On an old cobbled street in a market town, residents say hundreds of years of history are disappearing before their eyes as thieves keep stealing large slabs of Yorkshire stone.

West Wells Road in Ossett, which once carried the iron-rimmed wheels of medieval carts, is part of the town's original road network.

But over several months, criminals have stripped the pavement bit by bit, leaving behind "huge, unsightly craters" - before profiting from the high prices the distinctive textured flags can fetch.

The National Trust is hoping to raise the money to help fund the purchase and care of 138 hectares (341 acres) surrounding the ancient naked figure sculpted into the chalk in Dorset.

So far over £2m has been raised to buy the swathe of land known as giant's lair, which also includes Giant Hill, a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

The fundraising effort is being supported by actor and writer Sir Stephen Fry and Countryfile and TV presenter Sean Fletcher. The trust hopes to raise the funds by the end of January 2026.

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Wiki on the Cerne Abbas Giant

An archaeologist said she was "delighted" to discover a World War Two air raid shelter in her back garden after removing some overgrowth.

Mary Andrews, 35, bought the end-of-terrace Victorian house in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, in January and was told the building at the bottom of the back garden was an old brick shed.

The structure was covered with heavily overgrown shrubs and when the plants were removed a 22-cm (9-in) concrete roof was exposed.

After some research, Ms Andrews said she found the mystery outhouse was a WW2 domestic surface air raid shelter.

Wales and West Utilities said workers exposed a granite marker stone buried beneath the road surface in Greenmarket in Penzance, Cornwall.

The find has been identified as the site of the Borough Cross, which once marked the exact centre of the town.

The original Borough Cross, which now stands outside Penlee House Gallery and Museum, was moved to make way for road widening in 1829, and a granite marker was embedded in the road to keep the historic centre visible.

Damage was caused to a 500-year-old ruined castle after a visitor used part of a wall to make stepping stones across a large puddle.

Ardvrek is on a small peninsula that juts out into Loch Assynt near Inchnadamph in the north west Highlands.

Historic Assynt, which helps to look after the former seat of clan MacLeod of Assynt, said it had only recently been able to repair the wall after it was damaged a few months ago.