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IT workers share £45m Euromillions win
A group of IT workers from Liverpool have won a £45.5 million share of the Euromillions jackpot, sources said today.
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Treasure island – the best archaeological finds in Britain
Monday, 9 November 2009
The recent discovery of the biggest hoard of gold ever found in Britain has brought tears to the eyes of experts and amateurs alike. Last month, Terry Herbert stumbled upon the huge trove of Anglo-Saxon treasure - worth at least £1 million - while metal detecting in a Shropshire field, while earlier this week, David Booth unearhed a £1 million Iron Age hoard.
The first poppy found in war diary
Monday, 9 November 2009
Some fragile petals recovered from the diary of a First World War soldier are thought to be the oldest Remembrance poppies in Britain.
Two Britons share £90m lottery jackpot
Monday, 9 November 2009
Two British ticket-holders have claimed a share of Friday's £90m EuroMillions jackpot prize.
The city that looks and smells like a landfill site
Sunday, 8 November 2009
A Slice of Britain: Take one council, cut the pay of its binmen, then sit back and watch the rubbish pile up.
Minor British Institutions: Keep Calm and Carry On
Saturday, 7 November 2009
"Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases"; "Dig for Victory"; "Keep Mum". All still famous. But it is odd that the most currently ubiquitous of the Second World War's propaganda slogans, "Keep Calm and Carry On", was never officially adopted.
How fireworks night lost its sparkle
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Jonathan Brown investigates whether our fixation with health and safety has killed the British bonfire party.
Novice finds £1 million Iron Age treasure
Thursday, 5 November 2009
A novice metal-detecting enthusiast said today he was "stunned" to unearth a £1 million Iron Age treasure hoard during his first outing with the machine.
Autumn blows in with a vengeance
Monday, 2 November 2009
Heavy rain and high winds hit large areas of Britain
London to Brighton, in a museum piece
Sunday, 1 November 2009
A Slice of Britain: Veteran car devotees head for the coast.
Why has Hebden Bridge become suicide central?
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Once an industrious oasis, Hebden Bridge became a hippie paradise in the 1960s and latterly a middle-class hotspot. So how did it turn into the suicide capital of Yorkshire? The film-maker Jez Lewis returned to his home town – where 15 of his childhood friends have killed themselves in the past 20 years – to find out what went wrong in this troubled bohemian idyll
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