of a much bigger roman villa complex from the third or fourth centuries. excavations were carried out this summer in a farmer s field in rutland, but the discovery was made in 2020 by the farmer s son, jim irvine. it was amazing, really. i mean, the level of preservation. he found some pottery fragments, then checked satellite imagery and noticed the outline of what looked like ancient buildings. and this is the the mosaics in this section, all of this. so the family came back on a sunny day with some spades and started digging. you can only tell so much from a map and from some crop marks. until you actually dig a hole, you don t really know what s in it, so that was a good day out. we didn t really know what we had. so i expanded the hole up a bit until we came across what was obviously rare roman mosaic tiles, at which point things went a bit silent in the group and we realised what we had. late roman pottery gives us a date of third, fourth century ad. the university of l
are again being asked to work from home where possible as part of a tightening of covid measures. northern ireland has the highest infection rate in the uk, and it s been climbing in recent days, with ministers at stormont saying that hospital admissions are up and will increase further in the coming weeks. scotland s first minister today said the vaccine passport system for entry to hospitality venues would not be extended, as cases there have fallen slightly. but all four uk nations are on alert in the face of rising covid numbers across europe. our health editor hugh pym reports. there s a stronger message on working from home in northern ireland, so businesses like this restaurant in belfast fear they ll lose out, with fewer people going into the city centre each day. we ve worked really hard, and now it seems to be that people are cancelling. we re getting all of our stock in, getting ready. we have all of our staff organised, and unfortunately now, it may not look like
the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, and the leader of the scottish conservatives, douglas ross, have been on a joint visit to a drugs recovery group in what they call a united effort to tackle the country s growing drugs problem. figures show a record number of drug related deaths for the seventh year in succession. scotland has by far the highest rate of deaths related to drugs of any country in europe. our scotland editor sarah smith reports. drug abuse is killing more than 25 people a week in scotland and ruining the lives of many, many more. the figures are the worst in europe. were you worried ryan would end up in a long prison spell? yeah, aye. either prison or take his own life, i d say. john s son struggled with life threatening drug addiction for years, in trouble with the law, yet the family couldn t access rehab treatment until a charity, the amy winehouse foundation, volunteered to pay for it. he was begging for help. it was really frustrating. i wa
the number of people who died in england while detained under the mental health act rose during the coronavirus pandemic, according to early figures from the watchdog, the care quality commission. it comes amid concerns that staffing shortages are compromising patient safety. one of those who took his own life after being sectioned was teenager charlie millers, who died at the end of last year. patrick baker spoke to his mother and a warning his report contains flashing images. after struggling with his mental health throughout most of his teenage years, 17 year old charlie millers became increasingly unwell during the second half of 2020. he went downhill in thejuly time. he was then sectioned. charlie spent the next few months in and out of the mental health unit at prestwich hospital in manchester. in early december last year, he returned to the ward following a night at home. i dropped him off at quarter to eight at night. he was in really good spirits and then i got
around to start the day, and quite a lot of cloud, this will be the mildest day, i suspect, of the coming week. highs of nine or ten only. wednesday, thursday, a bit like the weekend, they will drive a weather front down through the british isles. as it makes its progress, those isobarsjust crank their way around towards the north and north west again. and thursday after a chilly start, it will be another pretty cold day. ijust want to show you the range of temperatures as we see them for the forthcoming days into next weekend. no signs of any mild weather, as i say, by night, the frost will be a bit more widespread than we have seen them so far this week. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. ole gunnar solskjaer has been sacked as manchester united s manager, after senior figures at the club met last night. fires and fighting on the streets of the hague lockdown protesters clash with dutch police in a second night of violence. in the uk, an investigation is being launche