4+ hour, 54+ min ago   (555+ words) Archaeologists will begin a major six-month excavation next year to recover information preserved in the peat before it is lost forever Archaeologists will begin a new dig at one of Britain’s most important Bronze Age sites next year before information…...

4+ hour, 34+ min ago   (347+ words) It'll begin within months A booking system is in the works for Lincolnshire recycling centres and will be implemented within months. It’s hoped this will deal with queues getting into the county’s eleven tips as well as “tackling misuse”. The…...

4+ hour, 25+ min ago   (276+ words) Ancient artefact to be exhibited at Ambleside museum An unexpected find during a day by Windermere has unveiled a piece of the Lake District’s ancient history, thanks to George Hughes, aged eight at the time. The young explorer from Manchester…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (663+ words) The actor appeared before the Welsh Affairs Committee on Thursday Michael Sheen has said he was snubbed by the Welsh First Minister after asking for a meeting to discuss claims of chemical contamination in Wales. The actor appeared before the…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (446+ words) Appeals for three giant warehouses are set to go to public inquiry later this month amid a five year planning battle over the controversial development. Plans for the ‘logistics development ‘, including a new entrance onto the B4100, offices and a power…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (465+ words) Eloise and Bonomanzi complete the UK's only herd of this rare species Twycross Zoo in the East Midlands has announced the arrival of two critically endangered Kordofan giraffes to complete their unique herd. Eloise, a 17-year-old giraffe, and Bonomanzi, aged…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (217+ words) £17.5 million from Just Transition funding will be dedicated to supporting job creation across Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, and Moray. It will aid 22 new projects, as confirmed by the Scottish Government during a visit by the First Minister to Hydrasun, an Aberdeen-based manufacturing…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (323+ words) More than 60 people have registered to speak at the first in a series of hearings which will decide the fate of a proposed Norfolk solar farm. MPs, county, district and parish councillors, as well as local campaigners have all asked…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (308+ words) Event organisers will be billed for the damage, a senior councillor says Park left with the wrong sort of tracks after pop concerts A park has been left in a muddy mess after a weekend of music, with a senior…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (256+ words) Festivalgoer called in the RSPCA after spotting the birds Two chickens were rescued by the RSPCA after being trapped in a hedge at the Creamfields site in Cheshire. Festival-goers discovered the cockerel and hen winging it along a hedge line,…...