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The Galloway Hoard returns to Dumfries and Galloway

One of the most important UK archaeological finds of the century will go on display at Kirkcudbright Galleries, near where it was found in Balmaghie, in 2014.

8 Oct

Letters found by Cumbria academic shed new light on Ukraine 'terror famine'

It's been hailed as a significant breakthrough in discovering the truth behind the Holodomor genocide, which caused around 7 million deaths in the early 1930s.

22 Sept

Volunteers start at project to uncover Roman bathhouse in Carlisle

They are working on a dig at Carlisle Cricket Club, which was first uncovered in 2017.

31 Aug

Lottery funding secured to unearth more of Carlisle's Roman treasures

Dumfriesshire museum at site of world's first savings bank will not close

Secrets of Viking-age Galloway Hoard revealed as it goes on public display

Plans to close world's first savings bank museum 'devastating for local area'

Dorothée Pullinger: Why was she so important for women's equality?

When will the 'Galloway Hoard' be displayed in Kirkcudbright?

Bells of village church chime after decades gathering dust

'Historically significant' Viking hoard to return to Kirkcudbright

A rare look inside Carlisle's historic Citadel buildings

'Lost' medieval bridge discovered in Borders is oldest in Scotland

History of British tattoos told in new Tullie House exhibition

Pre-Raphaelite exhibition kicks off at Tullie House museum