3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (616+ words) A set of giant monoliths known as the "Devil’s Arrows" were moved 18km (11 miles) across Yorkshire by Stone Age people, new research has found. The three columns have been standing in a farmer's field in Boroughbridge for thousands of years, with…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (415+ words) A "sponsor a brick" scheme to help buy and turn a former Victorian railway goods shed into a community hub has been started by a group of residents. They hope to transform the privately owned shed, which used to sit…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (303+ words) In 1985, reports of a moving statue of the Virgin Mary drew thousands of people to the village of Ballinspittle in County Cork, Ireland. Helen Ledwick speaks to Ita Dungan, who travelled there as a teenager and remembers the crowds gathering…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (441+ words) Podcaster, author and comedian Andrew Hunter Murray revisits one of the most extraordinary media deceptions of the 20th century in a new ten-part series from The History Podcast, The Hitler Diaries Scandal, available on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 4 from Monday…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (548+ words) On 25 April 1641, Ambrose Barlow celebrated a secret Easter Sunday mass at Morleys Hall near Astley in Greater Manchester. King Charles I wanted to prove that he supported the Protestant faith while keeping his political enemies at bay as parliament were…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (364+ words) A memorial has been unveiled to a much-loved RAF fighter pilot who died when his aircraft crashed during a snowstorm in Scotland. Flying Officer Andrew Crowther, 25, was taking part in an exercise over Lossiemouth on 18 November 1981 when tragedy struck. On…...

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,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (469+ words) Tributes have been paid to World War Two veteran Norman Irwin, from Coleraine, who has died at the age of 107. The death of Norman Irwin was announced by his family on Thursday. Norman Irwin, who was born in 1918 and was…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1608+ words) Janett Bickley almost stayed home from school on the morning of 21 October 1966. The eight-year-old had recently recovered from pneumonia, but she was determined to go in for the last day before half-term. Shortly after taking her seat at Pantglas Junior…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (929+ words) In August 1966, a US astronomy professor shared his astonishing findings with the BBC. He believed that the Neolithic stone circle was built to predict eclipses. In the BBC footage, Hawkins gestured to an exact scale model of Stonehenge, showing how…...