Before England was a united kingdom, it was a land divided by warlords, Vikings, and shifting alliances. Æthelstan, grandson of Alfred the Great, changed that. This is the real story of the man who ...

Two scammers who headed up a rogue fish-selling network which conned elderly and vulnerable people in the North East out of hundreds of pounds have been jailed. Sunil Satyapal Khanna, 68, of Exelby ...

The ringleaders behind a £300,000 rogue fish-selling scam that preyed on vulnerable County Durham residents have been jailed after a major trading standards crackdown. Daran David Bankhead, 48, of ...

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From left, Jack Butcher, Jack Pugh, and Nicholas Eyles. Three men have been jailed for a combined 18 years for an armed burglary at a house in which one man was slashed with a knife and another was ...

A University of Cambridge academic has joined calls for greater recognition of the first king of England. Aethelstan ruled England from 927 AD to 939 and united the kings of Wessex, Mercia, ...

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Historians hold him in high regard, he has been described as, “The Father of mediaeval modern England” and “One of the Greatest Anglo-Saxon Kings.” His ascent to greatness however, would not be easy ...

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The main language of Britain is often called the Queen's English, and it has been greatly influenced by the speech of royal courtiers through the centuries. It owes just as much, however, to the ...