Humans were creating astonishing cave paintings in the Caribbean thousands of years before the arrival of Christopher Columbus, reveals new research. The study sheds new light on etchings found on the walls of dozens of cave systems on Mona Island, off modern day Puerto Rico. It is the Caribbean region’s...
The first solar eclipse recorded more than 3,000 years ago in the Bible has been pinpointed by British scientists to today, October 30 1207 BC. And the timing could now mean historians can date within 12 months the reign of Egyptian pharaohs, including Ramesses the Great and his son Merneptah....
A patch of daffodil appear to be in a muddle - after blooming just as winter begins. Susanne Turner, 58, was shocked when the perennials which usually signal the start of the spring decided to come out in a flowerbed beside her house. And despite the bizarre blossoming, the amateur...
An award-winning deaf dancer has blasted global health club Virgin Active for editing out her hearing implant in a worldwide internet advert. Simone Botha Welgemoed, 27, was 22-months-old when it is thought she became the youngest child in Africa to be fitted with a Cochlear implant in 1992. But after...
Columnist Owen Jones took to Marr show this morning to discuss serious sexual allegation in today's Sunday’s papers. Jones said there are reports of “two senor cabinet Ministers being named by political researchers as serial sex pests. “The PM has been briefed on these allegations. Whips, and this is critical,...
Late last week it was revealed that there was a What's app group used by females in Westminster that list certain men, including senior MPs, who need to be avoided, to reduce the risk of unwanted sexual harassment. The names of these men have not been released by any political...
A green campaigner is facing up to two years in jail after he was found in contempt of court for breaching an injunction to prevent direct action against tree felling. Activist Calvin Payne posted a message on Facebook this month encouraging "as many people as possible" to break the injunction....
A reporter who worked at the Cambridge News in 1963 says the JFK claims are false. Rodney Tibbs, 83, who was working as a reporter at the time, said the call "could never have happened". "The proof is that no story of that nature was ever published at the time,"...
The first specialist burns service attached to a major trauma centre has treated 150 patients in its first nine months - thanks to a rise in acid attacks. The clinic at The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, is the capital's first, and will treat those affected by the...