Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, wrote of an unspecified great matter of state said to bear directly on the Queen’s life.

Half-centuries from captain Jos Buttler and 21-year-old Jacob Bethell rescued England after they had thrown away a promising ...

Temperatures are set to plummet as low as minus 7C in parts of the UK as cold health alerts have been issued. Sub-zero temperatures are likely overnight for many over the coming days, with a risk of ...

Apples Jane, the first progeny of prolific winner Apple’s Jade, will make her racecourse bow at Naas on Saturday. Apple’s Jade was an 11-times Grade One winner for Gordon Elliott, triumphing from two ...

Around 250,000 20p coins minted in November 2008 are believed to have entered circulation with no date. And now one has sold on eBay, attracting a winning bid of £97, 485 times its face value. The 50 ...

EastEnders fans have gone wild after the BBC released a sneak peek promo picture for the 40th anniversary of the show.

The Bank voted to reduce the cost of borrowing on Thursday, but slashed its growth forecasts for the UK economy.

Those covered in the 60-minute film include Olive Gordon, a 25-year-old hairdresser, and Greek shipping titan Minas Kulukundis.

The Bank of England have announced it is cutting the UK’s base interest rate to 4.5%. As a result, the cost of borrowing is expected to fall to its lowest point in more than 18 months. The base rate ...

Warren ranks that day as one of the late Queen’s “most enjoyable” on a racecourse and is in no doubt as to the contribution the Aga Khan made to the thoroughbred breed as a whole, carefully nurturing ...

Newcastle skipper Bruno Guimaraes has barely allowed himself to dream about becoming the first Newcastle skipper to lift a domestic trophy in 70 years.

Questions have previously been raised about links between Britain’s new ambassador to the US and the paedophile financier.