The UK's ghost villages that vanished from the face of the earth for a horrid reason
The medieval period was one of social upheaval, and there is a list of villages, once part of local landscapes across the country, that did not survive one particularly seismic event. The Black Death ...
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The Black Death: what was it, how did it start and what effect has it had?
In subsequent years, further plague epidemics hit the UK, with the worst outbreak since the Black Death beginning in 1665, when London lost around 15% of its population. It's commonly believed ...
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The Black Death was spread by Mongol troops in the Middle East a century before it wiped out half of Britons in the 1300s, new study suggests
In Britain alone, the Black Death wiped out up to half of the population when it struck between 1348 and 1350. But now, new research has found that the plague may actually have been present in ...
Black Death: The Origin Story
How the Black Death entered Europe.
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The Black Death and the Great Plague
The Black Death was a serious disease that killed millions over people around the world over a period of several hundred years. It was named after the colour of the sores that grew under the skin ...
UK police aim to fix 'stop and search' where Black people most affected
London's police force vowed on Thursday to reform its "stop and search" tactic which has seen far more Black people than others halted on streets and been criticised for enabling racism.The ...
Olympic hero Roger Black reveals how close he was to death after life-saving surgery
Roger Black won a bronze and two silver medals across the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, but recently had to undergo open-heart ...
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Oxfordshire prisoner's death being investigated by Ombudsman
The death of a former inmate at an Oxfordshire prison is currently being investigated. An inmate has died after being released from HMP Bullingdon, near Bicester, on September 11, 2023. The ...