The Gazette can exclusively reveal how palaeontologists discovered remains of a 72 million year old dinosaur tail in an undislosed area within the town.

The dinosaur, a new species named Torvosaurus gurneyi, was up to 10m (33ft) long and weighed between four and five tonnes.

Astonished scientists have described the findings as "one of the most earth-shattering discoveries known to mankind." MORE TO FOLLOW