It soon had the largest iron and steel plant in the world. Its shipyards built the Royal Navy’s first submarine, HMS Holland, in 1902 and sold a battleship, the Mikasa, at about the same time to the ...

Keepers at Wildwood, near Canterbury, say they have trained the two animals to lean on needles "entirely of their own accord". The method is being used to replace the darting approach, which Becky ...

His Majesty The King visited aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales today as the Royal Navy finalises preparations for a major global deployment to the Indo-Pacific this spring. King Charles flew to the ...

Captain, Officers and Ship’s Company of HMS Prince of Wales, Ladies and Gentlemen, as Honorary Commodore-in-Chief Aircraft Carriers, I need hardly say that it gives me the greatest possible pleasure ...

Roads are closed in Loburn, North Canterbury after a crash involving a motorbike left one person dead. Police said they are still at the scene of the fatal two-vehicle crash at the Waimakariri ...

The Archbishop of York has today consecrated four new bishops in a service at Canterbury Cathedral. Two will serve the Diocese of Oxford, while one will serve the Diocese of Birmingham and another the ...

There are no obligatory codes of behaviour when meeting The Queen or a member of the Royal Family, but many people wish to observe the traditional forms. For men this is a neck bow (from the head only ...

Her Majesty arrived in Canterbury high street to reveal the bronze figure of Aphra Behn which has been erected outside The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge. Queen Camilla in Canterbury high ...

The Queen revealed the statue on Tuesday outside The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge in Canterbury – Behn's home town. She then toured the museum and watched the Royal Shakespeare Company ...

King Charles personally ordered the renaming of Navy submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting the French. The Monarch stepped in to overturn the submarine’s original name - which had been ...

HMS Agincourt is now set to be rebranded ‘HMS Achilles’ after Keir Starmer feared offending the French by reminding them of the famous Henry V battle victory. Those involved in the woke re ...