Join in

Send page to a friend

Latest News

Click for the History of British News

Latest From BBC News

Royal Navy helicopter crash 'deeply worrying' time for families, says PM
Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg as Putin's flagship economic forum opens
US and Iran launch new strikes, as Kuwait says airport hit by Iranian drones
Giorgio Locatelli replaces John Torode as co-host of Celebrity MasterChef
How a content creator tried to use a YouTube alibi to get away with murder
The end of Trump's 'weaponisation' fund is another sign Republicans are fighting back
Three-quarters of workers not on track for 'moderate' pension income, report suggests
Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland app users hit by outage
British soldier killed in Iraq training exercise was 'devoted family-man'
The 18 creatures in the running to be on the new banknotes
Key moments of police bodycam footage before Henry Nowak's death

News tweets

Recommended Books:

A Picture of Britain
A Picture of Britain
Ashes Fever
Ashes Fever
Coast
Coast
Churchill
Churchill

Brit Quote:
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act - George Orwell
More Quotes

On this day:
First True King of England Crowned - 0973, Becket Becomes Archbishop of Canterbury - 1162, Army Seizes Charles I - 1647, Battle of Lowestoft - 1665, Evacuation of Dunkirk ends - 1940
More dates from British history

click here to view all the British counties

County Pages