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Five powerful women in history you need to know about Who runs the world? Girls! Well, Duchesses, Queens and Empresses… This Women's History Month, why not dive into the funny history podcast You’re Dead to Me with host Greg Jenner to meet five powerful women who left their mark on the world...

Pickleball: The racquet sport experiencing a pandemic boom By Jane O'Brien BBC correspondent, New Hampshire BBC News Tuesday 16th March 2021 If you've ever dinked in the kitchen, you probably already understand the allure of one of America's fastest growing sports. And if you haven't, you'd...

Post-Brexit UK to reshape its foreign policy BBC News Tuesday 16th March 2021 The government is pledging to reshape an "outdated international system" to better protect the UK's interests and values, in a year-long review of post-Brexit foreign and defence policy. New alliances should be...

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'Papa is missing you:' Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis make home-made cards addressed to their 'Granny Diana' to mark Mother's Day - and say they 'think of her always' Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte, five, and Prince Louis, two, have made sweet home-made cards...

Scientists unlock mysteries of world's oldest 'computer' BBC News 12 March 2021 Scientists used computer modelling to recreate the device's complex gear system A 2,000-year-old device often referred to as the world's oldest "computer" has been recreated by scientists trying to understand how...

Queen reveals fascination with space in first appearance since Meghan and Harry interview 12 March 2021 LBC Experts and schoolchildren joined the Queen in a virtual event to mark British Science Week. Picture: Buckingham Palace By Maddie Goodfellow @MaddieGoodfell2 The Queen has revealed her...

How did medieval people go to the toilet and what did they do to dispose of their waste? Jason Kingley OBE, a modern knight and co-founder and CEO of video game developer Rebellion Developments, discusses the dangerous and smelly past...

The Ghostly Knight | Tall Tales from English History #5 Pull up a seat with our medieval seamstress who recounts a ghostly tale while she mends some garments. It's the story of a brave knight who encountered a mysterious foe, a meeting that would haunt him for years to come...

Stopping off at the farmhouse of one of his yeomen, the knight would experience more personal treatment and finer fare than at a poor roadside inn. Food historian Chris Carr takes Jason through the making of hot beans, bacon and leeks, pork in sage sauce and lamb pie, explaining how medieval...

Met Police officer arrested on suspicion of murder after disappearance of Sarah Everard ****************** Sarah Everard: Human remains found in Kent woodland

Why monarchies are more tolerant History shows that the Royal Family has always been a better friend to minorities than American democrats Ed West is the Senior Editor of UnHerd. His book Tory Boy is published by Constable March 9, 2021 UnHerd In 1850, a seven-year-old orphan from west...

Hazelnut find sheds light on Threave estate's history BBC News 8 March 2021 The site was already known to be of archaeological interest Amateur archaeologists have unearthed evidence of human activity on a Scottish estate about 10,000 years ago. A tiny burnt hazelnut shell found on the...

Suffolk 'shipwreck find could be 'really, really rare' BBC News 7 March 2021 On-site investigations are needed to find out more about the Thorpeness wreck A shipwreck uncovered on the Suffolk coast could be "really, really rare", experts have said. A wooden boat section was found at...

The invention that made mass vaccinations possible By Magnus Bennett BBC Scotland News 10 March 2021 Hundreds of millions of adults around the world can expect to be vaccinated against Covid over the next few months. It will be delivered by hypodermic syringe - but who invented it? Most...

Marine Le Pen prepares to become French President. Macron loses support in the EU. Britain makes a move against EU financial markets.

A fireball, a driveway and a priceless meteorite Jonathan Amos Science correspondent @BBCAmoson Twitter BBC Science 9 March 2021 Hannah, Rob and Cathryn are celebrating an extraordinary find "We're still pinching ourselves - to believe that this actually happened on our drive!" Rob Wilcock...

Pollard hits the maximum 36 in an over West Indies' Kieron Pollard joins South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs and India's Yuvraj Singh in hitting a maximum score in an over in international cricket. He scored 6 sixes off Sri Lanka's Akila Dananjaya.