the first man to sail around australia is buried here, matthew flinders, and so with bill richmond, onef britain's most celebrated boxers. initially they will be taken for archaeological analysis, so lavatories, stored in a morgue, and that's with the agreement of the and then after that, everyone will be re—buried in consecrated ground. this isjust the beginning, a location near stoke and of, the site of a lost church, iron age, roman and saxon site crisscrossing the whole route. 0verall, on the whole line, we will have over 1000 archaeologists. excavating over 60 sites. that sounds pretty big. it is the biggest archaeological investigation ever undertaken in the uk and probably europe. in this part of london, any development is always going to be building on history. but this one has rather more ghosts than normal. david sillitoe, bbc news. people living in england's coastal communities are being warned to wake up to the challenges of climate change. the government's climate advisers say more than one—point—two million homes could be threatened by coastal flooding and erosion by the 2

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the first man to sail around australia is buried here, matthew flinders, and so with bill richmond, oneeological analysis, so lavatories, stored in a morgue, and that's with the agreement of the church. and then after that, everyone will be re—buried in consecrated ground. this isjust the beginning, a location near stoke and of, the site of a lost church, iron age, roman and saxon site crisscrossing the whole route. 0verall, on the whole line, we will have over 1000 archaeologists. excavating over 60 sites. that sounds pretty big. it is the biggest archaeological investigation ever undertaken in the uk and probably europe. in this part of london, any development is always going to be building on history. but this one has rather more ghosts than normal. david sillitoe, bbc news. with me now to talk about the project is helen wass, who is the lead archaeologist and head of heritage at hs2. fascinating to talk to you. first of all that's talk about this project to move 45,000 skeletons, that's a huge undertaking. it is, but it's an exciting opportunity to give us a chance to investigate th

the first man to sail around australia is buried here, matthew flinders, and so with bill richmond, one be taken for archaeological analysis, so lavatories, stored in a morgue, and that's with the agreement of the church. and then after that, everyone will be re—buried in consecrated ground. this isjust the beginning, a location near stoke and of, the site of a lost church, iron age, roman and saxon site crisscrossing the whole route. 0verall, on the whole line, we will have over 1000 archaeologists. excavating over 60 sites. that sounds pretty big. it is the biggest archaeological investigation ever undertaken in the uk and probably europe. in this part of london, any development is always going to be building on history. but this one has rather more ghosts than normal. david sillitoe, bbc news. with us is the chief executive of historic england. thank you very much for coming in. how valuable do you think this particular site in london will be? also 140 miles along the line? the site in london is exciting enough in itself. it will give us a really interesting sample of late 18th centu

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matthew flinders — the first man to sail around australia — is buried here.church. and then after that, everyone will be reburied in consecrated ground — and this isjust the beginning. this is a location near stoke mandeville — the site of a lost church. iron age, roman and saxon sites crisscross the whole route. 0verall, on the whole line, during the peak, we're going to have over 1,000 archaeologists excavating at over 60 sites. that sounds pretty big in archaeology terms. it's the biggest archaeological investigation ever undertaken in the uk, and probably europe. in this part of london, any development is always going to be building on history. but this one has rather more ghosts than normal. david sillito, bbc news. it's a fascinating story, isn't it? really, really. the sheer scale of thejob really, really. the sheer scale of the job they have to do in such circumstances. and with such consideration. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. the number of thefts on the tube has risen by more than a th

matthew flinders — the first man to sail around australia — is buried here. most celebrated boxers. initially they will be taken for archaeological analysis, so laboratories. they'll be stored in a morgue — and again that's with the agreement of the church. and then after that, everyone will be reburied in consecrated ground — and this isjust the beginning. this is a location near stoke mandeville — the site of a lost church. iron age, roman and saxon sites crisscross the whole route. 0verall, on the whole line, during the peak, we're going to have over 1,000 archaeologists excavating at over 60 sites. that sounds pretty big in archaeology terms. it's the biggest archaeological investigation ever undertaken in the uk, and probably europe. in this part of london, any development is always going to be building on history. but this one has rather more ghosts than normal. david sillito, bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex wore traditional tongan clothing and were seranaded with a song about mosquitos as part of their visit to tonga earlier today. prince harr