Newly-released papers show John Major was told Churchill's private archive could be broken up.

The two-time prime minister agreed to sell his entire archive to fund his care towards the end of his life.

The sweater was intended for a woman in Denmark before the British Navy seized it from a cargo ship.

It is among the contents of packages seized by the Royal Navy in 1807, and opened for the first time.

Between the 1960s and 1980s, hundreds of dead miners had their organs passed on for medical research.

An exhibition opens that explores the human spirit of hope and resilience during times of captivity.

Keenly awaited secret files show how determined Thatcher was to block an ex-spy's tell-all.

Proposals put to the former PM included a detention camp on Mull, newly-released files from 2003 show.