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Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
How to access the historical censuses from 1841 to 1921.
The Secretary of State has today announced plans for an independent Public History project relating to the Troubles in Northern Ireland
In this section you can read short biographies of notable people and explore the history of government buildings. You can also search our online records and read articles and blog posts by historians.
10 Downing Street, the locale of British prime ministers since 1735, vies with the White House as being the most important political building anywhere in the world in the modern era.
The Imperial War Museum (IWM) is unique in its coverage of conflicts, especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from World War 1 to the present day. It provides for, and encourages, the study and understanding of the history of...
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
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GCE AS and A level subject content for history for teaching in schools from 2015.
UK military advisor, Nicholas Aucott, says Putin’s regime has long sought to rewrite public memory and manipulate history.
Putting geological disposal into context
Ofsted has today published a subject report looking at how history is being taught in England’s schools.
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