Half a million fewer Britons are in work following the unprecedented influx of migrants from Eastern Europe, it was disclosed last night. MPs said the figure demolishes the Government’s claim to be providing ‘British jobs for British workers’.
More than 100,000 people, including children as young as 10, will be asked to provide saliva tests and DNA samples in a new annual survey of the lives, behaviour and beliefs of people in the United Kingdom.
Traditional New Year’s Eve fireworks in the Belgian capital have been canceled because of a terrorist threat.
Liverpool is about to become the European Capital of Culture. Lynn Walker looks forward to a packed programme featuring everything from former Beatles to Ken Dodd, classical music to conversation.
Fox Entertainment Group (News Corp) today announced its acquisition of Beliefnet.com…
From appeasing the tree spirits to representing a potent symbol of growth and rebirth, evergreens have a long history of domestication at this time of year. The traditions of evergreens and holly pre-date Christianity and originate in a pagan past.
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 2500-year-old advanced civilization at the bottom of Lake Issyk Kul in the Kyrgyz mountains in Russia.
A remarkable Roman burial has been found at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. When archaeologists lifted the lid off a three tonne stone coffin they were surprised to discover that the coffin had not filled with soil.
Reykjavik, capital of Iceland, is rated as the cleanest city in the Nordic and Baltic countries by a study, according to media reports from Reykjavik on Sunday.