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Archaeologists at a city dig site have uncovered a medieval tiled floor dating back to around the 13th Century. The discovery was made in Gloucestershire at the location of the new £107m development, The Forum. The floor, made of glazed white and green tiles, belonged to the cloister of the city's medieval Whitefriars Carmelite Friary and was unearthed by the Cotswold Archaeology team. Archaeologist Anthony Beechey described the find as "extra special". Mr Beechey explained that the "beautiful tiled floor is in remarkably good condition". "Most of our Whitefriars findings are fragments of the original structure while this floor is...

Palaeontologist Tim Ewin is standing in a quarry, recalling the calamity that's written in the rocks under his mud-caked boots.... ...The misfortune that struck this place 167 million years ago has delivered to him an extraordinary collection of fossil animals in what is unquestionably one of the most important Jurassic dig sites ever discovered in the UK.... ...The quantities involved are astonishing. Not hundreds, not thousands, but perhaps tens of thousands of these animals that scientists collectively call "the echinoderms". It's a great name, derived from the Greek for "hedgehog", or "spiny", "skin". What is a sea urchin, if not...

Kate Moss is apparently planning on releasing a range of jams. According to the Sun, the supermodel wants to turn her hobby into a business and has even been speaking to her Topshop partner Philip Green about getting involved. Word is, Kate has been making the preserve from fruit she grows in her Cotwolds garden and has been sending samples to celebrity friends including Simon Cowell. Now though, the newspaper claims Kate hopes Sir Philip will help her get the spreads, called Kate's Damson Jam, onto the shelves for the public to enjoy.