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A treasure hunter with a metal detector has found an 11th century gold ring with a rare black diamond in a field in Leicestershire. John Stevens, of Hinckley, Leicestershire, has been treasure hunting for 30 years, but this has been his most significant find to date.... Treasure hunter finds...

A squirrel in Fareham, Hampshire, seemed to be impersonating Atlas when he held a coconut above his head.... Is this squirrel impersonating Atlas, or is he just nuts about nuts? By Daily Mail Reporter 20th August 2008 Daily Mail It is often said that life imitates art. But few people...

In today's 10km open water event at the Beijing Olympics, Britain's Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten - who won silver and bronze in the event - accused Germany's Angela Maurer of cheating in order to get ahead of them. Patten claimed that the German pulled on her leg in the latter stages of the...

Two Roman sarophagi have been discovered in Newcastle. One contains the remains of a middle-aged adult who lived towards the end of the Roman occupation of Britain. The bodies are thought to be the remains of powerful residents of the ancient walled fort of Pons Aelius (nowadays, a train...