German court rules that women are allowed to catch trout during 500-year-old fishing event 

‘Every tradition has to change’: German court rules that women are allowed to catch trout during a Bavarian town’s 500-year-old fishing event German court ruled women cannot be excluded from traditional fishing event Fishermen compete to catch the biggest fish in a stream through Bavarian town It is a traditional event dating back to 16th … Read more

Thieves steal 500-year-old mill stone so heavy it takes two to lift it from 13th century castle

Thieves steal 500-year-old mill stone so heavy it takes two to lift it from 13th century castle A 500-year-old mill stone used for grinding wheat and grains stolen from castle Stone, which featured in TV series Outlander, stolen from Aberdour Castle, Fife Police said it would have taken at least two people to lift the … Read more

Dame Judi Dench joins legal bid to protect 500-year-old Mulberry tree

Dame Judi Dench has joined the legal bid to save ‘the East End’s oldest tree’ after a council granted permission for it to be moved. The 500-year-old Mulberry tree – which is thought to have been planted during the reign of Henry VIII – sits on the grounds of the now-closed London Chest Hospital in … Read more

Man marries his own mother-in-law after divorcing his wife and getting 500-year-old law overturned

A man has married his own mother-in-law after divorcing his wife of eight years and getting a 500-year-old law overturned. Clive Blunden, 65, and Brenda, 77, have been together for over 30 years and officially tied the knot in 2007. But Clive, from Warrington, Cheshire, was arrested in 1997 after the pair announced their plans … Read more

Single mother, 48, unearths 500-year-old coin in her back garden worth over £2,500

Gold digger! Single mother, 48, unearths 500-year-old coin in back garden worth £2,500 after playing around with her son’s metal detector… and she lives in MONEYFIELDS Amanda Johnston, 48, was using her son’s metal detector in her back garden She discovered the rare 22-carat, 16th century  Henry VII Fine Gold Angel coin Similar coins have … Read more