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A skeleton recovered from an intriguing Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators and animals, according to new research.
These days England often gets a bad press but this “land of lovely things”, as Arthur Mee described it, has given the world ...
Roman silver coins found by a metal detector user near Mansfield Woodhouse in 2007 have gone on public view for the first ...
The Kents Bank Station Library, in Grange, has launched 'Northern Rail Heritage: An Introduction to the Social History of Railways in the North of England' to mark the milestone anniversary.
A present day local circus impresario wants us to celebrate the birth, in 1825, in Newbury of England’s greatest showman of ...
On Sept 27 1825, the Geordie civil engineer George Stephenson connected Stockton with Darlington, as he opened the world’s ...
A global vote has unveiled a shortlist of the UK's best-loved railway artwork to celebrate 200 years of the modern railway.
It's been almost 61 years since Peter Anthony Allen and Gwynne Owen Evans were executed in prison for the murder of John Alan ...
Wrexham's bid for a third straight promotion took a hit when the popular Welsh team drew with Bristol 1-1 and slipped one spot into third place ...
A Wisconsin Elections Commission discussion of uncounted ballots in Madison devolved into a shouting match, with the ...