Author Iain Dale: ‘We don’t learn about Ireland in English schools, which is really weird’

The writer on his book about Ireland’s taoisigh, the ones who have least impressed him, and his admiration for Margaret ...

Fact check: Defence spending fell below 3% of GDP in the 1990s

John Major’s government cut defence spending to below 3% of gross domestic product (GDP) in in 1995, and it has not risen ...
LBCOpinion

While no one would bemoan Maduro's departure - the manner is unprecedented, writes Iain Dale

For those of us on the centre-right, who have always regarded our alliance with the United States as central to our defence ...
The Gazette & Herald

King details importance of harmony with nature in trailer for documentary

The trailer, which features archive footage spanning decades, shows the King saying: “We must put nature back at the heart of the equation,” as it outlines his philosophy of finding harmony with the ...

The extraordinary story of Hercules, the 65-stone grizzly raised 'like a son' by a Scottish wrestler who fed him fry-ups and Babycham in the local pub

His disappearance sparked a desperate 24-day bear hunt involving the police, Army, and locals in helicopters, boats, light ...

‘Chilling’ BBC documentary tells one of UK’s darkest stories

A "chilling" BBC documentary told the true story of the largest mass poisoning in British history. Poison Water, a BBC production, investigates the 1988 north Cornwall scandal where water supplied to ...
Daily Mail

Margaret Thatcher 'ignored French assassination threat despite high risk and warnings'

Margaret Thatcher once ignored a high-risk assassination threat by terrorists in France, despite warnings from intelligence officials, it has been revealed. The former prime minister was set to meet ...