Located just off the A1, in Northamptonshire, is the tiny village of Fotheringhay, of which the historian John Nicholls wrote ...

Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 ...

Fotheringhay Castle was once the seat of power of the Dukes of York, but now it's a pile of bricks on the site where the ...

Alton's worst fire erupted at Russell Milling Co., causing $1.5 million in damage and injuring six firefighters.

In 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded. After attempting to restore Catholicism to Scotland and two disastrous marriages, she was forced to abdicate and fled to England in 1567. She was ...

In 1307, with Scotland in sight, Edward died at Burgh-on-Sands. The campaign for the conquest of Scotland passed on to his son, Edward II. The Scots were relieved to find that the brutal and effective ...

Mary’s obsession with the English throne allowed Queen Elizabeth to manipulate her. Believing that marriage would be one way to distract Mary from her ambition to rule England, Elizabeth cannily ...

Bridie McGoldrick's son Michael, from Glasgow, was murdered in a sectarian attack during the 1996 Drumcree stand-off. His ...

Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader, racehorse owner and friend of Queen Elizabeth II, has died aged 88. Despite spending most of his life out of the limelight, the Aga Khan was the spiritual leader ...

Speed cameras are a commonly-used tool user to deter speeding drivers and are seen on all all types of roads, from city ...

a lot to say. According to one anonymous person who spoke to author Tom Quinn (via an excerpt in The Times), Queen Camilla "hated the idea of being Queen" and would "regularly" say to King Charles ...