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The Independent UK · Sep 21

Second English village could vote to leave UK in opposition to asylum seeker plans

Barnham could follow suit after Piddington voted to leave the UK in a symbolic referendum held last week

The Independent UK · Sep 21

The battle over RAF Barnham: how ominous anti-asylum protests engulfed a small Norfolk town

Thetford has a welcoming history. So why have there been so many demonstrations this summer over plans to house asylum seekers at a nearby military base – as well as nights of violent disorder?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29

Study finds humans were making fire 400,000 years ago, far earlier than once thought

Archaeologists in Britain say they have found the earliest known evidence of deliberate fire-making, dating to around 400,000 years ago

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025

Humans made fire 350,000 years earlier than we thought, scientists discover

Fire-cracked flint and heated sediments have been found at a disused clay pit in Suffolk

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025

Earliest known evidence of human fire-making discovered in the UK

The material, found at at disused clay pit in Suffolk, was described by experts as the most exciting find of their careers.

Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2025

Man arrested after bid to steal supermarket ATM with crane

Police were called to a building site in Yapton Road, Barnham, West Sussex, at 2.15am on Tuesday

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023

Trains disrupted as man arrested over bid to steal ATM using crane

The machine was reported stolen from a building site in Barnham, West Sussex, and police discovered a cash dispenser raid in progress nearby.

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023

Paralysed biker who faced ‘99% chance of death’ after horror crash reveals what saved his life

Retired managing director Marcus Wodehouse, 63, of Barnham, West Sussex, was paralysed from the chest down after the motorbike he was riding smashed into another vehicle in 2019

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022