Hadrian’s Wall (Vallum Aulium) was a defensive fortification in Roman Britannia that ran 73 miles (116km) from Mais at the Solway Firth on the Irish Sea to the banks of the River Tyne at Segedunum at Wallsend in the North Sea.
The purpose of the walls construction varies, some theories by archaeologists suggest that it was an expression of Rome’s power to solidify Hadrian’s policy of defence. On Hadrian’s accession to the throne in AD 117, there was unrest in parts of the Empire, including Judea, Libya, Egypt, and Mauretania which may have persuaded Hadrian to strengthen frontier borders.
North and South unite in fury at Boris s ridiculous lockdown: Review plunges swathe of Tory-voting home counties into brutal Tier 3 while denying Manchester and Kent downgrade in kick in the teeth leaving 38m people - 68% of England - under top curbs
Matt Hancock has unveiled updated tier allocations after the first review of the controversial arrangements
Swathe of Tory heartlands in the home counties are now being plunged into the highest Tier 3 restrictions
Most areas remain in their current tiers when new allocations come into force at midnight Saturday morning
NHS leaders had urge Boris Johnson to exercise extreme caution over moving areas down in the tier system
Infection rates are rising across the UK and officials expected to be heavy-handed with pre-Christmas tiers
MPs are calling for less-affected rural areas to get looser rules than the harder hit towns they surround
Kent MP Tom Tugendhat described Covid-19 as an urban and metropolitan sickness rather than a rural one
Over 34million people living in Tier Three in England, now with London and parts of Essex and Hertfordshire
NHS chiefs tell Boris Johnson NO areas should be dropped from Tier Three to Two in today s review despite threat of RIOTS as rates plunge in some locked down regions - after new cases across UK rose 50 per cent in a week
NHS leaders urge Boris Johnson to exercise extreme caution over moving areas down in the tier system
Most areas are expected to remain in their current tiers as part of a new review which took place last night
Review, chaired by Health Secretary Matt Hancock, began last night and will be reported to Parliament today
Areas of Oxfordshire, East and West Sussex, Brighton and Hove and Northampton have seen rise in infections