A VIP ride in the famous star of stage and screen, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, is up for grabs on internet auction site eBay as part of a fund-raising drive at the National Trust property, Nunnington Hall.

The annual Turnip thinning competition takes place at The National Folk Museum at Cregneash, Isle of Man on Saturday July 4 2009.

In a discovery that could help unlock the eco systems of the dinosaurs, scientists say they have revealed how - and what - duck billed dinosaurs of the Cretaceous period ate.

After more than two years in storage, Takabuti, an Egyptian mummy from the 7th century BC, has returned to Ulster Museum as part of a programme of preparations for their re-opening in the autumn.

Leading sector charity The Art Fund has revealed Stephen Deuchar, the Tate Britain Director and current Turner Prize Chairman, as its new Director.