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BBC News Published media captionHadrian's Wall and Stonehenge are in better shape, says Offa's Dyke Association The United Kingdom's longest ancient monument has been damaged by "centuries of gradual benign neglect", says an association fighting to preserve it. A fund has started to help preserve the 8th Century Offa's Dyke earthwork. Offa's Dyke has "a lot of catching up to do" compared with other monuments like Hadrian's Wall and Stonehenge, according to its association chairman. Dave McGlade said the 177 mile (285 km) monument on the Wales-England border is a "sensitive archaeological land...

VANDALISM to a centuries old, historic piece of land bordering Wales and England has prompted conservation groups and government bodies to join forces in an attempt to secure its fragile existence. Offa’s Dyke – an earthwork monument – was built in the late 8th century by the Anglo-Saxon King of Mercia, Offa. Stretching from Flintshire to Gloucestershire, it roughly follows the border between Wales and England and, today, about 80 miles of the monument survive in varying states of preservation and condition. The Offa’s Dyke Path itself runs for 177 miles between Prestatyn and ...

WELSH rock star Mike Peters is gearing up for the Euro 2020 campaign as Wales face Switzerland on Saturday evening.

VANDALISM to a centuries old, historic piece of land bordering Wales and England has prompted conservation groups and government bodies to join…

Best buds: Guy Kennaway and Hussein Sharif Credit:  Craig Easton When Guy Kennaway found himself sitting next to Hussein Sharif at a family event five years ago, they were pretty much each other’s idea of a nightmare dining companion. They had nothing in common. Kennaway, now 63, a white, well off, rather overweight Tory, was an established author of several books. Sharif, now 25, a Left-wing, black Muslim, born in Kenya of Somali parents, who moved here aged seven, was living in a council house in Tottenham with his mother and had dropped out of university. ‘I’ve never met anyone like...