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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...

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Crowds have gathered to watch the rescue of a baby whale who has been stranded in the River Thames. The infant mammal became trapped in Richmond Lock in southwest London at around 7.30pm this evening.

Neanderthal remains unearthed in Italian cave BBC News 9 May 2021 The Neanderthal bones were discovered in a cave south of Rome Archaeologists in Italy have discovered the remains of nine Neanderthals who may have been hunted by hyenas, in a prehistoric cave south-east of Rome. The...

Covid: St Albans cathedral's new carving features facemask BBC News Friday 7th May 2021 A masked figure has appeared on the shrine to mark the Covid-19 pandemic The restoration of a rare medieval shrine means a cathedral now features a figure wearing a face-mask. The shrine of St Amphibalus...

A Tory politician is embarrassed by rude graffiti; the Far Right Britain First confront the Far Left SNP; Irish President Michael D. Higgins is embarrassed by a dog...

Found - the forgotten battlefield that defined Britain was fought near modern-day Liverpool: Site where Anglo Saxon warriors took on Viking-led alliance at the Battle of Brunanburh is pinpointed by academics The 937AD battle saw King Aethelstan's English forces fight a Viking-led alliance The...

'Significant' English Civil War stirrup found at Colchester BBC News 2 May 2021 The team believe this horseshoe dates to 1648 as a result of its age and its position embedded in the river bank The first underwater excavation at the site of an English Civil War siege has found "significant"...

Chain mail! Knights fighting bloody Wars of the Roses appear on new stamps to mark 550 years since Battle of Tewkesbury Knights are seen attacking each other in furious battles on Royal Mail stamps depicting the Wars of the Roses The illustrated commemorative stamps show some of the bloody...

Patio builders find five bodies buried in home's back garden in a Middle-Age bubonic PLAGUE PIT Builder Robbie Kearney made the grim find while digging a patio at family home Remains have been sent for carbon dating but could go back hundreds of years Historian says the discovery could be a...