The government has launched its first ever UK Town of Culture competition, where towns of all sizes across the country can enter to tell their "unique stories".First announced in ...

Jonah FisherEnvironment correspondentDean LomaxIchthyosaur experts Dr Dean Lomax and Professor Judy Massare with the 185m year old skeletonA near-complete skeleton found on Dorset's Jurassic coast has been identified as ...

Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondentReporting fromBritish Antarctic Survey, CambridgePNRA/IPEVThe end of the ice cores are a 1.5 million year or even older time capsuleAn ice core that may be ...