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The tiny village once named ‘most picturesque’ in Scotland that’s even featured in famous TV show

The tiny village once named ‘most picturesque’ in Scotland that’s even featured in famous TV show

A QUAINT Scottish village once crowned the 'most picturesque' in the country is the perfect staycation destination - and it’s even featured in a hit TV show. With a stunning royal palace and scenic walking trails that date back to the Victorian...

Disappeared Scientist Discovered in Antarctica after 66 Years

Disappeared Scientist Discovered in Antarctica after 66 Years

Ecology Glacier, where the remains of Dennis Bell were found. Credit: Acaro / CC BY-SA 3.0 The remains of a British researcher who fell into a crevasse over six decades ago have been recovered on King George Island, bringing closure to one of...

Body of scientist lost in 1959 found in Antarctica

Body of scientist lost in 1959 found in Antarctica

The remains of an Antarctic researcher who went missing in 1959 have finally been found. A team from the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station uncovered the body of Dennis “Tink” Bell among rocks exposed by a receding glacier. Bell was a...

Why This British Military Plane Is Repeatedly Flying Over California & Arizona

Why This British Military Plane Is Repeatedly Flying Over California & Arizona

A British Airbus A400M turboprop airlifter has been seen flying repeated missions over California and Arizona in mid-2025. This is the same aircraft seen in the 2015 movie Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, where Tom Cruise is seen performing a...

Dame Steve Shirley, from Kindertransport to the Rich List

Dame Steve Shirley, from Kindertransport to the Rich List

Long before flexible working, job shares and working from home entered the employment lexicon, they were the norm at F International (FI). The computer software company was founded as Freelance Programmers in 1962 by Stephanie “Steve” Shirley, a...

Briton’s remains recovered from Antarctic glacier after 66 years

Briton’s remains recovered from Antarctic glacier after 66 years

The remains of a British researcher have been discovered in Antarctica, 66 years after a desperate effort to rescue him from a deep crevasse ended in tragedy. Dennis “Tink” Bell, who was 25, was found by a Polish research team among rocks exposed...

Receding Antarctic glacier reveals body of…

Receding Antarctic glacier reveals body of…

A receding glacier in Antarctica has revealed the remains of a researcher who died nearly seven decades ago. A Polish team found the body of Dennis "Tink" Bell among rocks that were exposed by the receding glacier, according to the British...

Frozen remains of Brit adventurer, 25, lost in Antarctic are finally found after he vanished nearly 60 years ago

Frozen remains of Brit adventurer, 25, lost in Antarctic are finally found after he vanished nearly 60 years ago

THE remains of a Brit researcher who died in Antarctica have been discovered nearly six decades after a tragic accident. Dennis “Tink” Bell, at the time 25, fell into a crevasse during an Antarctic mission - leaving his devastated family unable to...

British man who perished in Antarctic glacier found 65 years later

British man who perished in Antarctic glacier found 65 years later

Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondent ShareSave Dennis Bell was on a two-year assignment in Antarctica The bones of a British man who died in a terrible accident in Antarctica in 1959 have been discovered in a melting glacier. The...

British Meteorologist’s Remains Recovered 66 Years Later from Antarctic Glacier

British Meteorologist’s Remains Recovered 66 Years Later from Antarctic Glacier

AFP-Jiji 17:36 JST, August 20, 2025 LONDON (AFP-Jiji) — The remains of a British meteorologist who died in an Antarctic expedition in 1959 have been recovered six decades later from a glacier, the British Antarctic Survey said on Aug. 11. They...

British Explorer Dennis Bell, Lost In Antarctica Since 1959, Found In Glacier

British Explorer Dennis Bell, Lost In Antarctica Since 1959, Found In Glacier

The body of British explorer Dennis Bell, aged 25, who went missing in Antarctica 65 years ago, was found inside a melting glacier, ending an incredible mystery that had lasted for decades. Bell, a meteorologist with the Falkland Islands...

Dennis Bell Antarctica Mystery Solved: Remains Found After 66 Years on Glacier - Who Is He And What Was He Doing There?

Dennis Bell Antarctica Mystery Solved: Remains Found After 66 Years on Glacier - Who Is He And What Was He Doing There?

The remains of British meteorologist Dennis 'Tink' Bell, who disappeared in Antarctica in 1959, have been discovered on a receding glacier more than six decades later. The find was made by a Polish research team after melting ice revealed bones...

Remains of British man who died in Antarctica found in melting glacier 66 years later

Remains of British man who died in Antarctica found in melting glacier 66 years later

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Voices: No, Kemi Badenoch – housing asylum seekers in tents won’t solve our immigration problem

Voices: No, Kemi Badenoch – housing asylum seekers in tents won’t solve our immigration problem

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

5 Of The Newest British-Made Jet Fighters, Ranked By Top Speed

5 Of The Newest British-Made Jet Fighters, Ranked By Top Speed

The story of the jet in British military aviation is often overshadowed. England deployed the Allied powers' first and only jet fighter during World War II. The Gloster Meteor made its operational debut in July 1944 — the same month the...

Antarctic glacier melt reveals remains of Briton who died in 1959 accident

Antarctic glacier melt reveals remains of Briton who died in 1959 accident

The remains of a British man who died in an accident in Antarctica 66 years ago have been discovered in a melting glacier alongside ski poles, a pipe and a watch. Dennis “Tink” Bell fell into a crevasse in 1959 while working for the Falkland...

TGP EXCLUSIVE: British Author Andrew Lownie in a Q&A About ‘Entitled’, His Blockbuster Biography of Scandalous Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson That Is Rocking the Royal Family

TGP EXCLUSIVE: British Author Andrew Lownie in a Q&A About ‘Entitled’, His Blockbuster Biography of Scandalous Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson That Is Rocking the Royal Family

Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson are shown in their larger-than-life scandalous life. British author Andrew Lownie was born in November 1961. He has a master’s degree and doctorate from the University of Edinburgh, and is a Fellow of the Royal...

The tragic story of the warrah wolf, a species too friendly to survive

The tragic story of the warrah wolf, a species too friendly to survive

Art by John Gerrard Keulemans. When English sailors landed on the treeless shores of the Falkland Islands in 1690, they didn’t expect to be greeted by a wolf. Yet there it was: bushy-tailed, golden-eyed, and utterly unafraid. It padded right up to...

Test Arena Operations Kick Off in Norway with First Flight of All-Electric ALIA Aircraft

Demonstration flights conducted by Bristow Norway AS and BETA Technologies through the Test Arena established by Avinor and CAA Norway are designed to evaluate use cases and routes for zero- and low-emission aviation in the Nordic region Bristow...

Our lame-duck £1BILLION destroyer that won't be heading over to help Kyiv... due to its record

Our lame-duck £1BILLION destroyer that won't be heading over to help Kyiv... due to its record

By MARK NICOL, DEFENCE EDITOR Published: 19:12 EDT, 19 August 2025 | Updated: 19:47 EDT, 19 August 2025 While British warships are poised to defend Ukrainian waters a £1billion destroyer has been ruled out due to its maintenance record. HMS Daring...

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