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If one species—turtle, shark, or sea grass—disappears, other plants and animals that are connected to that species could go extinct too.

“If the SME sector is not supported, it is going to go extinct,” says Mr Rickard, pointing out that the previous government spent billions on the Help to Buy scheme, where it effectively gave first-time buyers cash grants at the point of purchase.

A reader writes to thank you for the “fantastic daily email newsletter during the Paris Olympics” and suggests that more of this “spirited reporting” might mean that “big-city newspapers will not go extinct after all.”

More of this sort of spirited reporting and perhaps big-city newspapers will not go extinct after all.

Polar bears in the southern Hudson Bay could go extinct as early as the 2030s because the sea ice that helps them hunt for food is thinning, a new study suggests.