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Meet the dodo's playmates (and guess what - they're not with us today either)

(and guess what - they're no longer with us either) ... By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent They were all wiped out before science had a chance to discover them, but only the dodo's name has lived on. Saddle-backed and domed Rodrigues giant tortoise (extinct c.1795):...

Records tumble at Speke’s £130m printing mega-plant

Alistair Houghton meets RICHARD GRAY, managing director of Prinovis ... IT’S only when Richard Gray starts reeling off the statistics that you can truly understand the scale of print giant Prinovis’s investment in Liverpool. The German group’s £130m plant in Speke, which...

Woman hopes to be Britain's first astronaut

Future missions to the moon could be a case of one small step for woman, one giant leap for womankind. ... Dr Tracey Dickens: 'I have always felt that if all those men can do it, then why can't I' The European Space Agency (ESA) has revealed that it has been inundated...

A cataclysmic blast is possible

The Chaiten volcano last erupted more than 9,000 years ago, throwing out millions of tons of material and creating a crater two miles wide. ... Latterly, its dormant status meant it warranted little attention from scientists. It sits on the edge of the South American...

Insect army called up to fight knotweed

Millions of Japanese insects are to be released into the countryside to destroy Britain's most persistent weed. ... The jumping plant lice, or psyllids, will be released under a plan to eradicate Japanese knotweed. It will be the first time a foreign species has been...

Signalling a week full of news

The troubled first train journey on the new direct Shropshire-London service is among the topics for this week’s podcast by Star assistant editor Carl Jones. ... Other topics include sports writer Chris Hudson on AFC Telford United’s “terrific season” and the continuing...

Charity match in memory of officer

More than 600 people turned out for a charity football match which helped to raise at least £1,000 for charity in memory of a Shropshire police officer killed in the line of duty. ... Colleagues and friends of Constable Richard Gray, who was shot a year ago in...

HS FOOTBALL: Football Lions want everyone to sleep a little easier

You can sleep a lot easier thinking about the prospects for this fall’s Lockport High School football teams, thanks in part to this weekend’s unique Lions fundraiser on tap at LHS. ... Locals can purchase new mattresses at wholesale prices between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. in...

Telegraph titles to integrate science desks

Telegraph Media Group is integrating the science reporters on its daily and Sunday newspapers into a single team. By Stephen Brook ... Telegraph: the science rejig is part of a string of staff changes at the group Telegraph Media Group is integrating the science reporters...

New nuclear reactor could be built in Oldbury

OLDBURY could be the site for a new £2.8billion nuclear reactor. ... The choice to build a new power station at Oldbury, however, has come as a surprise after it was ranked 11th in a list of 14 preferred sites. Their report said that Oldbury would be "potentially...