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A collection of 58 issues

Overlooked history

BBC News: London's heart of stone. The mysterious "London stone" is going to be rescued from a building due to be demolished. Does it mean that London is going to be saved from an ancient legend? You couldn't get much less of a romantic

Mr Men

BBC News: Happy birthday to the Mr Men. It was 35 years ago that Mr Tickle first made an appearance, kicking off generation after generation's love for the Mr Men and the Little Miss books. The Mr Men were the creation of Roger Hargreaves who came up with

I have a cunning plan

BBC News: Tower's ravens are kept indoors. The Tower of London has decided to keep its famous ravens indoors to protect them from bird flu. Special aviaries have been created for the six birds within one of the towers of the fortress on the Thames. Legend has it

Newsround

Interesting BBC News stories today. Plasma engine passes initial test. The engine uses ionised xenon gas for thrust. It's slower than a chemical drive, but it can operate for longer. Good diagram of how an ion engine works. Mayan treasure found in Guatemala. A mural has been found,

Guy Fawkes Night

If Guy Fawkes had succeeded. Four hundred years ago the gunpowder plotters hoped to change the world by blowing up parliament and killing the king. Had they succeeded, what effect would this have had - and would today's UK be any different? With 36 barrels of gunpowder stacked

London Lions

Big cats prowled London's tower . Two lion skulls unearthed at the Tower of London have been dated to Medieval times, shedding light on the lost institution of the "Royal Menagerie". It also shows the relationship between England's early monarchs and the "king of

Raise the Rose

Mary Rose weighs anchor at last. The anchor and a section of the bow from Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose have been raised on the anniversary of the recovery of its hull. Tuesday's operation was carried out in the Solent, off Portsmouth, Hampshire. The anchor was

Satellite archaeology

Internet maps reveal Roman villa Latest technology proved an unexpected aid to unearthing the past when an Italian man decided to look at internet maps of his home. Computer programmer Luca Mori found the remains of an ancient Roman villa when he browsed Google Earth maps showing satellite images of

Canterbury Rap

Chaucer's tales become rap songs . A rap artist has translated some of the best known works of poet Geoffrey Chaucer into hip-hop to make them appeal to schoolchildren. Canadian Baba Brinkman wants modern teenagers to warm to the 14th-century Canterbury Tales. He is to tour English schools with

New shoes

Iron Age shoe unearthed at quarry. A shoe thought to be at least 2,000 years old, and the oldest in the UK, has been dug up at an English quarry. The Iron Age relic was found in a hollowed tree trunk at Whiteball Quarry, near Wellington, Somerset. Archaeologists say

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