Archaeological excavations on the Ile de Ré, an island off France's Atlantic coast, have unearthed graves and artefacts dating back to the 8th century – findings that confirm trading ties with ...

Joseph Wambaugh, who has died aged 88, was a former Los Angeles detective who in the 1970s became a bestselling author of grim and gritty books about the police such as The Onion Field (1973) and The ...