All news by author: Rom Preston-Ellis

The 19th Century garment was found boxed up in the back of a drawer at a house in Buckinghamshire and is expected to fetch up to £50,000 at auction.

An 18th century doll wearing a petticoat made from a newspaper article about the brutal murder of a maid has sold for £27,500 - smashing its estimate of £8,000 to £12,000

Rosie is an adult female pygmy marmoset weighing in at just 108g - and she's already developed a crush on her new male companion

The dilapidated building in Pembrokeshire is in need of some love and attention but could be a unique home for the right buyer

Indonesia is building a new capital city on the island of Borneo, as the current one is sinking into the sea and beset with environmental challenges

The Electric Cinema in Birmingham opened back in 1909 after being built out of a converted taxi rank.

The open-faced, key-winded watch - which dates all the way back to 1836 - is engraved with the initials 'CD' as well as with an early pseudonym used by the celebrated author

Courtney Roberts, 21, was travelling on the A483 on the outskirts of Chester last week when she saw what she believes was a dead puma lying in the central reservation.

Vicky Ballinger, 39, was on a sunset stroll with her children when they made the amazing discovery. Stunned Vicky and two of her kids, Lyla and Immy, were 'amazed' to have found a total of eight dinosaur footprints in Bexhill, East Sussex.

Experts have warned of the growing perception that cannabis is harmless, with Germany moving towards decriminalising it. But new research has found that it can cause serious conditions

Liquorice has been used in traditional medicine for centuries and continues to boost health. The plant it comes from, Glycyrrhiza glabra, is native to Western Asia, North Africa, and Southern Europe

The little bull was seen enjoying a swim session with his family in South Africa. Experts say Albinism in African elephants is extremely rare affecting only 1 out of 10,000 births

Researchers used virtual reality to test the ability of 100 asymptomatic adults to determine and maintain a route from one place to another with compelling results

The large snake dropped out of the furniture as it was being prepped by Cunninghame Furniture Recycling in Irvine, North Ayrshire, who save unwanted furniture from landfill

The beach hut featured on the 2023 series of Britain's Best Beach Huts with Jay Blades and Laura Jackson. Located on the Hampshire coast, it's now on the market for £69,999

Milo the elderly Labrador was found walking on a roadside in a poor physical state and while his original owners have been traced they say they don't want him back

Alissa Barton and Lara Norbury say did not spot any fungus when they moved into the property. But once one appeared then many more "bloomed so quickly" - they've now moved out

Bow the cocker spaniel was found trapped in a bramble-filled railway embankment roughly about a mile away from where she went missing from her owner Jodie Dance

Oliver Taylor, now aged three, was classed as clinically malnourished and dehydrated at two-years-old. Throughout 2023, he spent the night being fed for 10 hours hooked up to machines, along with four hours during the day.

Work has begun creating Wildfox Resort in the Afan Valley, Wales. It will spread across 132 hectares with activities such as wild swimming, mountain biking, hiking, canyoning and bouldering

"If you want to see two t**ts hiking, keep watching," they joked in a TikTok video of their experience climbing Pen y Fan in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) which has now gone viral

An oil slick off the south coast has led to 15 birds being rescued by the RSPCA as they fear more wildlife could be at risk - local experts say they have never seen anything like it before

Mike Fisher, 90, is still averaging a hattrick every game following a footballing career which began 75 years ago in 1949

Felix the cat was finally discovered after her owner Joanne Keir heard the moggy 'miaowing' and followed the noise to a boarded-up house three doors down in Hartlepool, County Durham

Lord of the Rings star Cate Blanchett is building the 'eco-home' with her husband Andrew Upton in Mawgan Porth, Cornwall. Neighbours are furious by the disruption caused by the work