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A group who call themselves ’Energy Embargo for Palestine’ marched on the historic building

The tiny hawking ring, found in a spoil heap by the Thames by metal detectorist Roy Davis in the 1980s, lay untouched in an attic for nearly 40 years - until its owner decided to clean it

Lucy Frazer said organisations should be 'applauded' for giving generously

Papers released by the National Archives show Tony Blair was in favour of returning the 2,500 year old sculptures to Athens as part of a sharing deal in a bid to secure the 2012 Olympics

Britain's infested by shameless liars on the take, says Fleet Street Fox. Please Santa, can we have a general election?

King Charles, whose father was Greek, was pictured in the garment as he bumped into Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the COP28 climate change summit in Dubai, UAE

Labour leader Keir Starmer used a trip to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai to pledge to put Britain 'back on the world stage' if he becomes Prime Minister next year

Two of our journalists give their very different opinions on the big debate which caused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to pull out of a meeting with the Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis

British PM Rishi Sunak was due to host his Greek counterpart in Downing Street today, but No10 cancelled the talks in the latest diplomatic spat over the Elgin Marbles

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had been expected to challenge Rishi Sunak over the return of the 2,500-year-old Elgin Marbles during a meeting in London this week

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he would challenge Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer over the 2,500-year-old artefacts on a visit to the UK

A nine-pound bronze gun, which is 64.5 inches (1.64 metres) in length and dates back to 1859, was snatched from a remote location in February, the Royal Armouries has revealed

Items including gold, jewellery and gems of semi-precious stones were among the missing treasures at British Museum, discovered after an internal investigation at the attraction

Senior curator Peter John Higgs, 56, has been accused of being behind a string of thefts of artefacts from the British Museum that has left the institution reeling as they scramble to recover the lost items

Artefacts including gold, jewellery and gems of semi-precious stones were among the missing treasures, and sources say the true number could be 'closer to 2,000'

Neighbours of veteran curator Peter Higgs, 56, have described seeing police officers outside his home after it emerged he was at the centre of allegations over missing items

Peter John Higgs, 56, who worked at the British Museum for 35 years and is an expert in the Greek section is allegedly the staff member who put priceless items on eBay

The British Museum says it has launched an urgent investigation alongside the Metropolitan Police over artefacts thought to have been stolen as it reveals which pieces may have been taken

The Met Police are now investigating after the British Museum sacked a member of staff after a number of relics were found 'missing, stolen or damaged' - but it isn't known quite how widespread the problem is yet

A man has been arrested after a stabbing outside the British Museum with a victim taken to hospital and three knives recovered with one witness reportedly saying they were "huge and silver"

Paul Taylor, 41, who travels the world alongside his wife, Chiaki, 42 a program manager, visited the British Museum, Borough Market, Covent Garden and the Royal Opera House on advice of ChatGPT

David Cameron, George Osborne and Jeremy Hunt will all appear before the Covid inquiry this week as health leaders and unions warn they have 'serious questions to answer'

Rod Beattie has spent 20 years trawling national archives and believes Britain’s most notorious serial killer, who slaughtered five women, was aggrieved police constable Bowden Endacott

TikTokker Arorio Art posted a video of her pulling up a loose cobblestone outside Canterbury Cathedral with the caption "souvenir acquired" - but claims she wasn't responsible for it going missing

Greece has been disappointed once again after the Prime Minister refused a law change which would return the Elgin Marbles after they were taken from Athens' Parthenon Temple in the 19th century