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Veteran anchor Jane Hill has become a sensation with Aussies who cannot get over the way she spoke the name of the national team.

CNN reports: Prehistoric human relatives, nicknamed "hobbits" due to their short stature, may have been scavengers, rather than skilled hunters capable of taking down big game or building cooking fires, according to new research. The study adds to growing evidence that Homo floresiensis, which had a brain only slightly bigger than that of a chimpanzee, wasn't as advanced as scientists previously believed.... The researchers believe that much like how Komodo dragons hunt water buffaloes today, they were using their venomous bite to take down Stegodons — and after the scene was clear, Homo floresiensis swept in to cleave meat from what remained... The new study reinforces a long-held suspicion that Homo floresiensis is not a dwarfed form of Homo erectus but a descendant of a more primitive Homo habilis-like or Australopithecus-like form that arrived on the island more than1 million years ago, said Dr. Chris Stringer, a research leader specializing in human origins and paleoanthropology at London's Natural History Museum.

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Andy Burnham has ruled out any possibility of a second independence referendum in Scotland, the Mail on Sunday can reveal.

The persistent issues were repeatedly attributed to common childhood illnesses

A return to the iconic Estadio Azteca on Monday offers the Three Lions an opportunity to shed the ghosts of 40 years ago when England were so cruelly eliminated by Diego Maradona.

Police say she was reported missing 120 days ago

Authorities are investigating a series of strange objects that washed up on beaches in Far North Queensland.

A barbecue sparked a grassland fire in Ongar prompting fresh safety warnings from fire officials.

A barbecue sparked a grassland fire in Ongar prompting fresh safety warnings from fire officials.

England's World Cup clash against Mexico spells disaster for British football fans. Millions of fans face a bleary-eyed start to the week, with kick-off set for a punishing 1am UK time.

Derby's sprawling Rolls-Royce campus, employing 15,000 people, has been at the cutting edge of British industry for more than a century.

It is among the cheapest homes sold in Essex so far this year

In a blow to Prime Minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham, speculators are ramping up sell positions in the expectation that sterling will fall against the dollar.

Everyone in Britain seems to be struggling to find the time to keep up with AI - and that includes the boss of Google.

'In Don' Carlo they are learning to trust. At least that was the theme of hundreds of new memes born in a nation increasingly obsessed with the infinite scroll of social media.

They are just some of the criminals to have passed through courts in Essex

The shooting, which also left a 21-year-old woman in critical condition, happened Saturday around 10.35pm while the group watched Independence Day fireworks.

President Donald Trump brought WW veterans, astronauts, Gold Star families and several historical US flags to the stage to celebrate America's 250th anniversary

Disney banked its biggest-ever profit payout from a non-US theme park last year as part of a lucrative deal with the Chinese government, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Taylor Swift's favorite teacher, who later worked as her security guard, died of renal cancer on the same day she got married to Kansas Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.