Revelatory new DNA analysis has suggested that people with Nordic heritage could be found in Britain centuries before the vikings first arrived. According to this new analysis, the Nordic presence ...

The Vikings were not all bloodthirsty raiders. Some came to fight, but others came to Britain to live peacefully. Viking Who were they? What did they do? King The most powerful person in all the ...

BBC Cymru Wales launches new eight-part podcast 10 years on from the Viking treasure hoard discovered in Herefordshire ...

A team of experts and enthusiasts discovered the structure at High Tarns Farm in northwest England. Researchers think it dates to between the late 10th and early 11th centuries Eli Wizevich ...

Libby Purves meets actor Brian Cox and singer June Tabor. Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Vale of York Hoard (buried around 927 AD). Viking objects; found near Harrogate, Yorkshire ...