Archaeologists excavating part of a Roman villa in Somerset have unearthed a mosaic of Daphne and Apollo. The mosaic, which dates back to the 4th Century, is part of the Dinnington Roman Villa site ...

Pakistani Nasim-ul-Ghani is the first night-watchman to hit a ton, scoring 101 against England at Lord's in 1962. Australia's ...

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The moment you see the lob go up in the air you need to turn sideways - as if you were getting ready to serve. As well as ...

Last year a remarkable exhibit came to light. Hidden in the vaults of a London museum was a scrap of paper containing a few strands of hair. The paper was crudely fashioned into an envelope but the ...

Full list of the collieries which have closed since March 1984 when the miners' strike began.

Television presenter and prankster Jeremy Beadle has died aged 59. One of ITV's most popular hosts during the 1980s, he was admitted to hospital last week suffering from pneumonia. He was best known ...

The 2004 local elections in Birmingham were marred by widespread postal vote fraud, a judge rules.

It seems as though the Cher hit It's In His Kiss was right all along. Scientists have found that the size of somebody's lips plays a key role in determining whether they are sexually attractive to ...

Sports drinks are really easy to make - not to mention a lot cheaper than buying expensive bottles in shops. All you need are a few ingredients and a little bit of imagination. There are three main ...

Turkish shepherds watched in horror as hundreds of their sheep followed each other over a cliff, say Turkish newspaper reports. First one sheep went over the cliff edge, only to be followed by the ...

Marcinkus had been one of the most powerful men in the Church Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, who was involved in one of the biggest financial scandals to hit the Vatican, has died, church officials say.