Day: March 26, 2025

UK News: More than 800 objects unearthed near Melsonby show the north was ‘definitely not a backwater’ 2,000 years ago

One of the biggest and most important iron age hoards ever found in the UK has been revealed, potentially altering our understanding of life in Britain 2,000 years ago.

More than 800 objects were unearthed in a field near the village of Melsonby, North Yorkshire. They date back to the first century, around the time of the Roman conquest of Britain under Emperor Claudius, and are almost certainly associated with a tribe called the Brigantes who controlled most of northern England. Continue reading…
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University of Worcester – English, Media & Culture
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Regulator finds people spending money on acupuncture and drugs when undergoing IVF or donor insemination

Almost three-quarters of people undergoing fertility treatment in the UK are using “unproven extras” to increase their chances of having a baby, despite little evidence that they work.

The findings, from the UK’s fertility watchdog, mean that about 40,000 people a year wanting to conceive are spending money on acupuncture, supplements and drugs, even though they are largely unproven.

Some patients are facing increasingly long waits for care, of up to two years, especially for NHS fertility treatment.

51% of patients who used donor sperm got it from abroad, where rules on the maximum number of families that can be created by one donor are looser than in the UK.

While 73% of patients are satisfied with their fertility treatment, Asian and black patients are less likely to be satisfied. Continue reading…
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