As the Bayeux Tapestry, one of the treasures of the medieval world, travels to the UK for the first time in 950 years, a stellar cast of historians and experts unravel its secrets.

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It’s been three days since seven people died in a horrific car crash in Middlesbrough - two of them serving police officers.

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A Reform councillor from Wigan has apologised for causing offensive after she posed with a poster bearing an “utterly indefensible” political insult referencing serial paedophile Jimmy Savile.

Production fusing the band’s sixth album and Shakespeare’s masterpiece will open at the Barbican later this year

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Literacy experts say move comes over cost concerns and fears costumes can detract from reading for pleasure Schools in England are moving away from pupils dressing up as their favourite literary characters for World Book Day, with experts telling MPs they feared the costs of costumes undermined efforts to increase reading for pleasure. Jonathan Douglas, chief executive of the National Literacy Trust, said schools were aware of the strains that preparing costumes could place on disadvantaged families, telling MPs on the Commons’ education select committee: “Many schools are incredibly sensitive to that, and are taking away the narrative around dressing-up on World Book Day.” Continue reading...