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Woolworths could be set to return to UK high streets after their former brand director inquired about reviving the shop almost a decade after it collapsed. The retailers collapsed in 2008 after almost 100 years of trade, but former director of the brand Tony Page believes it still has a role in the future. Speaking to the Daily Star, he said: "I am still emotionally attached to it." He has contacted Shop Direct, the company that owns the rights to Woolworths but is not...

A series of stunning medieval carvings believed to have been created by the Knights Templar are proving a hit to tourists deep underneath a bustling town centre. The 800-year-old images were carved into the chalks walls of a deep cave beneath Royston, Herts. Historians believe they depict scenes of the Knights Templar - a band of fighting Christian monks who defended pilgrims to the Holy Land in 12th and 13th centuries. The ancient Royston Cave is known to have been...

A railway record was put on track on Sunday as four trains arrived at the same station for the first time in British history - spanning a whopping FOUR generations. The event celebrated the past, present and future of one of Britain's most iconic pieces of railway - the East Coast Main Line - before arriving at York yesterday. World-famous Flying Scotsman travelled alongside two trains from Virgin Trains' revitalised fleet, an HST (Class 43), an InterCity225 (Class 91), and the...

A man has been arrested near Stansted Airport after being found carrying a RIFLE. Armed police were called following reports of a gunman in possession of a firearm. The man was detained shortly before noon today after a police helicopter was dispatched to Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, The firearm was also recovered close to the scene. A spokesman for Essex Police said: "Officers were called shortly before 11.55 to reports that a man carrying a firearm had been seen in Stansted Mountfitchet....

The world has a waste problem. The amount we throw away, both at home and in the office, far exceeds what is sustainable. Yet, rather than taking significant steps to reduce it, global waste looks set to triple by 2100. Having just endured the hottest year on record, it should be obvious to most of mankind that a solution needs to be found. You might have taken environmentally-conscious steps at home, but when it comes to the workplace, most of...

Today is the first day since the industrial revolution that the UK won't generate any electricity from coal. According to an announcement from the control room at the National Grid the UK's energy mix is set to be coal-free for the next 24 hours for the first time in 135 years. The last coal-fired power station stopped running at 11pm last night, the HuffPost reported, thanks to low energy demand and the availability of alternatives. Jon Ferris of Utilitywise said...

Woolly mammoths were wiped out by a giant space rock... just like the dinosaurs, according to new research. Earth was hit by a comet less than 13,000 years ago... wiping out thousands of people and many large animals including the iconic Ice Age beast, say scientists. A fresh analysis of ancient animal carvings of birds, scorpions and snakes has confirmed the devastating strike that was so bad it triggered a mini ice age that lasted a millennium. The symbols were...

A 12-minute train journey cost a rail passenger more than £1,000 after he refused to pay the fare - of just £5.60. Ben Warrington, 20, didn't have a ticket when he went on the 6.7 mile trip from Narborough to Leicester city centre on November 7 last year. A court heard he refused to pay the fare of just over a fiver and gave a false name and address when he was quizzed by a ticket inspector. Warrington, of Littlethorpe,...

A fire service could become the first to hire on-call staff - that DON'T fight fires. Oxfordshire's new chief fire officer, Simon Furlong, says fire stations could employ staff who will not respond to blazes. He said the 'community safety advocates' could carry out social care home visits, help with NHS patient transport and promote safety campaigns. He stressed the proposal was at a 'very early' stage but said it could be part of wider changes to broaden the role...