexit, then talks will be hard too” he wasn’t kidding. They’re going to conducted in bloody French! At least, they will if the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier gets his way - he’s...