Roman mosaic unearthed at Aldi

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A dig at an Aldi supermarket in Buckinghamshire has unearthed a Roman mosaic. The discovery of the “archaeologically significant” mosaic points to the existence of a high-status Roman house, or domus, said The Times. “You’ll be surprised at what you can get at Aldi”, said the paper, listing “groceries, power drills, inflatables, sewing machines” and a “Roman mosaic”.

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Locals in a Los Angeles neighbourhood are being bombarded with mystery Uber Eats deliveries they did not request. Over the past three weeks, residents in the Range View Avenue area of the Highland Park area have been receiving up to 13 deliveries a day from McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and other outlets. “I don’t think anybody has seen it as anything sinister – it’s just varying degrees of annoyance,” a local told the Los Angeles Times.

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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.