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Map shows how Aboriginal Australians used ‘migration superhighways’ on ancient continent of Sahul

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Fascinating map shows how Aboriginal Australians used ‘migration superhighways’ as they travelled south across ancient continent of Sahul First-of-its-kind map has documented intricate routes used by Aboriginal tribes Supercomputer in the US used geological data to calculate most likely routes Researchers said computer worked through more than 125billion possibilities Sources of water and prominent landmarks … Read more

Elizabethan era map of London featuring Tower of London discovered in house clearance

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One of the earliest known maps of London has been found during a routine house clearance. The fascinating engraved plan of the capital of England dates from the time of Queen Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare. The handmade map shows how the city looked in the 1570s when it would have had a population of … Read more

Is this the oldest map in Europe? Stone slab with markings made 4,000 years ago shows part of France

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Is this the oldest map in Europe? Giant stone slab with markings etched 4,000 years ago depicts a region of France during the Bronze Age A stone slab forgotten for a century has been deemed the oldest map in Europe The stone slab dates back to some 4,000 years ago during the Bronze Age  It … Read more

Labour MP Claudia Webbe is ridiculed online after claim about map showing African colonies in 1884

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A Labour MP has been left red-faced after claiming a map of colonial Africa ‘has been hidden from you all your life’ – despite it being taught in schools. Claudia Webbe triggered a Twitter storm when she posted a shot of the continent carved up between European empires in the 19th century. The Leicester East MP, … Read more

How many people are STILL furloughed in your area? ONS map reveals the areas where most are off work

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How many people are STILL furloughed in your area? ONS map reveals the areas of the UK where most people have been off work in the latest lockdown By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 11:12 BST, 30 March 2021 | Updated: 12:17 BST, 30 March 2021 A new interactive map sheds new light … Read more

How many people are STILL furloughed in your area? ONS map reveals the areas where most are off work

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How many people are STILL furloughed in your area? ONS map reveals the areas of the UK where most people have been off work in the latest lockdown By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 11:12 BST, 30 March 2021 | Updated: 11:12 BST, 30 March 2021 A new interactive map sheds new light … Read more

Ministers map out Liberty Steel rescue plan

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The Government is preparing to trigger an emergency plan to save 5,000 British jobs in the event of a collapse of Sanjeev Gupta’s steel business.  Gupta, founder of Liberty Steel and its vast parent company GFG Alliance, wrote to Government officials on Thursday in a desperate bid to secure a £170million bailout from taxpayers.  Troubles … Read more

Geology experts map ‘hidden’ continent near Australia that sank 23m years ago

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Mapping Zealandia: Scientists are exploring the sea floor off the coast of Australia in the hopes of unravelling the mystery of Earth’s ‘hidden’ eighth continent that sank into the sea 23 million years ago The ‘lost’ continent of Zealandia was first identified by geologists back in 2014 Australian and US experts mapped the depths across Zealandia’s … Read more

Drones drafted in to wage war on beach litter as council uses them to create real-time map of waste

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Drones are drafted in to wage war on beach litter as local council uses eye-in-the-sky to create real-time map of waste hotspots  Drones are being used by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council The aim it to speed up the council’s response to rubbish left behind by visitors  The Daily Mail helping to launch Keep Britain … Read more

Drones drafted in to wage war on beach litter as council uses them to create real-time map of waste

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Drones are drafted in to wage war on beach litter as local council uses eye-in-the-sky to create real-time map of waste hotspots  Drones are being used by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council The aim it to speed up the council’s response to rubbish left behind by visitors  The Daily Mail helping to launch Keep Britain … Read more