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Few sights are more breath-taking that the ruins of Whitby Abbey - home to Dracula

Yorkshire: 12 gorgeous photos that show God's Own County at its best

HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship during the Battle of Trafalgar, is now in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard home

National Lottery Open Week is back and it's bigger than ever

Footage released by Warwickshire Rural Crime Team shows the moment a lorry driver smashed into the 5ft-tall William Gladstone memorial cross in Lea Marston, Warwickshire, in August 2024.

Watch: Moment trucker smashes into 1905 memorial causing £40k damage

Laura Carter presents Braemar Community Limited Volunteers with their award

Heritage Heroes 2024: Celebrating the volunteers who keep our history alive

A serious embankment failure has occurred on the Severn Valley Railway leaving the track impassable at one location along the 16 mile route.

Aerial footage shows aftermath as landslip collapses onto railway

The Moon has, for the first time, appeared on the World Monuments Fund's endangered heritage sites list.

The Moon on World Monuments Fund's endangered heritage sites list

The first trailer for "Superman" has landed online, with fans treated to the likes of Lex Luthor, Lois Lane and Krypto throughout the two-plus minute video.

Superman trailer released - what fans say

Subway launches new limited-edition merch line including T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, and a Tote Bag

Subway swaps sandwiches for streetwear with first merchandise range

Immortal Enemies by Tina Rogers

Weekend of events celebrate Heritage, Community and Environment in Welsh World H...

Antler luggage is on sale

Antler iconic luggage brand launches early Black Friday sale from £99

New podcast, 'Wise Words', caters exclusively for retirees - presented by David Hamilton

Over-65 spends less than an hour a day talking to other people

Our Little Hour: the musical based on the life of Walter Tull

The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, was all smiles on her visit to West Yorkshire textiles company, The SIL Group

No stranger to luxury fabrics, Princess Anne gets lesson in textiles

Catherine, Princess of Wales in the Alexa Chung Barbour Edith' khaki waxed jacket. Alexa Chung in the Barbour X Alexa Liam Wax Jacket

My favourite pieces from Alexa Chung’s collaboration with Barbour Marina Licht

Waleed Ali, 42, from Scunthorpe, raped a teenager 21 years ago after seeing her sitting alone and forcing her into an alleyway. He was jailed on Friday, September 13, 2024, for five years.

Man forced girl, 14, in town centre alleyway and raped her

A dozen "magnificent oaks" have been shortlisted for this year's Tree of the Year contest, with the public now able to vote for their favourite.

12 'magnificent oaks' shortlisted for Tree of the Year 2024

Avani Alonso Martínez in Madrid

Avani Alonso Martínez hotel in Madrid celebrates first anniversary
A unique hotel designed to celebrate Madrid's rich heritage at the same time as its modern digital culture is celebrating its first anniversary.
Nancy Fielder

German Observation Tower on south coast cliffs, Guernsey

Visit Guernsey to discover underground bunkers and WW2 history

The Red Arrows performing before the British Grand Prix in 2018 (Photo: Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

Royal Mail celebrates Red Arrows with new stamps - how to get them

Castle Cornet, Guernsey

Visit Guernsey launches new historical routes ahead of D-Day

This gold torc and bracelet dating from the Bronze Age were stolen from a museum in the south of the county on May 7. Picture: Cambridgeshire Police/X

3000-year-old gold artefacts stolen as manhunt launched

Residents of Stratford-upon-Avon are blighted by antisocial behaviour along South Green Drive and Cottage Lane, just a stones throw from Anne Hathaway's Cottage.

Watch: Drug gangs create misery on posh Shakespeare heritage street

Appeal to save historic steam loco that used to thunder across the UK

Fashion innovator dies at 42

St George's Flag. Picture: Michael Regan/Getty Images

Petition to make St George's Day a holiday

North West album: Everything we know so far about ‘Elementary School Dropout’ including possible release date

All we know so far about North West's ‘Elementary School Dropout’

Brit Awards 2024: Who will win at UK's biggest night of music? - final picks and predictions

Who will win at the Brit Awards 2024? - Picks & Predictions

N Scott Momaday, Pulitzer-winning giant of Native American stories, dies at 89

Pulitzer winning author dies
N Scott Momaday, Pulitzer-winning giant of Native American stories, dies at 89
Rahmah Ghazali

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Minecraft takes gamers to farm where Robert Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne

Barry Keoghan leads an all-star cast in Saltburn.

Explainer Saltburn: where was the film shot and is it family-friendly viewing?

The Dome, Doncaster Leisure Park, Doncaster. Listed at Grade II in 2023

England's first 'car wash' and other buildings listed in 2023

Shaun Williamson as Hook (back) and James Argent as Peter Pan (right) joining other cast members for a photocall on board HMS Warrior at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard (Photo: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

UK's Cultural Heritage Register embraces pantomime and eisteddfodau

The Old Royal Public House, 53 and 55 Church Street, Birmingham (Grade II listed)

These cities are full of historic pubs - here's how you can see them

Chanel are preparing to host their annual Métiers d'Art in Manchester.

Everything we know about huge Chanel show coming to Northern Quarter

A £5 million conservation and development project has granted visitors access to areas of the medieval gatehouse at Caernarfon Castle (Buttress)

Areas of UK castle can now be accessed for the first time in centuries

Dame Mary Berry heads to the Scottish Highlands, the home of her mother, for her new BBC One show "Mary Berry's Highland Christmas" (Credit: Rumpus Media/BBC)

Mary Berry’s Highland Christmas | Who are this year’s special guests?

A moat has formed around the base of Silbury Hill in Wiltshire after heavy rainfall (Tom Wren / SWNS)

Heavy rainfall creates moat around 4,000-year-old man-made hill

Oldway Mansion, Torquay Road, Paignton, Devon.
The ballroom, view from the north showing water damage to the ceiling.

Mansions, windmills and other English landmarks left in a sorry state

Dane John Mound and Roman and medieval remains in Dane John Garden, City of Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent. (Chris Redgrave)

South East landmarks deemed 'at risk' include windmill and park mound

Carl Barlow returned to the Dorset hill where the famous Hovis advert he starred in was filmed 50 years ago (Hovis)

'Hovis boy' returns to scene of famous advert returns after 50 years

Hampton Court Palace, Surrey (Christine Matthews)

Halloween: The value behind some of the UK's most haunted properties

A ghost sign in Blyth, Northumberland. (Peter Williams English Heritage)

The ghost signs around the UK that still adorn historical buildings

Palace X Wedgwood

PALACE X Wedgwood | When is it out, and what does it comprise?

The ancient posy ring was found on farm land in Radcliffe on Trent, Nottinghamshire (SWNS)

Historic ring 'buried by Sheriff of Nottingham' sells for nearly £14k

Birmingham City and Sheffield United players wear Black History Month shirts during a warm up in October 2022 (Photo: George Wood/Getty Images)

Why is Black History Month in October - why is the US date different?

What is Cineworld screening as part of Black History Month?

The poster for 1895 film L'Arroseur Arrose (SWNS)

World's first movie poster from 1800s goes up for auction

The destroyer HMS Havant is one of the wrecks to be surveyed. (Copyright: IWM FL 10170) Inset shows evacuated British soldiers on board a destroyer are landed at Dover and wait to disembark (Copyright: IWM H 1628)

Plan to find shipwrecks used to evacuate troops from Dunkirk in WWII

The Roman Cavalry Swords found near Cirencester (SWNS)

Unique Roman Britain sword discovery is made in UK - first of its kind

Nazra Alam co-managed to Sanquhar Post Office since 2015 (SWNS)

The world's oldest Post Office is saved

North Front, Seaton Delaval Hall (Paul Buckingham)

What has the National Trust spent record £179.6 million on?

An employee pours a pint of Peroni beer on at the bar in the Mad Hatter pub and hotel in London. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

We're losing two UK pubs a day and its vital we combat the decline Gurj Nanrah

The Calanais Standing Stones are seen in the early morning light on the Isle Of Lewis, off the north-west coast of the Scottish mainland on November 24, 2021. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Charging entrance fees to this 5,000-year-old site should worry us all Gurj Nanrah

A stock image of cheese

Oldest book about British cheese is finally published 443 years later

400-year-old folio containing William Shakespeare's first collected works (SWNS)

Shakespeare’s first collected works from 400 years ago to be displayed

A Ukrainian man is building model ships fit for show in a museum from the middle of a war zone being constantly bombed (Shipwreck Treasure Museum / SWNS)

Why was intricate model of Shackleton's ship 'Endurance' in Ukraine?

(L-R) Deepika Padukone, Jean Arnault, Gemma Chan, and Dominic Cooper attend the Louis Vuitton Womenswear Fall Winter 2023-2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week at Orsay Museum on March 06, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty Images)

Who is Jean Arnault: the mastermind behind Tambours’ rebranding?