Early human ancestors came close to eradication in a severe evolutionary bottleneck between 800,000 and 900,000 years ago, according to scientists. A genomics analysis of more than 3,000 living people suggested that our ancestors’ total population plummeted to about 1,280 breeding individuals for a»»»

A woman who fought for a payout following a car crash she claimed had left her disabled lost the case after she was caught undertaking a 'strenuous' four-hour waterfall walk and volunteering at a music festival. Claire Thomas from Merthyr Tydfil was found to have been 'fundamentally dishonest' abou»»»

LONDON: An attempt to smuggle a 2,000-year-old Iranian carving into the UK was thwarted recently when the item was seized by authorities at a British airport. The treasure, a large fragment from a Sasanian rock relief, depicts a male figure and appears to have been gouged from a cliff face in Iran »»»

DEVASTATED members of the travelling community have lined the streets to say farewell to a toddler who died of cancer. Little Porsha-Nevaeh Williams, three, from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, was laid to rest on Thursday afternoon after a cortege including a horse-drawn carriage travelled from her home. P»»»

How the UK’s nomadic communities struggle to make a home amidst foul smells, bad air quality, dust, noise and vermin. Kathleenanne Boswell walks around the densely packed Mary Street Caravan site in Bradford, Yorkshire, where she has lived all her life. “We have a big problem with rats, a really bi»»»