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More than 800 objects unearthed near Melsonby show the north was ‘definitely not a backwater’ 2,000 years agoOne of the biggest and most important iron age hoards ever found in the UK has been revealed, potentially altering our understanding of life in…
Libby Vernon’s deception included telling partner one of unborn twins, and later the other baby, had diedA woman has been jailed after tricking her partner into twice believing she was pregnant, with her lies only discovered when she turned up to a mat…
Thousands of nurdles, which pose a danger to wildlife, have begun to wash up on Norfolk beaches and the surrounding coastAn operation is under way to retrieve thousands of plastic pellets from the North Sea that were spilt in a collision between two sh…
Fears grow over fuel leak as investigations begin into cause of cargo ship’s collision with tanker off Yorkshire coastLeaking fuel from the collision between a cargo ship and oil tanker in the North Sea would have a “devastating” impact on marine life,…
‘Multiple explosions’ onboard MV Stena Immaculate after tank rupture, with jet fuel reportedly releasedOne person is missing after a collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the North Sea, off the coast of East Yorkshire on Monday morning.It…
Graham Stuart says other 36 mariners across both crews are ‘safe and accounted for’Full story: UK coastguard scrambled after ship collisionTransport secretary Heidi Alexander has expressed concern about the collision and thanked emergency workers who a…
Every year, volunteers brave the icy Tuel Lane lock in West Yorkshire to clear leaves, litter – and pickled onionsIt is said that an imitation Rolex watch was once found during the spring clean of the UK’s deepest canal lock. Today the most glamorous d…
Despite wet weather hitting yields, supermarkets are reporting a doubling in rhubarb sales compared to last yearIt takes a while for the eyes to adjust to the darkness inside the shed. Slowly, the shapes of hundreds of pale stalks emerge from the gloom…
Hilda Jackson and fellow residents partied with strobe lights, glowsticks and drum’n’bass from festival-headlinerIt was a birthday party that would do even the most seasoned raver proud, with strobe lighting, glow sticks and a headline act who has play…
Michael Stewart abused his position to target women and subject them to ‘traumatic ordeals’, said policeA postal worker described as a “calculating and dangerous predator” has been jailed for six and a half years for sexually assaulting women when he w…