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Viking Great Army launched devastating raids on Celtic Picts from massive hilltop camp in Northumbria, experts say Site in Coquet Valley was likely base of Viking commander Halfdan Amateur metal detectorists have previously found gaming counters and coins Now experts say the finds confirm...

Boris Johnson marries fiancee in secret ceremony - reports By Hazel Shearing BBC News Saturday 29th May 2021 The Prime Minister and Carrie Symonds were pictured together at the Six Nations rugby tournament last March Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a...

POLICE are hunting a gang of four men in dark clothing who stormed a house party and blasted a Black Lives Matter activist in the head. Sasha Johnson, 27, was left fighting for life after being shot at the bash in Peckham, South East London, on Sunday morning. Police confirmed a group of...

River Nene: Croquet match decides river's pronunciation BBC News 17th May 2021 Northampton club chairman Paul Chard said he wants more people to join so they can "retain the title of the River Nen for life" A croquet match has been used in an attempt to settle a dispute between two counties...

BREAKING: Italy's mountain rescue service say at least 12 people have died and two children are in hospital with serious injuries after a cable car plunged to the ground near Lake Maggiore, in the north of the country.

Goma residents evacuate as Mount Nyiragongo erupts Thousands of people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been told to evacuate their homes to escape lava from a volcanic eruption. As the red glow of Mount Nyiragongo tinged the night sky above the lakeside city of about 2 million...

Derbyshire village marks duelling death which shocked England By Greig Watson BBC News Saturday 22nd May 2021 The story was so popular a number of one-off accounts were printed around the country The 200th anniversary of a duel which sparked national headlines - and may have led to a church...

The Queen has met with crew on board HMS Queen Elizabeth to wish them well as they prepare for the aircraft carrier's first operational deployment. Her Royal Highness was welcomed on board the ship at Portsmouth Naval Base by commanding officer Captain Angus Essenhigh, and Commodore Stephen...

The Eurovision Song Contest returns tonight for the first time since 2019. Tonight's final is being held in Rotterdam after the Netherlands won it in 2019 and is the first time it is being held in the Netherlands since 1980. There will be no Ireland, Denmark, Romania, Austria and Australia...

HMS Victory's lower mast removed for first time since 1894 BBC News 15th May 2021 A crane begins the process of removing the main lower mast from HMS Victory at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in Portsmouth The main lower mast of Lord Nelson's HMS Victory has been removed for the first time in...

Great Fire Sale of London: Collection of trading tokens - including ones minted in year of famous 1666 blaze - are set to fetch £20,000 at auction Roger Green, who is from Kent, spent 35 years collecting the tokens Were issued by traders instead of money due to a lack of available small change...

Is the mystery of the Cerne Giant finally solved? UK's largest chalk man was made in Saxon times 'in tribute to the God Helith' and NOT to insult Oliver Cromwell (but his appendage may have been added later for laughs), scientists say The National Trust has been working to correctly age...

Anglo-Saxon coin collector's unparalleled treasure trove of 576 items sells for £856,000 - including world-record £40,800 for 7th-century King Eadbald gold shilling Tony Abramson started collecting Anglo-Saxon coins aged four, in the 1950s Later amassed a collection of more than 1,200 pieces...

St Michael's Mount in Cornwall seeks live-in castle officer BBC News 11th May 2021 Upsides to living on St Michael's Mount include sea views but the downside is no pizza deliveries If you love sea views and can live without pizza deliveries then a unique job opportunity could be for you. The...

Tielemans screamer wins Leicester City their first FA Cup FA Cup final Chelsea 0-1 Leicester City ...........Tielemans 63 Youri Tielemans produced one of the great FA Cup final goals to give Leicester City the trophy for the first time in their history with victory over Chelsea at Wembley...

Vesuvius ancient eruption rescuer identified at Herculaneum, says expert BBC News 11th May 2021 The skeleton was discovered in Herculaneum back in the 1980s and its importance is now becoming clearer Archaeologists in Italy believe they have identified the body of a rescuer killed in the...

Georgian monkey bones found at Nottingham Castle BBC News 11th May 2021 Archaeologists cannot tell how the monkeys died but believe the wear on their teeth suggest they lived to a "good age" The bones of three monkeys dating back to Georgian times have been found by archaeologists during the...

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Why won’t Israelis let themselves be killed? The global woke loathing for Israel is taking an even darker turn. BRENDAN O'NEILL EDITOR 12th May 2021 Spiked Two weeks ago Turkish forces launched a military assault in the Duhok region of Iraqi Kurdistan. Villagers were forced to ‘flee in...