12+ hour, 45+ min ago   (433+ words) The Grenadier Guards have been awarded the Freedom of the Town of Newmarket at a special parade and event. A march of the Nijmegen Company and Band took place on the Suffolk town's High Street, followed by a military inspection…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (844+ words) The Bayeux Tapestry has gone on public display in the UK for the first time since it was created nearly 1,000 years ago. It was originally embroidered in England but kept for centuries in France, and tells the story of the…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (388+ words) The last living pre-World War II resident of the family home of Sir Winston Churchill is to make an emotional return to help launch a new display celebrating the work of her father at the estate. The father of Gwen…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (616+ words) A set of giant monoliths known as the "Devil’s Arrows" were moved 18km (11 miles) across Yorkshire by Stone Age people, new research has found. The three columns have been standing in a farmer's field in Boroughbridge for thousands of years, with…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (525+ words) Behind an unassuming door within a road tunnel, Peter Burgess switches on some dim lights in a hidden cave and waits for them to warm up. It's the darkness and silence of a cave that gives it an eerie stillness,…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (486+ words) The Tower of London is "at risk" of being added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage in Danger sites unless amendments are made to the City of London Corporation's draft local plan, experts have said. Historic England, a government advisory…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (283+ words) King Charles and Queen Camilla have joined cheering crowds watching Highland games events at the annual Braemar Gathering in Royal Deeside. The event, which draws spectators from around the world, is held on the first Saturday of September every year…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (555+ words) David Olusoga explores our most comprehensive picture yet of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its role in the making of Modern Britain A new two-part BBC history commission for BBC Two and iPlayer, Finding Britain's Slave Traders with David Olusoga,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (186+ words) A council is calling for its residents to be offered priority booking to view the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum. Canterbury City Council in Kent said: "Such an offer is available to the people of Hastings and Rother due…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (353+ words) A 450-year-old silver spoon made during the reign of Elizabeth I is set to be auctioned. The Tudor relic, made in Chester, is estimated to fetch between £2,000–£3,000 when it goes under the hammer at Roseberys, London, on 30 September. The relic…...