The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British government and ...

I was absolutely bowled over,” the Cambria man and British expat said upon learning he would be honored by King Charles.

More than 70 years after the British space programme was launched in 1952, Britain is finally joining the space race. The first 'vertical' rocket launch from UK soil will finally go ahead this ...

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Prof Michele Dougherty from Imperial College, London, has become a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Helen Sharman, the first Briton in space, joins the Order of St Michael and St ...

The sun will quite literally set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years. The UK government confirmed yesterday ...

Scots wrongly believe their country was a victim of the British Empire, a poll has found. A YouGov survey found that significantly more adults north of the border believed Scotland had been ...

The U.K. government has invested £20 million in Orbex, a Scottish spaceflight startup aiming to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Here’s What You Need to Know: No empire wins every fight, not even the vaunted British. For centuries, the sun never set on the British Empire. But eclipses there were, and... Here’s What You ...