Eerie ‘sand-silhouettes’ of more than 200 skeletons are uncovered at an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Suffolk dating back more than 1,500 years Site at Oulton, near Lowestoft, was being cleared for new housing development Archaeologists say the site contains several generations of a farming community Believed the remains are Anglo-Saxon and date back to the 7th … Read more
Rio Tinto bosses sensationally QUIT after mining giant destroyed an Aboriginal sacred site dating back 46,000 years Rio Tinto boss Jean-Sebastien Jacques quits after destruction of Aboriginal site Chris Salisbury and corporate relations manager Simone Niven both quit Resignations are due to destruction of Aboriginal site dating back 46,000 years ‘What happened at Juukan was wrong,’ … Read more
Dramatic moment hundreds of police officers raid traveller site in 3am bust in one of Britain’s biggest ever gun crime stings as seven are arrested Police raid a traveller site in a 3am bust in Orpington, south-east London, today Seven people have been arrested during raid, thought to be one of UK’s largest By James … Read more
The massive graveyard of nearly 70 fossilized Columbian mammoths uncovered near Mexico City has turned into ‘mammoth central.’ The number has risen to at least 200 remains since being first uncovered in 2019 by construction workers clearing land for a new airport in the town of Santa Lucia, located in the central Mexican state of Mexico … Read more
A couple’s ‘dream’ £1.5million country home on a historic estate has been turned into a building site by a scaffolding company illegally expanding their operation next door. Mike Tattum and Jane Bell’s say their rural idyll at Hadham Park House in the Hertfordshire countryside has been blighted by 50ft tall black fencing, portacabins, floodlights and … Read more
Coronavirus testing site in Melbourne is set on fire and a security guard is injured during the blaze Coronavirus testing site in Mernda, north Melbourne, was set on fire on Monday Two security guards on duty noticed the marquee was ablaze around 10.35pm Emergency services put out the fire, which caused minor damage to the tent … Read more
Polar bear mauls a man to death at Norwegian camp site The man was killed over night in a caping area near Longyearbyen in Norway This is the sixth fatal polar bear attack in almost 50 years in Norway’s Svalbard The bear was later found dead in a parking lot after people fired shots at it By … Read more
Rio Tinto cutting bonuses of three senior executives by almost £4m following destruction of Aboriginal site – but they will still keep their jobs By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 22:08 BST, 24 August 2020 | Updated: 22:08 BST, 24 August 2020 The world’s biggest iron ore miner is cutting the bonuses of … Read more
The Tower of London’s ravens, which according to folklore are key to the success of the nation, are beginning to stray after becoming ‘bored’ in lockdown, according to reports. The legendary birds, which are shrouded in myth, are lacking stimulation due to a lack of visitors and two have already been caught sneaking out of … Read more
A nuclear power plant has been evacuated after a dangerous chemical was discovered. Bomb disposal experts cleared part of the Sellafield site in Cumbria after organic peroxide was found during a routine inspection yesterday. The sprawling station has been shut down until the chemical can be safely removed from the Magnox Reprocessing Plant. Bosses said … Read more