Tag: History
1 day ago
dailymail.co.uk

Queen's disabled cousins Katherine and Nerissa Bowes-Lyon who were kept 'hidden'

Katherine and Nerissa Bowes-Lyon, severely disabled cousins of the late Queen , were cared for in an asylum and liste...

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3 days ago
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The world's first over-packed train: First ever passenger journey is recalled as railway station...

At least twice as many people than the 300 who had bought tickets packed in to carriages being pulled by George Steph...

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4 days ago
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Inside the world of UK's Nazi re-enactors: How hundreds of Britons spend their spare time posing ...

The groups include the 'SSTK Living History Group', whose members (above) depict 'various units of the Waffen SS from...

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5 days ago
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Police probing cold case of murdered clubber Melanie Hall in 1996 say they believe 25-year-old...

The 25-year-old, who was a clerical worker at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, was last seen on Sunday 9 June, 1996...

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5 days ago
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The Pacific Prince: Remarkable unseen images of the late Duke of Edinburgh visiting island...

They show the Duke of Edinburgh visiting various far-flung places, including some of the remotest islands on earth. A...

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5 days ago
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Jill Dando's brother hopes new Netflix documentary on BBC presenter's unsolved murder may 'prick ...

The former Crimewatch presenter was shot dead aged 37 outside her home in Fulham, West London , on April 26, 1999. Ab...

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6 days ago
dailymail.co.uk

Heartbroken father of murdered clubber Melanie Hall reveals how he 'wished he didn't wake up in t...

The 25-year-old, who was a clerical worker at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, was last seen on Sunday 9 June, 1996...

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7 days ago
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Brutal Britain: UK's downcast urban landscapes of the 1960s are revealed in architectural magazin...

The image of three children playing with a toy gun was taken on the Pepys Estate in Deptford, East London, more than ...

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8 days ago
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The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A forensic look at the 13 victims slaughtered by Peter Sutcliffe in h...

Wilma McCann was the first of 13 women to be murdered by Peter Sutcliffe, the monster who became known as the Yorkshi...

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8 days ago
cornwalllive.com

Illogan: the last pocket of Cornwall unspoiled by tourism

The village of Illogan is home to about 5,500 people and has been growing steadily in the last few years

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9 days ago
dailymail.co.uk

Star Wars memorabilia which belonged to Grand Moff Tarkin actor Peter Cushing including a rare...

The most desirable item is likely to be part of Mr Cushing's original script for the 1977 blockbuster movie Start War...

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10 days ago
nationalworld.com

TikTok Roman Empire viral trend explained - how often do men think about it? What’s the female eq...

Videos with the hashtag #RomanEmpire have 1.2 billion views and even celebrities are taking part in the trend

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10 days ago
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The lost ships of Dunkirk: More than 300 vessels which were wrecked in WWII 'miracle of deliveran...

Between May 27 and June 4, 1940, 338,226 Allied troops were rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk by military, merchant...

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11 days ago
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Group at centre of Nazi uniform row at 1940s festival claim they were representing 'Western Europ...

The men, who were aged between around 30 and 50, were wearing uniforms bearing swastikas and the Nazi 'death's head' ...

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12 days ago
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How William Wordsworth's descendants became servants in the home he grew up in: Census records...

Experts from ancestry website Findmypast looked into the history of Wordsworth House, in Cockermouth, Cumbria, in con...

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12 days ago
nationalworld.com

Strictly Come Dancing 2023: Judges reveal their favourite moment from last year’s series as show ...

As Strictly Come Dancing begins a new series, all of the judges on the show have spoken about their favourite moment ...

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12 days ago
nationalworld.com

Asteroid autumn: Nasa reveals three missions this year to research asteroids in our solar system

One of these missions may give a glimpse into what the universe was like before our solar system

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12 days ago
dailymail.co.uk

Stonehenge was built when Britain was a 'black country', new children's book claims

Readers of Brilliant Black British History, by the Nigerian-born British author Atinuke, are told the neolithic monum...

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14 days ago
cornwalllive.com

Charles Rashleigh: The man who transformed Charlestown but ended up penniless

A new exhibition on the life of Charles Rashleigh is running until the end of the year at the Wheal Martyn Clay Works

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16 days ago
nationalworld.com

Strictly Come Dancing 2023: Meet contestant Angela Rippon - how old is she and what is her height?

With Strictly Come Dancing 2023 soon to be underway, meet one of the contestants, Angela Rippon

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16 days ago
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What happened the last time Britain banned dangerous dogs - and the mistakes that the Government...

In 1991, John Major's government passed the Dangerous Dogs Act after the six-year-old Rukhsana Khan (pictured) was ma...

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17 days ago
nationalworld.com

El Conde: Netflix release date, what is it about, trailer, cast with Jaime Vadell - who was Gener...

Chilean dictator Pinochet is portrayed as a 250-year-old vampire in Pablo Larraín’s El Conde

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18 days ago
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EXCLUSIVE: Stunning 2,000-year-old Roman sculpture of the son of Neptune is found buried less tha...

The unique stone statue depicts Triton - a merman with the torso of a man and the tail of a fish - riding on a sea mo...

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18 days ago
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Shelling out: More than 26,000 shells adorning the walls of unique 200-year-old 16-sided Devon...

The intricate Georgian interiors at A la Ronde, near Exmouth, have been protected by experts from the National Trust ...

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18 days ago
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What we USED to do to shoplifters: How the courts used to sentence professional thieves to hard...

Daily Mail reports dating as back to the 1890s show how a slew of criminals received punishments for shoplifting. Abo...

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19 days ago
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How Britain became one of the first countries in the world to ban breeds of dog: Eleven attacks i...

Rukhsana Khan was left with life-threatening injuries after being mauled by a pit bull terrier near her home in Bradf...

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20 days ago
nationalworld.com

Perseverance rover: NASA manages to produce oxygen on Mars to sustain an astronaut for three hours

Nasa was able to extract 122g of oxygen in total

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20 days ago
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How Cold War dissident Georgi Markov was murdered with an UMBRELLA: Writer died 45 years ago toda...

On September 7, 1978, Georgi Markov, a Bulgarian dissident writer working for the BBC , felt a slight sharp pain whil...

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20 days ago
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The Long Shadow trailer hears Yorkshire Ripper witnesses' chilling descriptions - as writer revea...

The trailer for The Long Shadow features witnesses' descriptions of his 'black hair' and 'dark coloured eyes' amid th...

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21 days ago
cornwalllive.com

'Massive' moment for Cornish mining history as ancient equipment is saved

It will be fully restored before it is reinstalled and people will be able to see it from miles

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22 days ago
nationalworld.com

Has Hollyoaks been axed? A look at the hardest hitting storylines on the show & viewing figures

As Hollyoaks faces a huge shakeup, we visit the hardest hitting storylines in the show

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23 days ago
nationalworld.com

Where is Wandsworth? Prison history after Daniel Khalife escape, notable inmates - have people es...

During the Victorian era, Wandsworth was known for its harsh and strict conditions

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23 days ago
dailymail.co.uk

'I loved her and will miss her very deeply': Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby pays tribute t...

Speaking on the Thought for the Day slot on Radio 4's Today Programme, the Archbishop of Canterbury revealed that Lad...

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24 days ago
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How two men crossed the Atlantic in floating CARS: Italian adventurers spent more than 100 days...

In 1999 Marco Amoretti, and his friend Marcolino De Candia set sail from the Canary Islands in a Volkswagen Passat an...

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24 days ago
scotsman.com

Cats Average Lifespan: 10 of the most healthy breeds of gorgeous cat that won't need many vet vis...

Here are 10 breeds of adorable cat not likely to require many visits to the vet.

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24 days ago
dailymail.co.uk

Britain's Greatest Prison Escapes: From Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs to Soviet spy George Blak...

Khalife's disappearance comes nearly 60 years since Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs (pictured) escaped from the same ...

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25 days ago
nationalworld.com

NSAIDs: painkillers and the combined pill could increase risk of blood clots, study suggests

The study looked at two million women

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25 days ago
dailymail.co.uk

The man who CHOSE to go to Auschwitz: Incredible true story of Polish resistance fighter who...

Witold Pilecki smuggled himself into Auschwitz using fake identity documents in September 1940, just four months afte...

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25 days ago
shieldsgazette.com

Newcastle United legend rushed to hospital following ‘medical emergency’

Newcastle United legend and club academy director Steve Harper has been taken to hospital following a ‘medical emerge...

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