BBC Words in the News 14/07 with transcript video

The creature was about a metre long with a short snout, long hind legs, short arms and five strong fingers. Until now, fossilised evidence of feathery dinosaurs has come from China, and from a meat-eating group called theropods.

The latest discovery – in Russia – is from a completely separate group of plant-eating dinosaurs called ornithischians.

The new find takes the origin of feathers millions of years further back in time than had previously been thought. And, according to the researchers, completely changed ideas about how dinosaurs evolved.

Instead of thinking of them as dry, scary scaly creatures, a lot of species, especially when very young, actually had a fluffy, downy covering like feathers on a chick, they say. And did so when dinosaurs first emerged.

Anyone who is found to have illegally downloaded material will be sent an alert offering advice on where to find legitimate sources of entertainment online.

But these messages will be capped for a year and there will be no penalties for offenders. It’s a far cry from what the entertainment industry originally called for.

When the controversial Digital Economy Act was introduced in the final days of the Labour government in 2010, it included measures to cut off people’s internet connections for repeated misuse.

This new three-year scheme is a compromise.

Latest industry figures suggest nearly a quarter of all content consumed online is illegally downloaded, including more than a billion music tracks within a year.

The Assisted Dying Bill would allow adults of sound mind with six months to live the right to end their lives at a time of their choosing.

It would be a profound step for society modelled on the law in Oregon. If experience there is a guide, it could lead to around 1,000 people a year in England and Wales choosing an assisted death.

Opponents argue it would put the frail, vulnerable and disabled at risk. Whilst it’s unlikely to get sufficient backing or parliamentary time to become law, simply passing its second reading today would be significant – the first time such a bill would have done so.