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A tiny village is taking a stand against its own government as it faces the threat of being overrun by migrants. The couple hundred residents of Piddington, Oxfordshire, in the United Kingdom, voted July 4 for independence against the United Kingdom in a bid against authorities who are seeking to flood the area with illegal male migrants. The vote to separate passed in an overwhelming 96 percent majority. At the heart of the problem for Piddington is the Home Office’s (the UK equivalent of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security) June 26 decision to relocate almost 4,000 migrants to three...

The Chapel Street excavation site where the remains of St Edburg may have been found ARCHAEOLOGISTS believe they may have found the remains of Bicester’s patron saint, St Edburg, underneath a former block of flats. The team believe it could be the first time in the country the bones of a saint have been found. It could take up to a year to confirm the date of the bones using specialist carbon dating technology. Archaeologists discovered the entire north transept of the Priory Church, which is believed to stretch to Old Place Yard, Priory Road and Chapel Street. They are...