8 d. ago Best tests: Driving test centres with highest pass rates revealed

Learner drivers wanting to pass their practical driving test should make a beeline for the Isles of Scilly and Scotland according to official figures which show the test centres with the highest pass rates.

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1 week ago New Tube map celebrates London's grassroots music venues and history

Map reimagines Underground lines as different aspects of London’s musical heritage, with stops highlighting venues, nightclubs and record shops

Culture

1 week ago A brief history of the Piccadilly line in four forgotten maps

A brief history of the Piccadilly line in four forgotten maps  Richmond & Twickenham Times

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2 w. ago Historic route maps hidden for decades at Victoria station restored for 200th anniversary of rail

Ceramic route maps showcased London Brighton & South Coast Railway

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2 w. ago Inside ‘picture perfect’ Scottish home with stunning country views, a garden office and boat shed

A stunning family home in the Scottish countryside has come on the market, and it looks like something from a film.

Society

3 w. ago A grizzly bear comeback in California? An old dream gets new legs

A feasibility report using historical maps and ecological data is raising excitement: ‘It would be a slow process’On the eve of the gold rush, California was teeming with grizzly bears – as many as 10,000 of them. They were so popular that the Bear Flag Republic – a short-lived attempt by a group of US settlers to break away from Mexico in 1846 – used the animals as their mascot; an image that still adorns California’s flag.But by the mid-1920s, the bears were all gone. The last documented sighting of a grizzly bear in California was in the spring of 1924 in Sequoia national park, a lonesome bear wandering among the trees. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Archaeological project maps historic boat sheds on Isles of Scilly

‘Pilot gigs’ were crucial for islanders for centuries and 90 important sites housing the boats have been identifiedSwift, streamlined boats for centuries helped save lives and move people and goods around the treacherous waters of the Isles of Scilly.An archaeological project has highlighted just how crucial the agile, tough “pilot gigs” were for islanders by mapping 90 sites of sheds that housed the boats, the earliest believed to date back to the 17th century. Continue reading...

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