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Ancient tree rings reveal the hidden reason Rome’s grip on Britain failed
In the spring of 367 CE, Roman Britain was besieged from all sides and by all kinds of forces. Harvests shriveled. Soldiers ...
Chilling moment farmer crushed to death against wall by cows he was feeding
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A farmer in China has been crushed to death after one of the cows he was feeding repeatedly ...
Ancient oak tree cut down by Toby Carvery
The cutting down of an ancient oak in north London was ordered on health and safety grounds by the pub chain that owns Toby ...
Council leader ‘outraged’ by Toby Carvery felling ancient oak without permission
The cutting down of the tree has been compared to that of the landmark Sycamore Gap tree next to Hadrian’s Wall in ...
Toby Carvery blasted as ancient oak tree near restaurant car park is hacked down
Toby Carvery is owned by Mitchells & Butlers, which said it employed contractors to cut the oak tree near the Whitewebbs ...
Severe drought helped bring about 'barbarian' invasion of Roman Britain
"A sequence of severe summer droughts from 364 to 366 not only contributed to prolonged harvest failures and food shortages, ...
Extreme drought contributed to barbarian invasion of late Roman Britain, tree-ring study reveals
Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman ...
Seeing the wood for the trees: Why we shouldn’t mourn every felled oak
Trees are emotive, as the furore over the Toby Carvery oak and the Sycamore gap prove. But a political obsession with ...