Sometimes it can be easy to forget a wider world, finding ourselves in an echo chamber or social bubble, blind to the outside world. Today, I am amazed as, we find a Roman link to Africa in Leicester and a  link between Dark Age Britain and Syria. For Thousands of years the world has been connected more deeply than many of us realise.

Have a great weekend:

• Parkinsons may Begin with Gut Bacteria
• Fast acting Parents Prevent Mass Shooting in Utah
• Stalled Cyprus Talks to Restart
• World’s Highest Plant Discovered
• Undersea Pollinators
• Prince Harry & Rihanna get HIV tests for World AIDS Day
• Donegal names as World’s Coolest Destination for 2017
• Wales World Leader in Cardiac Rehabilitation
• 1st Amputee Spitfire Pilot since 1946
• Leicester Roman Skeletons linked to Africa
• Sutton Hoo burial linked to Syria
• BBC Horizons Music Project extended for a Year
• Missing Teenagers seen Buying Tent
• Bravery Awards for Police Officers who Tackled Knifeman
• Australian Police grant 12-Year-Old Cancer Patient’s Wish to Blow Stuff Up
• Tennessee Factory Workers win $421m Lottery
• Snapping Turtle Rescued in Texas
• Smart Duvet for self making Bed
• Partially-Sighted Paralypian Sees Partner Clearly for the 1st Time