After a probe that included searching for links to Iran, investigators say Thomas Crooks acted alone in his attempted ...

Sir Walter Raleigh was the greatest adventurer of the Elizabethan Age, but when his fortunes changed he made a fatal mistake ...

The three-part series tells the story of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in which Robert Catesby (Harington) led a band of conspirators in plotting to assassinate the reigning king of England, James I ...

Henry Garnet was accused of treason as part of the 5 November 1605 Gunpowder Plot, although evidence suggests that while he knew of the plans, he urged the Catholic conspirators not to resort to ...

Guy Fawkes could have changed the face of London if his 1605 plot had not been foiled, explosion experts have said. His 2,500 kg of gunpowder could have caused chaos and devastation over a 490-metre ...

Guy Fawkes was sentenced to death for his role in the Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to kill James I of England, members of the royal family and government officials. Public domain via Wikimedia ...

These are the gunpowder plotters, the infamous Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators who, on the 5th of November 1605, tried to blow up a packed parliament in the name of their Catholic faith.

This week, North Carolina will formally recognize a long-forgotten plot to murder its first governor, seize a cache of gunpowder and start a holy rebellion in the early days of independence — a ...

The house where the Gunpowder Plot was hatched was the "perfect place" for the conspirators to meet, according to historian and TV presenter Lucy Worsley.

The seeds of the plot were sown in Warwickshire, and it is still possible to visit many of the places where the conspirators drew up their plans to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill the King.