A 92-year-old former railway worker has been sentenced to life in a British prison for raping and murdering a woman in 1967.

A jury at Bristol crown court found Ryland Headley, then aged 34, guilty of attacking 75-year-old Louisa Dunne in June 1967.

Families will have an opportunity to walk in the footsteps of kings, queens at knights in the castle's spectacular quadrangle ...

A man who killed a 14-year-old boy in London during a rampage with a sword was on Friday jailed for a minimum of 40 years.

Rarely, in fact, has one man dominated a Test match as completely and as joyfully and as exuberantly as Pant has dominated ...

Visitors will get rare access to the historic Quadrangle at Windsor Castle for a weekend of ‘Medieval Mayhem’ this month.

Ela Fitzpayne was a powerful aristocrat who offended the Archbishop of Canterbury and was ordered to do a "walk of shame." ...

She stars alongside Patsy Ferran (Hot Milk, Miss Austen) as the jester, and Jim Broadbent (Harry Potter, Moulin Rouge) as a scheming cardinal. Details about Brenda's character have yet to be revealed.

Brenda Blethyn has been cast in a new historical comedy film called Fools, which also stars the likes of Karen Gillan and Jim Broadbent. The movie will explore the story of Mary Tudor's friendship wit ...

Her criminal dealings included theft and extortion as well as the murder of Forde — who was also her former lover. Forde (his name also appeared in records as “John de Forde”) could have been ...

The last official court jester in England was Dicky Pearce, who died in 1728. Poet Laureate (Image credit: Getty Images) An important position appointed to a literary figure of note, the Poet Laureate ...