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
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
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
After a year-long investigation by Claudia Joseph, Simon Trump, Ewan Fletcher, Adam Luck, Jason Buckner and Craig Hibbert, the Mail on Sunday named Banksy as Robin Gunningham. The search began with a photograph taken in Jamaica showing a man in a blue shirt and jeans, with a hint of a smile on his face and a … Read more
One of the earliest human ancestors – that lived 400 million years ago – was a ‘fish’ with no jaw that used spines on its head to shift position in the water, study claims. Researchers from the University of Bristol used computer simulations to create ‘avatars’ of our ancient relatives to explore how they moved … Read more
British man died in JANUARY from coronavirus: Grandfather, 84, who had NEVER left UK is the earliest known fatality outside China, new post mortem reveals to his shocked family An 84-year-old man died at the end of January from Covid-19, it was claimed Peter Attwood’s death has been partly attributed to Covid-19 by a coroner … Read more
More than 180,000 people in Caerphilly will remain in lockdown until October ‘at the very least’, Wales’s health minister said today. People will not be allowed to enter or leave the area without a reasonable excuse when the restrictions come into force at 6pm on Tuesday. Everyone over the age of 11 will be required to wear … Read more