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Despite their occupations of Britain, the Romans and Vikings didn't leave much of a genetic mark on Britons. The Anglo-Saxons, though, were a different story.

JEMUEL VEGA-GOMEZ, 26, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release for trafficking cocaine.

Genetic analysis of 1039 people buried in Britain between the Bronze Age and the Norman conquest highlights the impact of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings on the island’s ancestry

Television has become strangely anxious about its own behaviour. Contemporary drama increasingly appears to be designed by wellness consultants and data analysts. Characters explain their trauma in pe

From The Guardian: Met police preparing for large scale far-right and pro-Palestine protests in London

This ‘ghost GDP’ shows how headline economic growth is increasingly disconnected from reality for most, says report

Hockney and more explore gender in Liverpool, Delcy Morelos makes mud spectacular and Whistler’s Mother goes on tour – all in your weekly dispatch

Butterfly Conservation poll is open until 7 June with choice of 60 species from small tortoiseshells to purple emperors

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is seeking to return parliament in order to challenge embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

From Independent RSS Feed: British Army to be equipped with remote-controlled guns in £1bn deal

Britain’s Princess Catherine, commonly known as Kate made her first overseas trip since announcing her cancer was in remission, traveling to Italy on Wednesday for a two-day tour. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

From Independent RSS Feed: UK must seek closer trade ties with EU to reverse economic damage of Brexit, think tank warns

Whoever wins the Labour leadership tussle, the chancellor’s prospects for staying inpost have risen given the surprise GDP boost

The UK has been suffering since going it alone, but Starmer’s noncommittal approach has made things worse. No wonder voters are angry, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

European stocks are expected to open higher Thursday as investors keep an eye on developments in the U.K. and U.S. President Donald Trump's trip to China.

Humans may have returned to Britain far earlier than scientists once believed — not long after the last ice sheet began retreating. New evidence suggests people were already moving into the British Isles around 15,200 years ago, tracking herds of reindeer…

Whenever the British look abroad for inspiration, I think of fish. The “Michigan fish test” in 2001 found striking differences in the interpretations by participants from Japan and the US of an animat

In September 1997, Tony Blair addressed the Labour Party Conference for the first time as prime minister. His approval ratings hovered at around 75 per cent. His majority stood at 179. The British eco