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WWII internment items on display
A major exhibition of items made by Channel Islanders in internment camps during WWII goes on display in Guernsey.

Beatrix Potter museum is rescued
A Lancashire College pledges £10,000 to a struggling Cumbrian museum which holds a valuable Beatrix Potter collection.

In pictures: Burial pit
Fifty-one decapitated skeletons found in a burial pit in Dorset were those of Scandinavian Vikings, scientists say.

Decapitated group 'were Vikings'
Fifty-one decapitated skeletons found in a burial pit in Dorset were those of Scandinavian Vikings, scientists say.

Paths could retrace night march
Parts of routes believed to have been followed by Jacobites attempting a night assault could be recreated.

Ancient eggshell yields its DNA
The eggshells of long-dead and extinct species are a particularly good source to find preserved DNA, researchers say.

Saxon pottery at playground site
Archaeologists are expected to carry out further digs after finding Saxon pottery at the site of a new playground in Cambridgeshire.

Relief road artefacts on display
A number of artefacts discovered during work on a £87m road development in Dorset are to go on display.

Search on to decipher Gothic text
Experts at Salisbury Cathedral are asking for help to identify the meaning of Gothic text found behind a monument.

Memorial service for Moors victim
The "lost" victim of the Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley is remembered at a memorial service, more than 45 years after he was abducted and killed.

Pros and coins of treasure finds
A row breaks out after a woman is prosecuted under the Treasure Act over a coin that is not a coin.

Beatrix Potter museum rescue bid
An MP calls on the government to help save a Cumbrian museum which holds a collection of Beatrix Potter paintings.

Chance meeting reunites chalice
A chance conversation results in a 16th Century church chalice being reunited with its lid lost decades ago.

Lottery support for museum revamp
Major development plans for St Fagans national history museum, to be part-funded by lottery cash, take a step forward.

Roman remains are 'elite' African
Human remains from Roman times found in York are revealed to be a "high status" African woman.