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Did our mammal ancestors live alongside dinosaurs? New research hopes to end long-running debate
david.costa.art/Shutterstock If you were asked to think of a mammal, chances are high you would think of a placental mammal – horses, dogs, cats, humans, even bats and rats all fall into that category. It includes some 6,000 species who live in the oceans as well as on land. TodayContinue Reading
Police station saved amid by-election battle in Boris Johnson’s old seat
A n under-threat police station in Boris Johnson’s old constituency is set to remain open, after London Mayor Sadiq Khan intervened to save it weeks before a crunch by-election. Local campaigners have long opposed the potential closure of the police station, with the former prime minister using a rare CommonsContinue Reading
Labour says school plans would save taxpayer billions in agency fees
S tate schools in England have paid recruitment agencies more than £8 billion in fees since 2010, Labour has said. It came as Sir Keir Starmer’s party promised that its plan to address growing concerns over the retention and recruitment of teachers would save taxpayers billions of pounds. Labour hasContinue Reading
Tributes paid to ‘true public servant’ Lord Kerslake after peer dies
T ributes have been paid to a “true public servant of the highest integrity”, Lord Bob Kerslake, after his family announced he has died. The former head of the civil service, 68, died on Saturday after “a short battle with cancer”, his “devastated” sister Ros Kerslake CBE said in aContinue Reading
Labour says reforms would tackle ‘exodus’ of teachers from profession
A new package of measures to recruit and retain teachers in English schools would lead to “world-class teaching for every child”, Labour has said. Sir Keir Starmer is expected to use a speech next week to promise to reinstate the requirement for new teachers to have or to be workingContinue Reading
COVID: how incorrect assumptions and poor foresight hampered the UK’s pandemic preparedness
Loveandrock/Shutterstock Matt Hancock, the former health secretary, has told the recently opened COVID-19 Inquiry that the UK’s pandemic planning was “completely wrong”. According to Hancock, the doctrine was “to plan for the consequences of a disaster” rather than stopping or containing the virus in the first place. While there isContinue Reading
First ever view of the Milky Way seen through the lens of neutrino particles
The Milky Way, as seen with neutrino particles. IceCube Collaboration / US National Science Foundation (Lily Le and Shawn Johnson) / ESO (S. Brunier) Data collected by an observatory in Antarctica has produced our first view of the Milky Way galaxy through the lens of neutrino particles. It’s the firstContinue Reading
Truss to convene taskforce to tackle slumping global growth
L iz Truss is set to launch a new taskforce of economists aimed at finding solutions to sluggish growth in the West. The new Growth Commission, which will be launched later this month, has been convened by Ms Truss as an independent body to help tackle the causes of lowContinue Reading
Humza Yousaf says SNP support in Rutherglen and Hamilton West is ‘rock solid’
H umza Yousaf said he is “confident” the SNP can hold the constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West but admitted his party would face a “tough” challenge if a by-election is held there. With a recall petition currently under way after Margaret Ferrier, the MP for the area, was suspendedContinue Reading
How Barbie conquered the world
There have been Barbie TV shows since the 1980s, and animated feature films since the beginning of this century. However, the new film promises to be something of a step-change in the doll’s media profile. It is directed by the Oscar-nominated arthouse director Greta Gerwig, and the leads are playedContinue Reading