Archaeology: Statue of Roman emperor Constantine the Great reunited with digit missing for 500 years

A giant bronze statue of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great has been reunited with a finger that it lost some 500 years ago. Held in the Capitoline Museums of Rome, remains of the 39ft colossus include a head as tall as a man, a damaged left hand and the sphere it once bore. In 2018, … Read more

Teenager missed out on £178m EuroMillions jackpot when ALL of her numbers were out by ONE digit 

A teenager missed out on the chance of joining Britain’s biggest EuroMillions winners when all the numbers on her ticket were just one digit away from the winning numbers. Marketing apprentice Tayla Octave, 19, from south east London, purchased a lucky dip ticket for last Friday’s mega draw but could not believe her bad luck … Read more

Teenager missed out on £178m EuroMillions jackpot when ALL of her numbers were out by ONE digit 

A teenager missed out on the chance of joining Britain’s biggest EuroMillions winners when all the numbers on her ticket were just one digit away from the winning numbers. Marketing apprentice Tayla Octave, 19, from south east London, purchased a lucky dip ticket for last Friday’s mega draw but could not believe her bad luck … Read more

Will the coronavirus crash lead to a double digit inflation spike?

Will the coronavirus crash ultimately lead to a huge spike in inflation? With consumer prices inflation having plunged to 0.8 per cent in April, you could be forgiven for thinking a suggestion of a return to the bad old days of high inflation is wrongheaded. And it’s certainly true that pressing the pause button on … Read more