For those that can afford them, the large villas at Whitmore Heath offer the tranquillity of the countryside within striking distance of urban centers like
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This Was Village Life in Britain 3,000 Years Ago
Three millenniums ago, a small, prosperous farming community briefly flourished in the freshwater marshes of eastern England. The inhabitants lived in a clutch of thatched
A Russian Village Buries a Soldier, and Tries to Make Sense of the War
A cold wind was blowing across the steppe, but Sapura Kadyrova didn’t see the point in bundling up. She was waiting to greet her son,
Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Pushes Forward, Village by Village
The mission for the Ukrainian unit was to take a single house, in a village that is only a speck on the map but was
Residents of Swiss Village Must Evacuate as Rockslide Poses Threat
The threat of the mountain above the tiny Swiss village of Brienz has loomed for centuries. But state geologists and engineers warned on Tuesday that
Russia’s Wagner Fighters Claim Village Near Bakhmut
Russian forces edged closer to Bakhmut on Sunday, claiming to capture a village on the outskirts of the strategic city in eastern Ukraine as they
The Hunt for Nazi-Buried Treasure in a Dutch Village
In the spring of 1945, a couple of weeks before the liberation of the Netherlands from its Nazi occupiers, five German soldiers buried four ammunition
German Village at Center of a Fight Over Coal and Climate Is Cleared Out
LÜTZERATH, Germany — The fight for Lützerath was long, but the end, when it finally came, was quick. In a matter of days this past
Russian Retreat Reveals Signs of an Atrocity in a Ukrainian Village
PRAVDYNE, Ukraine — First came small pieces of bone. Then a pair of arms tied at the wrists with rope. And then the shovel unearthed
In a Polish Village, Renewed Fears of War Spilling Over From Ukraine
The broader Lubelskie region including Przewodow is now home to over 60,000 Ukrainian refugees, and the shock waves of the blast smashed their newly acquired,