All news on the topic: Heritage

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Lewisham councillors reject 802-home tower scheme over shadow on houseboat solar panels
Councillors in south London voted to reject a plan to build 802 homes because the tower block might cast a shadow over nearby houseboats.
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Bath residents demand £3m mega-mansion is torn down over planning breaches
A millionaire property developer is at war with residents who are demanding his mega-mansion is torn down, claiming it was built without any planning permission.
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Japan enlists 1,800 people to move 360-tonne castle tower by hand
Nearly 1,800 people have helped move a 360-tonne Japanese castle keep using ropes and rollers.
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London’s iconic BT Tower to become luxury hotel under £275 million redevelopment
The iconic BT Tower landmark is about to undergo a major transformation which will see it turned into a hotel.
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Car crashes into Shakespeare family home in Stratford-upon-Avon
A 17th-century property associated with William Shakespeare’s family has been damaged after a driver backed into it.
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Painstaking work to conserve Ireland’s oldest paper documents begins
Delicate 650-year-old pages to be preserved are some of the island’s most important historical texts
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UK auction house cancels ’disrespectful’ sale of shrunken heads and skulls
Museums and Indian minister criticised Swan auction house in Oxfordshire over sale of human remains
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Remarkable discovery: Shipwreck in Baltic Sea filled with crates of champagne
Cargo of vessel capsized near Sweden in 19th century also includes mineral water, say Polish divers