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A terror plot to target the London Underground has been foiled after police found what they suspect to be a viable bomb on a tube train, planted by a terrorist planning further attacks. A 19-year-old man was tasered and arrested by armed counter-terrorism officers on Friday, a day after...

Raine Spencer, stepmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, has died at 87 after a short illness, her family has announced. Countess Spencer died on Friday morning at her London home, her son William Legge, the Earl of Dartmouth and a UKIP MEP, confirmed. She was the daughter of novelist Barbara...

The coalition action in Syria and Iraq is as incoherent and misguided as everything else we have done in the Middle East of late — from the invasion of Iraq, via the support for those somewhat chimeric ‘Arab Spring’ rebellions to the catastrophic and stupid intervention in Libya. What we...

The first of four new UK submarines to carry Trident nuclear missiles will be named Dreadnought, a decision inspired by famous ships from the past. The Ministry of Defence revealed the name, to coincide with Trafalgar Day, for the first vessel of the £31bn project to replace existing...

The Conservatives have held ex-PM David Cameron's former seat of Witney in a by-election, but with a majority reduced by more than 20,000 votes. Robert Courts won by 5,702 votes, with the party's vote share falling from 60% in 2015 to 45%, as the Lib Dems surged past Labour into second...

Ahead of the second series of Secrets of Great British Castles (Channel 5; October 28, 8pm), and with half term around the corner, presenter and historian Dan Jones nominates his 12 favourites. What you didn't know about Britain's 12 best castles The Telegraph Dan Jones 20 October 2016...

Theresa May is heading to Brussels for her first EU summit as UK prime minister as debate continues over the government's Brexit strategy. The PM, who will trigger Brexit talks by the end of March, is expected to tell counterparts she wants a "smooth, constructive, orderly" process. But...

Here, Eloise Millar and Sam Jordison, authors of a guide to the capital’s best literary landmarks, share seven of their favourites – from Oscar Wilde’s eatery of choice in Soho to Shakespeare’s Globe theatre… Touring London with Shakespeare, Dickens and Oscar Wilde: 8 must-see literary...

Even after the referendum, some Remainers are clinging to Project Fear. Nick Clegg reckons leaving the EU could push up prices because of a 22 per cent tariff on food. Sheesh, Nick, the campaign is over. The votes have been counted. We’re leaving the EU. You don’t need to keep insulting us...

A huge panorama print of London produced 300 years ago has emerged for sale - and shows not only how much the capital has changed but also highlights a tumultuous royal row in Georgian Britain... The King in his carriage, sailboats on the Thames and not an office block in sight: Amazing...

There are days when I wonder if our country is utterly mad. I wonder if our government, so utterly devoid of a backbone, thinks it can take taxpayers for a joke, mock every hour of every long shift they put in to fund this country. The so-called 'child' migrants from Calais are a perfect...

Today is 800 years exactly since one of England's most reviled monarchs, King John, died from dysentery. BBC News examines how this gut-wrenching condition has claimed the lives of several English kings, changing the course of history. King John: Dysentery and the death that changed...

Thomas Asbridge explores a remarkable medieval friendship - that of Henry the Young King (the second of five legitimate sons of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, who was the only English king since the Norman Conquest to be crowned in the lifetime of his father but never exercised any real...

Britain is building a wall to keep out the migrants at the Jungle camp in Calais. Now we can see why... BREAKING: Female journalist 'raped by knife-wielding migrants' at Calais Jungle camp A FEMALE interpreter working on a documentary about the plight of vulnerable...

REMOANERS like Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, who encourage calls for Britain to be kept in the European Union, should be tried for treason, a petition has urged. Christian Holliday, a Conservative councillor from Surrey, hopes to amend the Victorian-era legislation to reclassify support...

Poor Melissa Kite can't get through dinner without a Remainer rudely interrupting her.... Real life Can't I just get through dinner without some Remainer interrupting? No. Of course not Melissa Kite...

THERESA May has vowed to look beyond Europe and “forge a new global role for the UK” as she prepares to lead her first major trade mission next month, to India. The Prime Minister claimed that the UK will become the “most passionate, most consistent, and most convincing advocate for free...

If MPs want a revolution, ignoring the result of the EU in/out referendum would be a surefire way to start one... DAN HODGES: If you want a revolution, this is how to spark it. The people spoke on Brexit - but MPs stuck their fingers in their ears and ignored them. This could get nasty... By...

British scientists will face ‘six minutes of terror’ next week as the Schiaparelli space probe plunges to the surface of Mars after a seven month journey. If successful, it will be the first time a European mission has successfully landed on a planet. Although Britain's ill-fated Beagle 2...

Yesterday's League One match between London club Charlton Athletic and Coventry City was delayed for five minutes after both sets of fans threw little plastic pigs onto the pitch at Charlton's The Valley stadium. The supporters were protesting against the two clubs' respective owners, and...