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Forensic scientists have been analysing Bronze Age bones found in a field - but how do they work out who the person was? In September 2017, a farmer near Rock, Northumberland, preparing his field for drainage, discovered a burial cist - or stone coffin - containing a skeleton and a jug. Sanita...

Northern Ireland could be connected to mainland Britain with a £20 billion superbridge across the Irish Sea. Proposals have been made for a crossing from Larne in County Antrim stretching the 25-mile gap to Portpatrick in Dumfries and Galloway. THE GIANT CAUSEWAY Forget the English Channel…...

Today, Samuel Pepys - MP, Chief Secretary to the Admiralty and diarist - would be deemed, at best, a sex addict, at worst a serial sex offender. Either way, he was a man who abused his position of power to prey on the vulnerable, just as the film mogul Harvey Weinstein would do several...

A cat's life typically consists of sleeping, interspersed with eating and the occasional manic bout of skittishness, followed by a good old nap. But some of our feline friends actually work for a living and hold down a proper job - in some cases, complete with uniform... Bureaucats: The...

Next week, France will hand over 3,000 sq m (9,942 sq ft) of its territory to Spain without a single shot being fired. But in six months' time Spain will voluntarily hand back the land to France. As Chris Bockman reports, it's been that way for more than 350 years. The island that...

An annual cheese rolling event in a village famed for its dairy connections has been cancelled as it is no longer seen as "cool", organisers said. It has taken place for more than 50 years in Stilton, Cambridgeshire, which some claim to be the true home of its namesake cheese. However, the...

Blanche Parry is one of history's most influential Welsh women, yet few know the name and only a handful know her story. From her home on the Welsh marches she joined the Tudor court, nursing the young Princess Elizabeth and becoming a lifelong confidante who lived, breathed and slept alongside...

A man is adamant that he has photographed a ghost after he spotted something very mysterious in his images of a medieval castle. Jon Wickes, 50, was visiting Eynsford Castle in Kent with his 12-year-old son Harry to help him out with his history homework. However, when returning from the...

Unemployment would soar. Trade would collapse. Factories would close, and house prices would be in freefall. Rewind to the spring and summer of 2016, when Project Fear was at its peak, and we were meant to be shivering in the streets by now, flicking through battered copies of ‘The Road’...

Let's go on a tour of eight castles of England and Wales with significant Tudor links... 8 must-visit castles with Tudor connections The 112-year reign of the Tudors left an indelible mark on modern Britain, says Nathen Amin. Here, the author and historian...

Scientists in the Swiss city of Basel have solved a decades-old mystery over the identity of a mummified woman. Their research revealed a surprise: the woman is the great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother of UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. The body was uncovered in 1975...

A Roman mosaic that lay buried under a city centre for more than 1,500 years has been painstakingly lifted from the ground and preserved for future generations. The mosaic, made up of thousands of small cubes of stone and brick, was unearthed when work began to build a new apartment...

A mysterious skull discovered by a dog walker dates back to the late Iron Age, archaeologists have revealed. The skull, which was found in Langport in Somerset, was reported to the police and analysed. Months of tests revealed that it belonged to a woman aged 45 or older who had suffered...

An ochre crayon thought to have been used to draw on animal skins 10,000 years ago has been found by archaeologists. The crayon, which is just 22mm long, was discovered near the site of an ancient lake which is now covered in peat near Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Archaeologists find...

Cyrille Regis, the former West Bromwich Albion and England forward, has died aged 59. He scored 112 goals in 297 appearances for the Baggies before joining Coventry City for £250,000 in 1984. He was a pioneer for black footballers in the game when he played alongside Laurie Cunningham and...

A golden eagle caused a flap after landing on the windowsill of a house in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Rebekah Norton, from Ton Pentre, published pictures on Facebook of the huge bird of prey staring through her window. Golden eagle lands on Ton Pentre woman's windowsill 9 January 2018 BBC News...

‘You just hate Poles and other foreigners, don’t you?’ For months after 23 June 2016, when the 17.4 million voted to leave the EU, this was the line hurled at us. Brexit was a xenophobic spasm, elitist Remainers said. It was the cry of a prejudiced blob who didn’t like hearing Polish at their...

Jacob Rees-Mogg today suggested Britain sends France a fragment of the Union Uack which flew aboard Nelson's HMS Victory in return for the Bayeux Tapestry. The Tory darling said the gesture would be a gentle reminder to our friends across the Channel that 'we usually win the battles'. Jacob...

A bicycle enthusiast has found the “holy grail” of collector's items after discovering what he believes to be Britain’s oldest bike dating back to 1819. Glynn Stockdale from Knutsford, Cheshire, said he couldn’t believe his luck when he received a call about a long-forgotten bike in a disused...

Macron has admitted that France would probably vote to leave the EU were it to hold a referendum on the issue - which is why, being a great democrat, he is refusing to hold a referendum... Macron admits France ‘probably’ would have backed quitting the EU if it held a referendum and reveals he...