Food fragments discovered in an ancient toilet in Oxford helped scientists confirm that Britain’s medieval Jewish community avoided pork and ‘kept kosher’. While this has long been thought to be the case, this is the earliest concrete evidence so far of the diet in the UK. Scientists from the University of Bristol and Oxford Archaeology, … Read more
Archaeologists have discovered concrete evidence of one of the oldest permanent English settlements in what would become the United States. Using ground-penetrating radar, researchers found fence posts from a fort in St. Mary’s, Maryla that was founded by Catholic settlers in 1634 – less than 15 years after Plymouth. The scans indicated several dwellings inside … Read more
Incredible photographs taken by one of America’s earliest news picture agencies have emerged, with Titanic survivors, teenage suffragettes and even royalty among the images. The pictures were produced and gathered for worldwide distribution by George Grantham Bain through his Bain News Service. The service was established in 1898 by Bain, who was known as the … Read more
Primate fossils dating back more than 66 million years are the earliest examples of our ancient ancestors, and could hold the key to understanding life after dinosaurs. Archaeologists from the University of Washington’s Burke Museum analysed several fossils of Purgatorius, the oldest members of the earliest-known primate species. The team studied fossilised teeth from the … Read more
Lockdown measures could last ‘beyond Easter’ despite the rollout of the Covid vaccine after the deadliest day on record saw 1,610 new victims. Ministers have been warned that, with the possible exception of schools, there is unlikely to be any relaxation of the lockdown at the first formal ‘review point’ in the middle of next month. … Read more
The new lockdown in England at a glance England will be put into a full national lockdown that will last until the February half term. According to the new rules: All primary and secondary schools will close with immediate effect Classes will remain only for vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers. The plan … Read more
Scientists have identified the world’s earliest python from 47 million-year-old fossils recovered from a quarry in southwest Germany. Remains of the new python species, called Messelopython freyi, were discovered in Messel Pit, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near the German city of Darmstadt. Researchers report in a new paper that the ‘completely preserved’ species had a length … Read more
Dermot O’Leary says X Factor ‘DEFINITELY won’t be back next year’ and that it will be 2022 at the earliest due to the COVID-19 pandemic By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 13:14 GMT, 6 December 2020 | Updated: 13:14 GMT, 6 December 2020 Fans hoping to see The X Factor return in 2021 have had … Read more
TV’s John Craven reveals how his earliest holiday memory is being pecked by an angry guineafowl, why Jamaica is his top destination and the dangers of ‘foreign’ English tea By Yvonne Swan For The Daily Mail Published: 14:54 GMT, 24 November 2020 | Updated: 14:54 GMT, 24 November 2020 TV presenter John Craven checks into … Read more
A Victorian wash house built in 1847 to allow the poor people living in the city of Bath to wash regularly has been discovered by a team of archaeologists. Experts at Wessex Archaeology started looking for signs of the wash house after spotting mention of a ‘Baths & Laundries’ building in a 1852 map of … Read more