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Scottish Sun
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
BBC schedule shake up as string of hit shows taken off air this week
Fan favourite shows will disappear off the TV guide this week gone missing BBC schedule shake up as string of hit shows taken off air this week Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A SCHEDULE shake up on BBC2 this week will see a string of hit shows taken off air. A number of viewers' favourite programmes have been cancelled. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 1 King Charles with David Beckham at the Chelsea Flower Show on Monday Credit: Reuters It's to make way for the coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show which airs every night at 8pm. That means Only Connect, Digging for Britain and Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing will all be off air. RHS Chelsea Flower Show is the pinnacle of the gardening calendar, from Sunday, May 18 through to May 25. It is hailed as a celebration of horticultural excellence, sustainability, and creative garden design. This year's coverage features an all-star presenting line-up with some exciting new additions. From Monday to Friday on BBC One and iPlayer from 2pm, Nicki Chapman and Angellica Bell offer practical take-home gardening tips. Every evening on BBC2 and iPlayer from 8pm, Monty Don, Rachel de Thame, and Arit Anderson offer expert insights from Carol Klein, Frances Tophill, and more. Then on May 23 on BBC One and iPlayer from 7:30pm there is a special evening programme hosted by Sophie Raworth and Adam Frost. This weekend, on Saturday May 24 and Sunday May 25 on BBC One, the end-of-week highlights will air with and reflections on BBC Two and iPlayer from 5.25pm. Plus, Radio 2's The Scott Mills Breakfast Show will be live from Chelsea Flower Show on 19 May as he officially unveils the The RHS and BBC Radio 2 Dog Garden live on the station and BBC Sounds.
The Irish Sun
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
BBC schedule shake up as string of hit shows taken off air this week
A SCHEDULE shake up on BBC2 this week will see a string of hit shows taken off air. A number of viewers' favourite programmes have been cancelled. Advertisement 1 King Charles with David Beckham at the Chelsea Flower Show on Monday Credit: Reuters It's to make way for the coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show which airs every night at 8pm. That means Only Connect, Digging for Britain and Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing will all be off air. RHS Chelsea Flower Show is the pinnacle of the gardening calendar, from Sunday, May 18 through to May 25. It is hailed as a celebration of horticultural excellence, sustainability, and creative garden design. Advertisement READ MORE ON BBC This year's coverage features an all-star presenting line-up with some exciting new additions. From Monday to Friday on BBC One and iPlayer from 2pm, Nicki Chapman and Angellica Bell offer practical take-home gardening tips. Every evening on BBC2 and iPlayer from 8pm, Monty Don, Rachel de Thame, and Arit Anderson offer expert insights from Carol Klein, Frances Tophill, and more. Then on May 23 on BBC One and iPlayer from 7:30pm there is a special evening programme hosted by Sophie Raworth and Adam Frost. Advertisement Most read in News TV Exclusive This weekend, on Saturday May 24 and Sunday May 25 on BBC One, the end-of-week highlights will air with and reflections on BBC Two and iPlayer from 5.25pm . Plus, Radio 2's The Scott Mills Breakfast Show will be live from Chelsea Flower Show on 19 May as he officially unveils the The RHS and BBC Radio 2 Dog Garden live on the station and BBC Sounds. David Beckham meets with King Charles at Chelsea Flower Show
BBC News
05-03-2025
- General
- BBC News
Roman cemetery found at Peterborough roadworks site 'unique'
Archaeologists who excavated a Roman cemetery say it is "unique" due to the range of different types of burial and grave goods, including bracelets buried with young dig team has been showing the BBC some of the jewellery discovered at the site at Wansford, near Peterborough, where the A47 is being personal treasures of those buried have been provisionally dated to the late Roman Britain period (3rd-4th Centuries), and include a solid stone coffin containing a corpse set in Archaeology's Jessica Lowther said further investigation of the artefacts would help "answer questions about those that lived here". One of the significant finds is jewellery found in the grave of the child, who was believed to have been about five years old, giving a possible indication of their wealth and high team said it was still unclear what community the cemetery served, as no evidence of other settlement buildings had been found in the immediate Machin, senior specialist at Headland, said the team had been studying the finds at their base at Silsoe in Bedfordshire."It's a collection of bracelets all found with the same child. What it tells us is what people thought about them and what they thought was appropriate to go into the grave," she said."It's a little picture of the community and how they were burying their people."The collection in the child's grave is similar to another grave and suggests a connection." Ms Machin said they could use DNA to establish links."Looking at skeletons we will be able to find out if they are related and what relationships there might be with the rest of the population," she said. The solid stone coffin, or sarchophagus, weighed the same as a small caravan, and featured in the latest series of the BBC's Digging for Britain programme. It was made of Ancaster stone, so the team said it might have been transported 30 miles south from the Lincolnshire village that gives its name to that type of stone, indicating the high status of the person buried in it. Ms Lowther said its lid was made using Barnack stone, which is local to the Peterborough area, therefore it was possible the original lid may have been broken and this was a replacement."This is how we tell stories about people that lived everyday lives. We don't [always] have history books written about us, but archaeology can tell us those stories," she said. She added that the different burial practices in such a small area made the cemetery "unique". These included:the solid stone coffin containing the gypsuma cist burial - using separate slabs of stone forming a coffincremationsgoods placed at both the heads or feet of the skeletondecapitated skeletonsiron nails, suggesting wooden coffins, since decomposed Chris Griffin, National Highways programme lead for the A47 project, said the finds would add to the tapestry of knowledge about the area, including the discovery of a small section of Roman road nearby, which the stone coffin may have been transported on."It's fascinating that we found a Roman road while we were building a road. Isn't that just great? "We didn't know that the road was there but the find shows us how important the A1 and A47 has been, going back to Roman times."Ms Lowther said: "Transporting the gypsum coffin at all would have been a major feat with lifting and manoeuvring, but then to add 30 miles of journey is quite a lot."Pulling the cart on a Roman road, which would have acted a little bit like a cobbled street, would not have been the smoothest." Ms Machin said it was "early stages" in piecing together information about how long the site was in use for burials, its place in the surrounding landscape and the stories of the individuals laid to rest there."What we have got now are all clues. Now we have a huge list of questions and we're moving on to the next stage to see how many answers we can get," she of the items are currently available for the public to see, and Headland said it was too early in the process for any decisions to be made about putting things on reports of all the archaeology found will be uploaded to Peterborough's Historic Environment Record, the team said. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
15-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Roman coin moulds used for forgeries go on display
Coin moulds which were used for counterfeiting money during Roman times are to go on display in a West Yorkshire museum. The moulds were discovered at Ackton Meadows in Castleford and are thought to date to about AD260 when the Roman world was undergoing a period of political instability and coins were in short supply. Hannah Appleyard, Wakefield Council's cabinet member for culture, leisure and sport, said the moulds would add to the wealth of Roman history on show at Castleford Museum. "This latest find paints a fascinating story of life in our district almost 2,000 years ago. They'll have pride of place alongside the other Roman artefacts in Castleford so people can find out more," she said. "It's very important to preserve our archaeological heritage for future generations to enjoy. "So, we'll be working with the West Yorkshire Archive Service to protect and categorise these new discoveries." The find was uncovered during an excavation by West Yorkshire Archaeological Services ahead of the construction of a new housing development. Speaking on BBC Two's Digging for Britain, excavation manager Dave Williams said the site probably formed part of a settlement on the outskirts of Roman Castleford. He said: "We knew very little about the site before we started. We put some trenches in and that started turning up archaeological features with Roman pottery in them." In the first century AD, the Roman army set up camp on the River Aire and built a fort called Lagentium, on which modern-day Castleford is built. Roman coin moulds have been found in the area before, according to Wakefield Council. More than 300 moulds, dated to around AD238, were found at Lingwell near Wakefield between 1695 and 1830. Many of these are featured in the Castleford Museum collection, which also includes Roman coins found in Castleford during excavations in the 1980s. Some of the earliest coins were made of bronze and then coated in silver to make them look like solid silver. Coin expert Murray Andrews told Digging for Britain that the method found on site was a standard way of making counterfeit coins. He said: "It's often a way of making more valuable coins out of less valuable materials. Counterfeiting was a crime in the Roman empire and punishable by crucifixion. "It's a time in which there's hyperinflation and prices are rising so people use fakes and copies instead." Many other examples of Roman coin moulds have been found in neighbouring South Yorkshire, suggesting there was a regional black market industry, according to Wakefield Council. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here. 'Glitz and glamour' of marbles contest celebrated Museum to stay open as council budget finalised Plans for new museum and art gallery approved Castleford Museum
BBC News
15-02-2025
- General
- BBC News
Castleford Roman coin moulds go on display at museum
Coin moulds which were used for counterfeiting money during Roman times are to go on display in a West Yorkshire moulds were discovered at Ackton Meadows in Castleford and are thought to date to about AD260 when the Roman world was undergoing a period of political instability and coins were in short Appleyard, Wakefield Council's cabinet member for culture, leisure and sport, said the moulds would add to the wealth of Roman history on show at Castleford Museum."This latest find paints a fascinating story of life in our district almost 2,000 years ago. They'll have pride of place alongside the other Roman artefacts in Castleford so people can find out more," she said. "It's very important to preserve our archaeological heritage for future generations to enjoy."So, we'll be working with the West Yorkshire Archive Service to protect and categorise these new discoveries." The find was uncovered during an excavation by West Yorkshire Archaeological Services ahead of the construction of a new housing on BBC Two's Digging for Britain, excavation manager Dave Williams said the site probably formed part of a settlement on the outskirts of Roman said: "We knew very little about the site before we started. We put some trenches in and that started turning up archaeological features with Roman pottery in them."In the first century AD, the Roman army set up camp on the River Aire and built a fort called Lagentium, on which modern-day Castleford is built. 'Fakes and copies' Roman coin moulds have been found in the area before, according to Wakefield than 300 moulds, dated to around AD238, were found at Lingwell near Wakefield between 1695 and of these are featured in the Castleford Museum collection, which also includes Roman coins found in Castleford during excavations in the of the earliest coins were made of bronze and then coated in silver to make them look like solid silver. Coin expert Murray Andrews told Digging for Britain that the method found on site was a standard way of making counterfeit said: "It's often a way of making more valuable coins out of less valuable materials. Counterfeiting was a crime in the Roman empire and punishable by crucifixion."It's a time in which there's hyperinflation and prices are rising so people use fakes and copies instead."Many other examples of Roman coin moulds have been found in neighbouring South Yorkshire, suggesting there was a regional black market industry, according to Wakefield to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
