Couple renovating their home find bricklayer’s 70-year-old note hidden in sweet tin in walls and have launched search to find his family Karl Church and partner Eve Jones found note at their Northampton home Note was written by a John Rainbow in 1953 and was discovered by Mr Church It read: Bricklayer rate 3/6 ½. February … Read more
It was a place where thousands were imprisoned, tortured and executed. And new photos show inside Raqqa’s Al-Shabab Sports Club stadium that was turned into an ISIS death prison show nooses still hanging from the ceilings and bloody hand prints smeared on the walls. The abandoned execution centre is located in the lower level of … Read more
A new satellite is orbiting the Earth that is capable of snapping high resolution images of nearly any place on our planet – and is powerful enough to see through walls of buildings. Capella-2, designed by Capella Space, is strapped with cameras, sensors and uses Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) that operates regardless of air visibility, … Read more
Elderly motorist crashes SIX times as he spins around street smashing into three cars and knocking down walls CCTV footage shows a man pulling out at a junction in Handsworth, Birmingham The blue Toyota Aygo drives straight into pile of bins in incident on November 3 Believed an elderly motorist suffered medical issue at wheel … Read more
Moving house can be a bittersweet experience, as novelist Hilary Freeman discovered when she had to pack up three decades of her life Six weeks ago, I ended a 25-year relationship – the longest of my life. When it began I was a youthful 24-year-old, now it is over I am 49 and middle-aged. Like … Read more
After he took up gardening the Prince of Wales confessed he talked to plants and trees to make them grow. Now I can reveal he has shown an equally eccentric view of the humble stone wall. He has hailed them as works of art, although for most farmers they are simply a boundary. At the … Read more
Hidden history of York’s medieval city walls to be uncovered in major of excavation of an ancient tower that is cracking under the weight of its famous walkway 14th century Tower Two has been steadily deteriorating for around five years Widening fissure is caused by weight of walkway which was built in 18th century Tower was … Read more
‘I couldn’t believe my eyes’: Mum’s ‘genius’ and VERY simple grout cleaning trick leaves her rental bathroom walls sparkling in minutes A mum has shared how she ‘cracked the code’ on how to clean shower grout Posting online, she resorted to using bicarb soda mixed with Domestos bleach She said the mixture worked remarkably well … Read more
Magnificent stone remains of a 2,500-year-old royal palace from the time of the Kings of Judah are found carefully buried outside the walls of Jerusalem The remains included the ornate capitals that would have topped stone columns Experts are unclear why they were neatly buried when the rest was plundered When it stood, the palace would … Read more
Model Jennifer Hawkins and builder husband Jake Wall are one of Australia’s most glamorous power couples. And it seems that the pair, who married in an intimate ceremony in Bali in 2013, have had quite the transformation over the years. The duo, who have just become first time parents to daughter Frankie Violet, look worlds … Read more