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Road sign blunders see Saxilby and Thorpe on the Hill renamed BBC News Wednesday 7th April 2021 A sign installed on the A46 Lincoln bypass directed motorists towards "Saxibily" Red-faced highways officials have apologised after misspelt road signs directing motorists to non-existent villages...

Muons: 'Strong' evidence found for a new force of nature By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent BBC News Wednesday 7th April 2021 The findings come from the US Muon g-2 experiment From sticking a magnet on a fridge door to throwing a ball into a basketball hoop, the forces of physics are at...

Prehistoric human bones in Guernsey discovered by coastal walker BBC News Wednesday 7th April 2021 The bones likely came from around four individuals Prehistoric human bones have been found by a man walking around Guernsey's north coast. An archaeologist estimated the remains were between...

Bronze Age slab found in France is oldest 3D map in Europe BBC News Tuesday 6th April 2021 The slab is covered in patterns of engravings A freshly unearthed Bronze-Age stone may be the oldest three-dimensional map in Europe, researchers say. The 2m by 1.5m slab (5ft by 6.5ft), first uncovered...

2021 Boat Race: Cambridge beat Oxford in both men's and women's races BBC Sport Sunday 4th April 2021 Winning time: 14 mins 10 secs Overall wins: 85 80 1 dead heat: 1877 Cambridge continued their recent dominance of the Boat Race, winning both the men's and women's contests in...

Burrowing rabbits dig up 9,000-year-old tools used to skin seals and Bronze Age pottery on remote Welsh island that would otherwise never been discovered Wardens on Skokholm stumbled across a rabbit hole near their cottage The rabbits had unearthed a 'bevelled pebble' used to skin seals in the...

Norfolk: 'Elephant and castle' gold seal only third found BBC News Sunday 4th April 2021 The elephant is carved on to a gemstone, which experts believe is probably a carnelian A medieval gold seal which shows an elephant carrying a castle on its back has become only the third of its kind...

Egypt mummies to pass through Cairo in ancient rulers' parade By Wael Hussein BBC News, Cairo Saturday 3rd April 2021 The parade will see the remains of 18 kings and four queens transported to a final resting place Crowds of Egyptians are expected to line the streets to witness an historic...

Dig reveals 6,000-year-old salt hub in North Yorkshire Archaeologist says neolithic discovery may be among oldest salt-processing sites in western Europe Esther Addley Wed 31 Mar 2021 The Guardian Neolithic people were manufacturing salt in Britain almost 6,000 years ago, before the building...

Daily Star: A mystery virus infecting young black bears in the US states of California and Nevada makes the animals behave in a strangely friendly manner towards humans. In one case a cute bear cub climbed fearlessly onto a snowboarder’s board at the Northstar resort near Lake Tahoe, showing...

Where the left sows discord, may this report bring harmony The report on race disparities shatters the left’s claim that Britain is a hateful, racist country. ANDREW ROSINDELL MP 1st April 2021 Spiked This week’s report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities tells us something...

Rare 5,000-year-old crystal dagger is uncovered in Prehistoric Iberian megalithic tomb that may have been used by a high-ranking person to gain 'magical powers' By Stacy Liberatore Daily Mail Ancient tools that once belonged to prehistoric civilizations have been found all over the world...

These maze markings are driving motorists round the twist: Residents slam scheme to encourage walking and cycling and predict 'confusing' layouts will cause an accident Daily Mail Liz Hull 1st April 2021 It was designed to get road users on their bikes – but this bizarre junction has simply...

Stop blaming everything on ‘white supremacy’ The Atlanta and Boulder shootings were swiftly pinned on racism. The reality was very different. WILFRED REILLY 31st March 2021 Spiked Recently, two terrible crimes occurred which had either almost or entirely nothing to do with racism. The...

Metal detectorists' Welsh finds declared treasure BBC News Tuesday 30th March 2021 Medieval gold coins found in Llanwrtyd, Powys, were among nine items declared "treasure" Coins and rings discovered by metal detectorists in Powys have been officially declared as treasure. An early medieval...

Cambridge University: Butterfly found pressed inside centuries-old book BBC News Sunday 28th March 2021 The colourful tortoiseshell was found next to its accompanying printed image A butterfly found pressed within a 387-year-old book could be as old as the tome itself, a university says. The...