Amateur archaeologist finds 900-year-old arrowhead washed up by the Thames that could have been fired from the Tower of London under the reign of Richard I Monika Buttling-Smith, 33, found rare longbow arrowhead by Tower of London The 2in by 5in point was preserved by mud in the River Thames for 900 years Arrowhead may have … Read more
Kamala Harris’ cover for the February issue of Vogue has caused a stir on social media as critics say the magazine disrespected the vice president-elect by ‘white-washing’ her skin and putting her in a pair of Converse. The cover from the upcoming issue surfaced on Twitter over the weekend, showing Harris, America’s first vice president … Read more
Six-foot-long common dolphin dies after it washed up and became stranded on beach near Weston-super-Mare Dolphin died after it was stranded at Sandy Bay near Weston-super-Mare today The six-foot-long dolphin showed signs of life blowing air through its blowhole It died shortly after it was found despite help from marine mammal medics By Clare Mccarthy For … Read more
Ten sperm whales washed up on East Yorkshire beach pronounced dead despite rescue teams’ best efforts By Joseph Laws For Mailonline Published: 00:26 GMT, 25 December 2020 | Updated: 00:30 GMT, 25 December 2020 Ten sperm whales stranded on the East Yorkshire coast have died, rescuers have confirmed. Members of the public first noticed some … Read more
Shifting sands on Florida’s Crescent Beach revealed the wreckage of a sailing vessel that crashed some 200 years ago. Beachgoers spotted timber and metal spikes poking from the sand and after a closer look, they realized it was more than just discarded trash. Archaeologists say the wreckage is from a 19th century cargo ship that … Read more
Search for missing man who was swept off rocks in Cornwall is called off after two others climbed to safety Trio went missing at Tubby’s Head at St Agnes, Cornwall, on Thursday afternoon Two of them managed to get back to shore but the third person was still missing New search began today with lifeboats … Read more
The Ministry of Defence is being questioned over war games it conducted off the Scottish coast after several whales washed up dead suffering from the bends. Scientists who tracked the war games, the largest in Europe, recorded an alarming number of sonar contacts over several days. The noise was so loud that on occasions members … Read more
The wreckage of a Spitfire belonging to World War II hero pilot who vanished without trace during a bombing mission in 1944 has been discovered washed up on Dutch beach. Sydney Hatfield Cheeseman, 21, from the Isle of Sheppey in Kent disappeared 20 miles off the Dutch coast while escorting US bombers to a Nazi … Read more
The US Navy detonated a World War II-era bomb discovered on a beach in North Carolina. The 100-pound aerial bomb was still active, according to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit that detonated it on October 23. The explosion sent smoke and debris 60 feet in the air when it went off. The vintage ordnance … Read more
‘Bambi’ Burnham versus warrior ‘Winston’ Johnson was never going to end well. A bitter face-off between the Mayor of Greater Manchester and the Prime Minister – two giant egos, two men who both dreamt of leading their party – but only one achieved it. North versus South, posh old Etonian versus an ambitious local leader … Read more