In 1954, the children’s novel ‘The Eagle of the Ninth’ popularised the legend of the disappearance of the Roman Ninth Legion in Caledonia. Recent research has shown the Ninth was not ...

The toughest postings for soldiers were those at the frontiers of the Roman Empire, where legionnaires never had enough supplies, faced hostile local tribes and had to endure tedious routines.

Private care provider Bupa has been fined £3m over the death of a pensioner at a nursing home in Essex. Kenneth Ibbetson, 86, died after contracting Legionnaire's disease at Hutton Village care ...