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Image copyright PA Image caption The RMS Titanic, departing Southampton on 10 April 1912 The wreckage of RMS Titanic is to be protected under a treaty between the US and UK governments. The international agreement gives the governments power to grant or deny licences allowing entry of the wreck or removal of artefacts.It was signed…

Published on Jan 20, 2020The wreck of the RMS Titanic will be stripped of historic treasures for the first time during a planned salvage operation opposed by the British government.A US company has unveiled plans to cut a hole in the wreck and retrieve precious artefacts including the Marconi wireless system described as “the most…

September 9 2019, 12:01am, The Times Robert Colvile Amid all the hysteria it’s worth remembering that there is nothing unscrupulous in honouring the referendum result Westminster always has its share of Sturm und Drang, but the chaos of the past week has been downright extraordinary. One MP compares the experience to a soap opera whose desperate…