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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f343/live/3a1785b0-81e5-11f1-8b86-31ce3d5ecce7.jpg”] Fisher Studios and Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford The predatory Eustreptospondylus, discovered in Summertown in 1870, will also be showcased The first ever scientifically named dinosaur is featured at the heart of a long-term exhibition project by the UK’s oldest natural history museum. The 166-year-old Oxford University Museum of Natural…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1f0b/live/c4e9d1a0-81ce-11f1-97b7-87871fc222bc.jpg”] BBC Chris Rao has been using the technology for surgeries at the Cumberland Infirmary The first robot-assisted surgeries using 3D vision have been carried out at a city’s hospital. The Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle has used the system, which is controlled manually by a surgeon, on about 17 patients needing bowel cancer…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/27d9/live/016c8b40-83eb-11f1-a4bc-65277c7fcf81.jpg”] Xinhua Wang Jibing, a food delivery rider, posted his poems and essays on social media for years before going viral A collection of poems, some scribbled on slips of paper between food deliveries, has won Wang Jibing one of China’s top literary honours. Low Flight, inspired by the everyday challenges delivery riders…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/3af6/live/b9aa30c0-83d4-11f1-ad7d-c7f9656ee7bb.jpg”] Lamine Yamal ‘completes football’ at 19 as Argentina betray Messi To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, Dominant Spain beat Argentina to win World Cup after extra time By Phil McNulty Chief football writer at New York New Jersey…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b142/live/ab70ef20-7f5c-11f1-bee8-53ce494e1abc.jpg”] BBC Coca farmer Perea says he has not had the financial support required to stop growing the crop When Perea stopped growing coca – the raw material used to make cocaine – he vowed never to plant it again. He uprooted the green bushes on his small farm in a remote corner…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2958/live/13ecab20-805c-11f1-a10f-077d9cf2208e.jpg”] Getty Images Thousands more parents could receive £27 a week by remembering some paperwork shortly after their baby is born. Child benefit is an allowance that helps with the cost of bringing up children. It is currently worth £27.05 a week for the first child, and £17.90 a week for each subsequent…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/96bf/live/356d4010-7f8b-11f1-bee8-53ce494e1abc.png”] BBC Ravika was celebrating her birthday on holiday with her husband when she got an unusual alert from her fitness tracker. Her Oura ring flagged that her health score was poor. Her heart rate had gone up, her body temperature was elevated and her heart rate variability (HRV) had dropped. Yet Ravika…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f6ab/live/23ffb250-83c2-11f1-8c17-094a3427da23.jpg”] Getty Images US Vice-President JD Vance has announced the birth of his fourth child, a boy, with his wife Usha Vance. Alec Neel Vance was born on Sunday morning, the vice-president said in a statement on social media. “Usha and the baby are happy and healthy, and our kids are overjoyed to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/97cd/live/41b2cdd0-839c-11f1-bee8-53ce494e1abc.jpg”] Getty Images Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke has said Monday’s march will happen as planned Thousands of students, parents, activists and political leaders are set to march to the Indian parliament following a call from the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) for reforms in the education system. The protesters have been gathering…