Stonehenge: Transportation of Welsh stones discussed by expert The story of Stonehenge took a dramatic turn earlier this month after researchers uncovered the remains of the Waun Mawn site at Pembrokeshire’s Preseli Hills, southwest Wales. Its discovery quickly proved to be one
Stonehenge: Transportation of Welsh stones discussed by expert The story of Stonehenge took a dramatic turn earlier this month after researchers uncovered the remains of the Waun Mawn site at Pembrokeshire’s Preseli Hills, southwest Wales. Its discovery quickly proved to be one
When Haydn Welch, 63, checked his 82-year-old uncle’s accounts he noticed he had been paying to watch television, despite licences being free for over-75s until August last year. Haydn Welch, from Somerset, wrote to the BBC’s TV Licensing arm requesting a refund
Latest figures showed that across the UK on Friday 504,493 people got their first dose, taking the total to 19,682,048. A further 32,773 received their second dose – 768,810 have now had both. In Wales one million doses have been given, meaning more
Modelling has driven much of the pandemic response. The initial reaction was shaped by predictions last year suggesting 550,000 deaths in Britain if no mitigation measures were put in place. However, Dr Thomas House, who sits on SPI-M – the group that
Lockdown-weary Britons were handed a major boost on Monday after Boris Johnson outlined a phased relaxation of the rules, with all restrictions set to end on June 21. The latest opinion survey by Deltapoll found 68 percent of Britons supported the Prime Minister’s
The Art Society at Durham University then apologised for including her. Members of the society had been invited to take part in a portrait competition to mark International Women’s Day. Among the suggested subjects were Florence Nightingale, Cleopatra, Marie Curie, and Britain’s
Captain Sir Tom Moore: GMB pay tribute to war veteran The veteran, who captured the hearts of the nation by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday to raise more than £38million for NHS charities, was honoured by the
On January 1, the post-Brexit transition period expired, meaning EU rules no longer apply in Britain. It is a new chapter for the country’s history – as for the last 48 years, EU membership had constricted Britain’s ability to make its own
Sir Nicholas Soames has argued that there is a “current vogue for the denigration in general of British history and of Sir Winston Churchill’s memory in particular”. The former Conservative minister made his comments after Churchill College hosted an event called, “The
Millennials: Experts discuss generation and economic challenges The creation of enterprise zones is a key demand of the Blue Collar Conservatives to ensure Mr Johnson’s ambitions to spread prosperity and “level-up” the economy become a reality. The movement led by former cabinet