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A single page from one of the most important books in printing history spent decades sitting unnoticed in an English attic. Bought for just £25 in the early 20th century, the roughly 570-year-old leaf from the Gutenberg Bible was rediscovered among a grandfather’s belongings and eventually sold at auction for £39,000 in 2025.The rare page…

South West Water pleaded guilty to 18 charges linked to pollution incidents between 2015 and 2021. (Photo: Shutterstock) South West Water has been fined £7,867,733 for hundreds of illegal sewage spills across Devon and Cornwall, with a judge describing the company’s management failures as reckless. The record penalty is the largest ever imposed for environmental…

The mother of a 23-year-old British woman shot dead by her father in Texas is seeking a fresh investigation into her daughter’s death after a US grand jury ruled the shooting accidental.Jane Coates is travelling from England to Texas to ask the Collin County District Attorney’s Office to reconsider the case involving her daughter, Lucy…

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has ruled out calling an early general election, saying his focus is on tackling the cost of living and supporting businesses rather than putting the country through another election campaign.Speaking to BBC regional political editors ahead of the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Burnham was asked whether he was considering…

Late professor Jason Arday/Image: St Mary’s University The University of Cambridge has narrowed its inquiry into the hiring of professor Jason Arday following his death last month, with the review now focusing on whether he received adequate support from the university, NYT reported.Cambridge had announced a broader investigation earlier this summer into Arday’s appointment after…

During the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, Backshall began developing a railway in the garden of his home in Willingdon, East Sussex (Image Credit: George Carden/BBC) A former railway engineer has transformed his garden in East Sussex into an unusual working railway, complete with full-size track, a vintage-style carriage and railway memorabilia. Railway Magazine, which featured…

At an age when most children are playing around in playgrounds and still mastering their first interests, a nine-year-old Indian-origin prodigy is aiming for a world record. Adrian Abraham is preparing to walk into a Grade 8 electric guitar exam and, if he passes, then into record books.The UK-based tween is a rock and metal…

Satellite monitoring has become an important part of understanding how the reintroduced birds are adapting. Data from previous fledglings has shown the young eagles travelling widely across the UK as they establish their own territories. For centuries, white-tailed eagles were part of England’s landscape. Then persecution drove them out, leaving the country without its largest…

Representative Image of a rare old Bible translation in an elegant wooden cover, highlighting its historical significance and value (AI Generated Image) A rare 2-volume Bible donated to an Oxfam bookshop in Chelmsford, Essex, sold for £56,280 at auction after volunteers spotted it in a pile of donations. Dating from 1815 to 1822, the Bible…

Representative Image of the Yangtze River flowing from the Tibetan Plateau to Shanghai (AI Generated Image) British adventurer Ash Dykes became the first person to walk the length of China’s Yangtze River, covering 6,437 kilometres, or about 4,000 miles, from the river’s scientific source in southern Qinghai to its mouth near Shanghai. Guinness World Records…