Holly Bishop

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A shopkeeper has scooped up a huge cash prize from The National Lottery and has revealed the first thing she plans to spend her winnings on. Amy Fowler, from Middlesbrough, collected a prize that rewards retailers for their hard work. Fowler owns Arncliffe Stores, an off-licence on West Lane. She and hundreds of other store owners who sell the National Lottery were entered into a draw by Allwyn, the lottery operator.

3 weeks ago | gbnews.com | Holly Bishop

Britain's largest recorded Iron Age gold coin hoard is set to go on permanent display at the Museum of Chelmsford in summer 2026, close to where it was discovered. The Great Baddow Hoard, comprising 933 gold coins found in 2020, has been described by experts as a "nationally significant" and "one-of-a-kind" discovery. The collection, which remained buried for more than 2,000 years, was declared treasure by a coroner after its discovery.

3 weeks ago | gbnews.com | Holly Bishop

A ten-year-old boy has made a remarkable discovery on a Canadian beach, unearthing a shipwreck believed to be nearly 200-years-old with his metal detector. Lucas Atchison was just eight when he found the historic vessel during a family trip to Point Farms Provincial Park near Goderich, Ontario in 2023. "We were on the beach, we got our metal detector out, and as soon as we set it up, ding! It was a spike from the shipwreck," Lucas told reporters.

3 weeks ago | gbnews.com | Holly Bishop

A Magna Carta copy that was bought for just £7 is now believed to be a genuine version and is considered “one of the world’s most valuable documents”, UK academics have said. Harvard Law School Library bought the document from a London book dealers in 1946, where it was described as a “copy… made in 1327… somewhat rubbed and damp-stained”. The institution paid $27.50 for the copy (£7 today). A month earlier, an RAF veteran had sold it to the London book dealers Sweet & Maxwell for £42.

3 weeks ago | gbnews.com | Holly Bishop

Russian warplanes entered Nato airspace in Estonia, triggering an emergency alarm in the Baltic Sea. The violation, which lasted for a minute, has been condemned by Tallinn's Foreign Minister as “very serious” and “not acceptable in any way”. The Russian Sukhoi Su-35 combat jet flew without a flight plan, with its transponders off, and with no radio contact. The breach coincided with Exercise Hedgehog, Estonia’s largest annual military drill involving over 16,000 Nato troops.