5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (291+ words) A repair plan has been drawn up for a category A-listed town hall in southern Scotland after reports of "chunks of masonry" falling from the building. A conservation report on Lockerbie Town Hall warned it could be "quite dangerous" until…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (555+ words) David Olusoga explores our most comprehensive picture yet of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its role in the making of Modern Britain A new two-part BBC history commission for BBC Two and iPlayer, Finding Britain's Slave Traders with David Olusoga,…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (264+ words) One of Leicester's best known statues has been vandalised by being sprayed with yellow paint. The statue of Richard III, which stands in Cathedral Gardens, was targeted overnight on Friday with crude anatomical shapes. It was donated to the city…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (138+ words) Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes. We learn why, in 2004, Uruguayans voted to enshrine water as a human right in their constitution - the first country in the world to do so. And environmental historian Ellen…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (393+ words) The organisers of Lancashire's historical cross bay walks have said vandals targeting vital safety equipment are threatening the future of the nearly 500-year-old tradition. The Morecambe Bay walks - from Arnside to Grange - can involve up to 500 people at a time…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (297+ words) An amateur historian who uncovers lost buildings and landmarks in a county said people were often surprised to discover what once stood in their neighbourhoods. Stephen Mudie, from Peterborough, recently shared on social media the story of three forts that…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (224+ words) A pier that only reopened a week ago following restoration work is shut again due to a "significant act of vandalism". The Port of Tyne called the timing of Wednesday's attack, which it said had left an estimated repair bill…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (346+ words) Ancient bones dug up by a couple during renovations are finally being laid to rest in a churchyard in Kent. Ross and Clare Sledger, who own a pub in Wye near Ashford, made the discovery in 2019 while digging up their…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (539+ words) A "leaked" report has revealed that members of the governing body of London's Square Mile were "instrumental" in England's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The report, seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, identified 280 City of London Corporation members…...