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In 1993, Steven Spielberg's film Jurassic Park defined dinosaurs for an entire generation. It has been credited with inspiring a new era of palaeontology research. But how much science was built into Jurassic Park, and do we now know more about its dinosaurs? Does Jurassic Park make...

Thankfully, the British people had the sense and courage to ignore the prophets of doom. We can rightly be confident and optimistic about our future outside the EU — and the PM has set out a vision of what that will look like. The UK already has enormous advantages in a competitive global...

The fifth Invictus Games will be held in the Netherlands in 2020, the Duke of Sussex has announced. The Hague will host the event in which wounded military veterans compete in a Paralympic-style event. The duke, who founded the games, said: "The city will soon become the motivation for...

Eight famous events that happened in June... 8 historical events that happened in June From the death of Alexander the Great to Hitler's arrival in Paris, Dominic Sandbrook highlights notable events from history that took place in June BBC History Magazine 1st June 2018 Dominic Sandbrook 1 5...

Lee Rigby’s killer Michael Adebolajo has finally admitted his guilt and “regret” in a bombshell jail confession. The jihadi, 33, now plans to write a letter of apology to the family of hero soldier Lee, 25. A source said his U-turn was “astonishing”. In February 2014, Adebolajo was given a...

Britain will put on a display of military might when Donald Trump visits next month – with a flypast of its American-made fighter planes. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson is drawing up plans for the US President to watch the first of the RAF’s £9 billion stealth fighter fleet land on new...

A lamb which spent four days stuck on a cliff ledge has finally been rescued. The wayward animal, named Lucky, was trapped at the bottom of a 250ft cliff off Holywell Bay, Cornwall. Lamb on the rocks saved after four days BBC News 3 June 2018 Lamb on the rocks: Lucky managed to survive on a...

Lord Malloch-Brown has done us all a favour. With his pro-EU dribblings about appeasing Hitler, the silly old duffer has demonstrated that the real thickos are all on the Remain side... TONY PARSONS Remainers still don’t get it — we want to be British and get away from Brussels Brexit...

A book thought to be the first to be printed in colour in the UK is returning to the city where it was produced for a new exhibition. The Boke of St Albans: Hawking, Hunting and Heraldry was printed by the "schoolmaster printer" at the St Albans Press in the city in 1486. It has been...

The UK's determination to overcome the threat of terrorism "has never been stronger", Theresa May has said a year on from the London Bridge attack. A service remembering the victims will be held at Southwark Cathedral later - one of a number of events taking place to mark the...

A replica of the ship Captain James Cook used to sail to Australia and New Zealand has arrived in Whitby, North Yorkshire, to form part of a new tourist attraction. The full-scale copy of Endeavour was towed 40 miles by sea from Middlesbrough, arriving late on Friday. Captain Cook's...

A sausage dog blew up to three times its size after its windpipe was punctured - but owners have no idea how it happened. Vets had to stitch up the hole to deflate Trevor and stop his body filling with air like a balloon. Dramatic X-rays show the enlarged outline of his body, inflated by the...

The harrowing tales of black slaves who were whipped and branded in 18th Century Britain have been unveiled for the first time - from newspaper adverts. They are revealed in a new digital database of runaways that escaped from cruel merchants who grew rich on their forced labour...

There is little surprise that the Italian people are increasingly fed up with EU membership. Italy has struggled since adopting the euro currency 18 years ago. Deprived of the ability to manage its own economy, there has been no cumulative economic growth since then. In recent years...

Nearly six years after Mark Thompson’s arrival, all sense of balance seems to have disappeared from The New York Times's coverage of the United Kingdom — and of Brexit in particular. If the BBC is often accused of anti-Brexit bias, it stands as a model of reason compared with the New York...

Nigel Farage is to embark on a speaking tour of Australia, an experience his promoter promises will be "immersive and brag-worthy at the highest level". The ex-UKIP leader is taking his "evening with" show to Sydney, Adelaide and other cities in September. Promotional material for the...

The head of the Grenfell Tower inquiry has been urged by a bereaved family member to "do right by us and do right by our children". Claudia Davis, the former partner of Steve Power, who died on the 15th floor, paid tribute to her "first love" on the...

Ariana Grande has posted a picture of her new bee tattoo, a symbol of Manchester. This week the city marked the one year anniversary of the terror attack at the Manchester Arena where 22 people died, shortly after Ariana came off stage. Ariana Grande gets bee tattoo to remember Manchester...

The media’s use of ‘Asian’ to describe grooming gangs not only masks the ethno-religious identity of the perpetrators – it also throws Sikhs, Hindus, Pakistani-Christians and every other Asian under the bus. Gangs of Indian, Japanese and Korean men are not rampaging across Britain’s...

A ginger prince who became the Duke of Sussex married his older bride, leading to a web of love, lies, deceit and royal disgrace which will last 40 years. No, not the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, but the marriage of the only other royal couple to be Duke and Duchess of Sussex...