The Black Death was spread by Mongol troops in the Middle East a century before it wiped out half of Britons in the 1300s, new study suggests
New research has found that the plague may actually have caused milder outbreaks in the Middle East a century before it ...
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England’s smallest city home to Europe’s ‘oldest’ medieval street
In the heart of Somerset lies the smallest city, home to the oldest medieval street in Europe. Vicars’ Close ... The Vicars' Hall, completed in 1348, housed a communal dining room, administrative ...
Hundreds protest in London against proposed 'mega embassy' for China
The proposed move has sparked fierce opposition from nearby residents, rights groups, critics of China's ruling Communist ...
Protests erupt in London over China’s ‘mega embassy’ plan amid security, surveillance concerns
China has for several years been trying to relocate its embassy, currently in the British capital’s upmarket Marylebone ...
Hundreds protest in London against Beijing 'mega embassy'
China has for several years been trying to relocate its embassy, currently in the British capital's upmarket Marylebone ...
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Hundreds protest in London against proposed ‘mega embassy’ for China
The new embassy, if approved by the UK government, would be the “biggest Chinese embassy in Europe,” one lawmaker ... the site was earlier home to a 1348-built Cistercian abbey but is ...
Headlines: Storm Éowyn, job losses and a hedgehog
The entire West Country was covered by a Met Office yellow weather warning for high winds, as Storm Éowyn battered parts of the region on Friday. Elsewhere, the sentencing of a drink-driver, whose ...