FX: Cheering. Music Narrator: Soon after - at the Battle of Edington - Alfred was as good as his word. The Anglo-Saxon army defeated the Vikings. Guthrum, the Viking leader, promised that he would ...

One of the most famous Anglo-Saxon kings was Alfred, one of the only kings in British history to be called 'Great'. His father was king of Wessex, but by the end of Alfred's reign his coins ...

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man from Newport convicted of stealing £3m in Viking gold who failed to appear ...

George Powell was part of a duo who failed to declare they had unearthed invaluable coins and other jewellery on farmland in ...

Neighboring cities with exceptional career and internship opportunities. And the quaint, historic Village of Alfred. As a Saxon, every day here can be as comforting or as outside-of-ordinary as you ...

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of metal detectorist George Powell who stole a hoard of gold coins and jewellery valued at £3 million.

The Wolvercote Tongue, as the writers openly acknowledge, is based on a real treasure, the Alfred Jewel. Found in a Somerset peat bog in 1693, this superb example of late ninth-century Saxon ...

A police search is underway after a thieving metal detectorist skipped court. George Powell was due to appear in the dock to ...

George Powell was ordered to appear in court earlier this month for failing to repay £600,000 he pocketed from illegally ...