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A man accused of killing the Labour MP Jo Cox refused to enter pleas as he appeared in court. Thomas Mair, 53, from Birstall, remained silent when asked to plead at the Old Bailey on four charges relating to Mrs Cox's death. Mrs Cox, 41, who was a married mother-of-two, was shot and stabbed...

The largest Iron Age earthwork in Britain has been identified at the former site of a Norman castle. The mound at Skipsea Castle in East Yorkshire is 278ft (85m) in diameter and 42ft (13m) high. It was thought to be part of a Norman motte and bailey dating from 1086 but archaeological analysis...

After weeks of uncertainty, and accusations that the Government hasn't the faintest idea of how to handle Brexit, Theresa May yesterday showed us that she knows exactly where we are going... STEPHEN GLOVER: Praise be! How sweet it is to hear a PM honour the will of the British people Theresa...

You would probably get a confused look in today’s world if you called someone ‘tarse’ or ‘nippy’, but it would have caused plenty of trouble centuries ago. That’s because the unusual terms are among Britain’s best long-lost swear words, which also include ‘bald-a*se’ and ‘hollow-mouthed’ -...

A 3,000-year-old pressed flower is among finds within an 'absolutely jaw-dropping' Late Bronze Age hoard unearthed In Lancashire. The thistle appears to have been deliberately placed into the hollow end of an axe handle and buried with various objects, including weaponry and jewellery, many in...

Finally, the British Government is outlining its plans to take Britain out of the EU. Theresa May has insisted the Brexit process will begin in earnest by the spring as she pledged a 'Great Repeal Bill' to scrap the 1972 act that took Britain into the EU. The Prime Minister said Article...

An amateur treasure hunter has found a rare 2,000-year-old Roman pendant in a field in a Cheshire village. Luke Sansom was searching with a metal detector in Farndon, near Chester and the Welsh border, when he stumbled across the silver piece. Made with carnelian gemstone, it features a...

Brexit, they say, has emboldened the hateful. It has given people permission to spout their prejudices, to pollute public life with their weird, rash dislike of anyone who is different to them. And it’s true, Brexit has done this. Only not in the way they think. The most visible hatred...

This is the moment more than 20 seals poked their heads out of the water - and stared directly at a photographer. Geoff Chrisp was walking on the Northumberland coast with his wife when they came across 100 inquisitive seals. As he lifted his camera with Lindisfarne Castle in the background, a...

Since Britain's vote to leave the European Union 100 days ago, the nation has continued to defy the Remain campaign's doom and gloom. The sky hasn't fallen in, the world keeps spinning, and Britain remains part of the European continent. But the country has a lot to look forward to on freeing...

Britain's second-largest city, Birmingham, is to bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games. City council leader John Clancy said Birmingham was a "fantastic sporting city", hosting major events including The Ashes and the Rugby World Cup. Liverpool, Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby and...

The Rosetta probe that has been tracking a comet is heading for a collision into the 4km-wide ball of ice and dust. It is sending back pictures as it edges closer to Comet 67P. European Space Agency scientists say the satellite has come to the end of its useful life and they want to get some...

Ten moments in Admiral Lord Nelson's life that propelled him to greatness... Nelson: 10 days that created a legend...

How did Biro invent the Biro and how did it prove helpful during World War II? Who was Ladislao José Biro, how did he invent the ballpoint pen and how did it help in World War II? Cara McGoogan 29 September 2016 The Telegraph You may not realise this but the humble ballpoint pen, used...

Why a Trump-led America working with Brexit Britain is just what we need.... Together a Trump-led US and Brexit Britain can restore Nato and the West John Bolton, Former US ambassador to the UN 28 September 2016 The Telegraph Three months after the Brexit vote, it’s...

The UK will be a standard-bearer for free trade when it leaves the European Union, Liam Fox says. The International Trade Secretary said Brexit was a "golden opportunity" and that it was "100% wrong" to say the vote was a sign of Britain looking inwards. Liam Fox: Brexit is a 'golden...

From the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown calling a Labour voter a "bigoted woman" in 2010 because she asked him what is he going to do to cut immigration, to Diane Abbott labelling "racists" those 17.4 million who voted to regain their country's sovereignty from the corrupt, anti-democratic and...

There cannot be many bars where bottles of alcohol have remained unopened for decades at a time. But the remains of a 200-year-old public house have been unearthed in a busy city centre - complete with untouched bottles of brandy. Archaeologists have unearthed the former drinking house as...

Britain will thrive outside the European Union as the bloc turns inward, a top German business leader has said. Mathias Döpfner, chief executive of media giant Axel Springer, said the UK would be ‘highly attractive’ to investors after it left. He believes Brexit will see the nation embrace...

Why, three months on, the democracy-fearing elites of Europe and the UK still cannot handle the truth about what happened on 23 June. The truth about those ‘Brexit lies’ Mick Hume...