2 h. ago Arctic, feathered or just weird: what have we learned since Walking with Dinosaurs aired 25 years ago

As the BBC updates its groundbreaking series, a look at some of the recent scientific discoveriesIt brought dinosaurs stomping and roaring into the sitting rooms of millions of viewers. Now, 25 years after the series first aired, a new, updated Walking With Dinosaurs is back on the BBC this weekend.In the intervening years, science has not stood still. About 50 species have been discovered each year since 1999 and the advent of powerful imaging techniques and digital reconstruction have led to major advances in our understanding of what dinosaurs looked like and how they lived. Here are some of the biggest developments. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Fears over Scottish Labour using 'rigged' voting system involved in Met fraud probe

SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: Members have already raised concerns about the online voting system being used by the party, which is part of a Met police fraud probe in England.

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4 h. ago Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda and real reason why reduced stickers are bright yellow

Bargain hunting food shoppers can spot a yellow sticker a mile off - but the reason why reduced labels bear a bold colour is actually very simple

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6 h. ago MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Labour's in a mess of its own making... now the rebels are gathering

This is a Government in a mess. It has failed on its own terms, and it has failed in the eyes of the electorate.

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7 h. ago Chancellor Rachel Reeves' prestige in tatters as she prepares to ditch her strict 'fiscal rules' designed to safeguard Labour's economic credibility

In an attempt to avoid a Liz Truss-style market meltdown, the Chancellor promised at the outset of the Labour Government that public finances would be in balance or surplus by 2030.

Economics

7 h. ago Minister heralds ‘new dawn’ on railways as renationalisation programme begins

Services previously run by South Western Railway (SWR) became the first to be brought under public control by the Labour Government on Sunday.

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7 h. ago Nigel Farage to back scrapping child benefit cap and restoring winter fuel payment

The Reform UK leader is hoping to appeal to more left-wing voters in his speech next week

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7 h. ago SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: UK cash meant to combat climate change in Malawi funds loan sharks and helps men to dump their wives

About 8,800 villagers around Chikwawa in Malawi are receiving the equivalent of £433 each - and the Foreign Office insists the best way to send the money is directly to each of them.

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8 h. ago Angela Rayner's plot to 'rebuild Labour' being masterminded by her former

Senior Labour figures said friends of the Deputy Prime Minister invited them to help create a 'think-tank' which would 'promote a more confident centre-Left programme within government'.

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8 h. ago Farage ‘backs scrapping child benefit cap and restoring winter fuel payments’

His Reform UK party is riding high in the opinion polls.

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9 h. ago JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Proof that Labour despises Britain's middle

My mailbag has been swamped with letters from angry readers urging the Chancellor to back-track on Isa changes.

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9 h. ago We have a special obligation to Afghan heroes who fought alongside Britain

Editorial: As many as 2,000 Afghan special forces soldiers have been wrongly refused sanctuary in the UK

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11 h. ago NBA champ, 'Survivor' contestant Scot Pollard shares Indy 500 parade float with heart donor's family

Scot Pollard is serving as the Grand Marshal of the Indy 500 Festival Parade this weekend

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11 h. ago NASA finds 26 'unknown bacterial species' that have survived in sterile labs

The bacteria’s existence raises questions about microbial resilience and the potential of microbes that can survive space’s conditions. The microbes, known as extremophiles, possess genetic traits like DNA repair and resistance to radiation and chemicals

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11 h. ago Children with special educational needs at risk of losing school support

Thousands of pupils could be forced out of mainstream education if the government scraps education, health and care plans (EHCPs), campaigners say

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12 h. ago Inside Labour plot to oust Keir Starmer as PM is given 12 months to turn things around

This week’s dramatic winter fuel U-turn has not been enough to stop behind-the-scenes talks over how to change leader within the Labour Party, asThe Independent’s political David Maddox found out

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14 h. ago The end of Rachel Reeves: Furious Labour insiders tell me there's 'blood in the water', she's about to hike taxes AGAIN and reveal her pathetic new tactic: DAN HODGES

They were the words that destroyed John Major's premiership and government, consigned the Tory Party to decades in the political wilderness and changed the course of British history.

Economics

14 h. ago Northampton heartbreak as Penaud inspires Bordeaux to Champions Cup glory

Final: Northampton 20-28 Bordeaux BèglesFrench side claim their first Champions Cup titleBeneath the roof of Welsh rugby’s noisiest cathedral here was a game to raise anybody’s blood pressure. There have been some extraordinary finals in this tournament but none as breathless or frenetic for such long periods. This was rugby on fast forward, a blink-and-you-miss-it thriller that finally ended with Bordeaux winning the first Champions Cup title in their history.They just about deserved their special vintage but what a contest. Northampton, reduced to 13 players at one stage with two men in the sin-bin, were heroically brave and insanely committed. Every single Saint refused to bend the knee despite a worsening casualty list and collectively played a full part in a final that rocked and rolled from start to finish. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago ‘Banal horror’: Judge orders Trump administration to return Guatemalan rape survivor ‘wrongfully’ deported to Mexico

The man says he was raped, held prisoner and targeted for being gay while in Mexico last year

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14 h. ago DWP update on major PIP cuts issued by Liz Kendal after £47 a week warning

The Labour Government has defended plans to cut around 400,000 claims from the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) by tightening the qualifying criteria of the benefit

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