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Tim Loughton responds after archaeologists’ association raised concerns about protection of Greece’s heritageThe chair of parliament’s all-party parliamentary group for the British Museum has accused Greece of “blatant opportunism” in claiming the inst…
It has taken 20 years for passionate group of volunteers to save Cleveland Pools first built in 1815A beautiful Georgian lido in Bath, reputed to be the UK’s oldest public outdoor swimming pool, is to reopen to the public next month.The first swimmers …
English Heritage gives Belsay Hall a makeover, with new roof and revived gardens“It is an amazing construction and should be more famous,” said English Heritage properties curator Mark Douglas in the vast, echoing cellars of a remarkable, Greek temple-…
‘Travellers’ rest’ stones were idea of Warrington doctor and part of wider scheme to help migrant workersThey are found on busy road junctions, a traffic island and a petrol station forecourt and have been passed by countless numbers of walkers, runner…
Local MP calls for law to protect other pubs as it emerges a huge fire in 2018 hit a site owned by a company connected to the Black Country pub’s buyerThe owner of the Crooked House pub, which burned down and was demolished in controversial circumstanc…
National Highways forced to remove concrete after it buried bridge in Cumbria without permissionThe government’s roads agency has begun undoing what was described as an act of “cultural vandalism” by removing hundreds of tonnes of concrete it used to b…
Fate of Black Country pub could serve as catalyst for campaigns to preserve a flawed but colourful past When Paul Turner started an online petition calling for his local pub in the Staffordshire village of Himley to be saved after it was sold to new ow…
Black Country Living Museum, which displays recreated historical buildings, says it is not able to save demolished Staffordshire pubEver since it burned down and was then demolished last week, there have been calls for the Crooked House pub in Stafford…
Call for government to act amid anger over demolition of Crooked House pub in StaffordshireThe UK risks losing a vital part of its heritage unless planning laws are changed to protect historic pub buildings, campaigners have said.Greg Mulholland, the d…
Hamish Ogston’s donation will fund up to 2,700 apprenticeships in crafts to preserve historic buildings A British philanthropist has given almost £29m to heritage skills training, breathing new life into dying crafts and addressing the chronic shortage…