Archaeologists working ahead of a housing development in Mancot, Flintshire, uncovered a significant Roman settlement that includes a jewellery workshop. Finds such as brooches, lead moulds, pottery and coins are being conserved and studied, with some planned for display in north-east Wales.
A rare prototype of the 1940s road safety board game Stop or Go, never manufactured, was found in a family attic. It has now been bought by the Museum of Board Games in Newent, where it is on permanent display.
Two baker friends who started out making cakes at home have won an international TV baking competition. Dusica Roberts from Somerset and Verity Malinowska from Plymouth took part in the Canadian series Bake Master Battles, where they built a zombie cake sculpture in three hours.
Rachel Cassidy, a BBC Weather Watcher from Limavady, has been shortlisted for an international weather photography award. Her picture of noctilucent clouds over the north coast of Northern Ireland was taken from her own garden.
