History

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Conservation workers carrying out repairs on the roof of Boughton House, with extensive scaffolding in place. It features a large green crane, workers on the ground, The building is a very large stone building, with extensive windows.

Work to replace stately home roof nears completion

A roof is being replaced with Collyweston slates sourced from reclaimed stock from the estate.

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A 17th Century portrait of Oliver Cromwell, with shoulder-length curling mid-brown hair and moustache, wearing a white lace collar done up at the neck over a yellow under-jacket, above which is grey armour. He looks at the viewer with dark eyes.

Museum celebrates 10 years since it was saved

A museum which faced closure a decade ago has doubled its visitor numbers and is set to expand.

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An underground tunnel junction is made of brick and corrugated metal, with arched ceilings and a central pillar, with a second tunnel branching off at a junction in the network of corridors.

Wartime tunnels hidden beneath housing estate

Tunnels under homes near Newhaven once played a vital role in coastal defence during World War Two.

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A woman with short white hair smiles as she stands in front of a striking, yellow-brick Victorian house with bay windows, gables and a tower. She is wearing a green coat and silver earrings.

Inside football founder's seaside house

The story of Southfield House reflects the rise of Hornsea from quiet town to busy seaside resort.

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11 hrs ago

A photographer with a wide-brimmed brown leather hat crouching down to take photographs of bluebells in a cemetery. Behind him is a brick wall

Carpet of bluebells transform Birmingham's oldest cemetery

Key Hill Cemetery in the Jewellery Quarter is proving a magnet for photographers.

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Experts, wearing high-vis PPE and using string lines and measuring tape, record the floor of the kiln chamber.

Dig find 'more significant' than first thought

Experts now believe the kiln found under a primary school dates from the late medieval period.

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Derelict Mil Mi-6 helicopter at Rassokha in 2006 (Credit: Phil Coomes/ BBC)

The abandoned vehicles in Chernobyl's 'dead zone'

A huge armada of vehicles were used to clean-up the radioactive aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster 40 years ago. Many of them still lie rusting inside the exclusion zone.

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Two re-enactors holding weapons and wearing replica medieval clothing face off against one another in a makeshift arena watched by a crowd of spectators. On the left, a young man wearing a white tunic looks angry as he prepares to swing an axe while holding a white and green, round shield. Facing him is another man wearing a blue tunic and holding a similar shield, whose back is to the camera. In the background, spectators are smiling and taking pictures.

History festival to bring city's rich past to life

The bank holiday event in Lincoln will feature Viking warriors, a Roman market and a Norman kitchen.

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Grounded tall ship brings 'adventure' to Ramsey

Walkers on a Manx beach are taking in a different view after a 1950s tall ship ran aground.

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