Law, crime and regulation

More metal detective finds will have a chance to be saved for the nation under new rules set to come in next year.

A group of Martinware pottery items stolen across two break-ins back in 2005 and 2007 from buildings owned by Ealing Council are still missing but there are hopes some can be recovered.

Cambridge University Library has launched a public appeal for help to locate two missing notebooks from its archive – including one with Charles Darwin’s famous 1837 ‘Tree of Life’ sketch.

A Spitfire pilot and his family are appealing to the public and the antiques trade to spot a stolen photograph.

Rare books stolen in a ‘Mission: Impossible-style’ raid on a warehouse in west London in 2017 have been returned after a joint operation with Met police officers and Romanian authorities.

The government has confirmed that art and antiques businesses in England will be able to continue trading behind closed doors during the new lockdown.

The National Museum of the Royal Navy hopes to raise £600,000 to stop the export of a group of hand-drawn Armada maps to an overseas buyer.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a 15th century Chinese vase stolen in Switzerland and valued at around £2.5m being recovered in London by the Met Police.

A 15th century Chinese vase valued at around £2.5m has been recovered in London by the Met Police.

The owner of an antiques centre has warned others to be vigilant and take extra precautions after being broken into via a sky light.

A collection of glazed tiles believed to be 14th century examples from a memorial complex near Samarkand are to be returned to Uzbekistan.