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English Heritage castle closes due to ‘terrifying’ bee swarms

Cornish castle’s website states it has ‘closed due to unforeseen circumstances’

The Independent UK

'Terrifying yet amazing' swarm of bees invades town and forces popular castle to close

Tourist site Restormel Castle was forced to close after a swarm of bees engulfed Lostwithiel in Cornwall, with a video showing the flying insects surrounding a house roof

Daily Mirror

Elain Harwood obituary

Architectural historian who championed the preservation of England’s postwar buildings and the brutalist style

The Guardian - UK

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Seasonal bus service linking Newcastle with three Northumberland beauty spots returns this summer

The X75 will connect Newcastle city centre with Belsay Hall and Wallington with four return services every Saturday until September 2

Chronicle Live

Charles III added to new ruler of rulers by English Heritage

The King has joined the list of kings and queens printed in date order on the classic classroom ruler.

The Independent UK

Roman gateway rebuilt in ‘exact spot’ at site of invasion of Britain

Reconstructed rampart structure that stood almost 2,000 years ago will open to visitors in Richborough, Kent

The Guardian - UK

The Lakeland town named one of the 'best places to live' under two hours from Greater Manchester

Penrith was listed by The Sunday Times as one of the best places to live in the North West in 2023

Manchester Evening News

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Good Friday skipping: English Heritage aims to jump-start neglected Easter tradition

‘Long rope day’ endured for hundreds of years but is now largely forgotten, says charity

The Guardian - UK

North East to get wildflower meadows to mark King's coronation

English Heritage is working with Plantlife on an initiative which will span the next 10 years

Chronicle Live

Meadows to return at 100 historic sites in England to mark coronation

Ten-year project by English Heritage will see landscapes at sites including Stonehenge return to how they would have once looked

The Guardian - UK

Meadows to be established at historic English sites to mark King’s coronation

Stonehenge, Whitby Abbey and Tintagel Castle are just a few of the locations chosen

Wales Online

Fresh bid to save historic hall as council ploughs £250k into abandoned listed building

Despite its historical importance it has effectively been abandoned since 2009, falling into such a state of disrepair it was added to the Save Britain’s Heritage’s ‘buildings at risk’ register

Manchester Evening News

Dame Judi Dench welcomes Bermondsey blue plaque for pioneering politician

Dame Judi Dench has welcomed a blue plaque hailing the accomplishments of pioneering politician Ada Salter.

Evening Standard

As good as gold … why toothpicks and hair locks are the new treasure

Everyday objects are the real key to our past. Now a change to the law could fill our museums with them, says Kate Mavor, chief executive of English Heritage

The Guardian - UK

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Home village hopes ‘greatest Welsh thinker’ finally receives his dues

Events to mark 300 years since birth of Richard Price, a radical who ‘helped build the modern world’

The Guardian - UK

A proud shark, an uncertain scientist and a broken dog statue – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Independent UK

Huw Edwards unveils Blue Plaque to ‘mathematical genius’ Richard Price

BBC News At Ten presenter Edwards said the memorial to Price goes ‘some way’ to giving him the ‘recognition he deserves’ 300 years on from his birth.

Evening Standard

London’s oldest terraced house gets Blue Plaque for philosopher and preacher

London’s oldest surviving terraced house will get the capital’s first blue plaque of the year in memory of the 18th century radical and preacher who lived there.

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The Guardian - UK

Memorial to St Cuthbert restored to Lindisfarne after nearly 500 years

English Heritage to unveil new monument after original removed during Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries

Chronicle Live

Ancient Anglo-Saxon and Christian artefacts to go on display for first time on Holy Island

Britain's first known prayer bead necklace is one of many treasures making their first appearance at Lindisfarne Priory

Chronicle Live

Hadrian's Wall attraction in Northumberland one of sixteen English Heritage sites that had record year in 2022

Corbridge Roman Town had a 41% increase in visitors in 2022

The Independent UK

English Heritage attracts record-breaking visitors in 2022

Tintagel Castle in Cornwall and Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire among 10 sites to see their highest-ever visitor numbers

The Independent UK

English Heritage sees record visitor numbers at various sites in 2022

Tintagel Castle in Cornwall and Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire were among the 10 sites to see their highest ever visitor numbers last year.

Evening Standard

‘Stonehenge of the North’ opens to the public

Thornborough Henges will open to the public from Friday

The Guardian - UK

Forgotten ‘Stonehenge of the north’ given to nation by construction firm

Two sections of the Thornborough Henges come off Historic England’s at-risk register after donation

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