Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put an end to "an archaic and undemocratic principle." The removed aristocrats are 92 of the House of Lords' 800 members.

A stone being used in the foundation of an old barn in the Czech Republic turned out to be a Bronze Age spearhead mold. A seemingly dull rectangular stone, used as part of a foundation for an old barn ...

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Brown described her title win in Brazil as "huge". She previously triumphed in the World Championships in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates in 2023.

British skateboarding sensation Sky Brown has become world champion for a second time after winning the gold medal in Sunday’s world championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Britain's Sky Brown becomes a skateboarding world champion for the second time after winning gold in a rain-disrupted park ...

Two researchers discuss how ancient DNA is used to track how people moved and lived during Britain's bronze age.

Lucy Bronze made her 145th senior appearance for England on Saturday, but few of her performances can have been better than this superb all-round display. The 34-year-old right-back scored the opener ...

Because cremation dominates the Urnfield period, the Late Bronze Age has long been a “blind spot” for biomolecular research. The new study published in Nature tackled that gap by focusing on ...

A piece of ancient Egyptian papyrus held at the British Museum has been cited as possible evidence supporting some of the Bible's most controversial claims about giants.

Sybil Ludington's Revolutionary War ride could be either entirely true, or the stuff of myth, depending on who you ask.

When ancient DNA studies began to gain attention, little more than a decade ago, the view took hold among geneticists that ...