Georgina Rannard Science correspondent Reporting fromNatural History Museum, London Gwyndaf Hughes/BBC News The full name of the new species is Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae dinosaur Gwyndaf Hughes Science videographer A labrador-sized dinosaur was wrongly categorised when it was found and is actually a new species, scientists have discovered. Its new name is Enigmacursor – meaning puzzling runner...
Another phrase you might hear to describe a bowler is “beyond the perpendicular”. Again, using the clock face, a bowler with an over-the-top action would, from behind, have it pointing to the number 12, directly above their head. A bowler with a round arm would be at one or two. If a bowler goes beyond...
Getty Images Statues of Michael Jackson appeared at landmarks around the world to promote his album HIStory In June 1995, a giant statue of Michael Jackson provided a surreal sight in the heart of London when it was floated on a barge down the River Thames. This 32ft (10m) pop colossus was just one of...
England Under-21s have proved they have the fight to defend their European title. The mass brawl at the final whistle, coupled with a brilliant Euro 2025 quarter-final victory over Spain on Saturday, removed any doubt these Young Lions could be a soft touch. Charlie Cresswell promised pre-game there would be no lack of fight from...
Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurak BBC “If this is true, all our troubles are over.” A British businessman fast running out of cash, William Knox D’Arcy, is said to have uttered those words when he received a telegram from Persia, 113 years ago. Oil had been discovered, after years of failed explorations under...
Joshua Smith Joshua Smith was given the Nigel Queree Environment Award Two students studying for doctorates have been awarded grants for their natural history work. Societe Jersiaise has given the Nigel Queree Environment Award for 2025 to Joshua Smith for his project assessing grazing practices. The study group gave the Roderick Dobson Award to Rees...
I just read through this rather lengthy story published today at the NY Times. It’s titled “How the Transgender Rights Movement Bet on the Supreme Court and Lost.” While I don’t agree with everything in the story, I do think this is a very fair and well rounded presentation of how we got where we...
Seven men from California have been charged in the “largest jewellery heist in US history”, involving the theft of $100m (£75m) worth of gold, gems, and luxury watches. The heist has been a mystery in California for nearly three years after a Brinks company truck transporting the jewellery was robbed at a remote stop as...
Note: In this piece, I will be using ‘‘leftism’ and ‘identity politics’ more or less interchangeably, due to their often heavy overlap. I grew up in a liberal household to liberal parents, and I had always had a preoccupation (some might say an obsession) with justice. From a young age, I would rage against the...
Ah, those precious few Democrats skilled in the art of the political shiv. A flagrant, public stab-in-the-back assertion that is breathtakingly untrue, and intended by the sheer audacity of it being spoken to eclipse the original fact it is meant to conceal and replace. So polished and practiced in their perfidy, there’s no requirement for...
This week’s 125th US Open will feature the longest par-three hole in major championship history at 301 yards. It has been called “ridiculous” by Collin Morikawa, who hit a driver off the tee in practice, and “silly” by Viktor Hovland, but will the eighth at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania prove to be a gimmick...
When Cheikh Sabaly slotted home the visitors’ third goal at the City Ground on Tuesday, he etched a historic win in the records of the Senegal national football team. Pape Thiaw’s team had completed a 3-1 victory over England – the first win for an African country over the Three Lions in 22 attempts. Ismaila...
Ben Duckett hit a magnificent 84 as England scored their highest T20 score at home to ease to a 37-run victory against West Indies and secure a 3-0 series win in Southampton. Read full article at source...
The era of the ‘Big Three’ may be coming to an end – but the threat has not disappeared. Players born in the 1990s were restricted to just two Grand Slam singles titles between them as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic diced up the major prizes for more than two decades. Two players...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. More than 17,000 acres around the Klamath River in Northern California, including the lower Blue Creek watershed, have returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing the largest landback deal in California history. The Yurok people have lived, fished, and hunted along the...