Finding the oldest city is a tough task. It involves looking at things like how long people have lived there, what archaeologists find, and old records. Scholars often disagree because they have ...

Colchester - long known as Britain's oldest recorded town - will formally become a city later when its mayor is presented with letters patent. The former Roman settlement was named one of eight ...

Colchester will follow Southend-on-Sea and Chelmsford in gaining city status Thanks to the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder, Colchester - then called Camulodunum - became Britain's first recorded ...

Itooka was named the world’s oldest living person by the Guinness World Records in 2024 after Spain’s Maria Branyas Morera ...