A hoard of more than 100 elephant tusks aboard a sunken ship that was lost for nearly 500 years has been traced to West Africa in a new study. Scientists used DNA analysis to compare the well-preserved tusks – recovered from a 16th century Portuguese shipping vessel called the Bom Jesus that was discovered in … Read more
A hoard of more than 100 elephant tusks aboard a sunken ship that was lost for nearly 500 years has been traced to West Africa in a new study. Scientists used DNA analysis to compare the well-preserved tusks – which were recovered from a 16th century Portuguese shipping vessel called the Bom Jesus that was … Read more
National Trust is accused of recruiting ‘biased’ team of academics to probe its properties links to empire and the slave trade Colonial Countryside projects looks into links of 11 trust properties to slave trade The project involves nine historians working with 100 primary school children However, the National Trust has come under fire for the … Read more
Boris Johnson will launch post-Brexit trade drive with trip to India next month as he vows to bang the drum for ‘Global Britain’ By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 08:32 GMT, 15 December 2020 | Updated: 08:32 GMT, 15 December 2020 Boris Johnson will launch a post-Brexit trade drive with a trip to … Read more
She works hard to maintain her gym-honed figure. And on Thursday, Elsa Pataky showed off her incredible physique in a racy high-cut swimsuit as she hit the beach with her children for a family surfing session in Byron Bay. The mother-of-three, 44, stripped down to a black one piece as she soaked up the sun with her daughter … Read more
Binky Felstead has revealed speaking out about her miscarriage ‘helped her process’ the tragic loss. The Made In Chelsea star, 30, said she ‘wasn’t herself’ after learning she’d miscarried her second child, but has taken comfort from receiving the support of other women who went through the same thing. In October, Binky revealed she and … Read more
People of the Indus Valley civilisation who lived in what is now north-west India 4,000 years ago had a meat-heavy diet, new research indicates Analysis of pottery from the era reveals a preponderance of animal products, including pig, cattle, buffalo and goat meat as well as dairy. Scientists say people living in rural and urban sites … Read more
Bridesmaids, pah! The irony is that India Hicks — one of the most famous bridesmaids of all — never thought she would be needing one. Why would she? As a thoroughly modern woman, she was determined not to get married, nor to bow to convention. As the granddaughter of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, India had … Read more
Jamie Frost (pictured above), who works in Kingston upon Thames, received the one-off prize for going above and beyond during the Covid crisis to help keep pupils learning A maths teacher from south-west London has won a £33,000 global teaching award after his free tuition website helped students around the world study during the Covid-19 … Read more
Bees-y Jet: Two passenger planes are grounded hours apart in India after a massive swarm of BEES land on the aircraft Swarm of bees caused chaos at Kolkata airport this week after settling on jets Bees first swarmed on a plane 4pm Sunday, delaying the flight by an hour Insects then returned Monday morning, again … Read more