Ringing in the new year. London hosts its traditional fireworks display in front of a crowd of more than 100,000 as big ben chimes in 2018, despite its restoration work. And in half an hour, we will take a look back at an incredible year in hull, the uk city of culture. From the royal ballet, two world class theatre and the most talked about artists, we will have all the highlights. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The chief executive of the british catering company, compass and four members of his family have been killed in a seaplane crash in australia. Local Police Confirmed that Richard Cousins, who was 58, was on board the plane which crashed into a river 30 miles north of sydney yesterday. He died with his two sons, edward and william, who were in their 20s, his fiancee, emma bowden, and her 11 year old daughter, heather. The australian pilot, gareth morgan, was also killed. Earlier today, the detective superintendent fulcher you South Wales Police marine command held a news
Will have a major impact on Global Recycling. The archbishop of canterbury praises the response of Emergency Services to terror attacks and the grenfell disaster in his new year message. Also this hour over 100,000 people ring in the new year in london. And in edinburgh, the traditional hogmanay celebrations went ahead, despite the arrival of storm dylan in parts of scotland. And in half an hour. A Virtual Reality trip to the bridge of the Starship Enterprise and much more as click takes a look back at the year in tech. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The chief executive of the british Catering Company compass and four members of his family have been killed in a seaplane crash in australia. Local Police Confirmed that Richard Cousins, who was 58, was on board the plane which crashed into a river 30 miles north of sydney yesterday. He died with his two sons, edward and william, who were in their 20s, his fiancee, emma bowden, and her 11 year old daughter, heather. The australian
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All right. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming. Welcome. I my name is Amanda Woodword and im the dean of the division of social sciences here at the university of chicago. Im just delighted to be here with this group of faculty for this event. This evening is continuing a yearlong series of events at the university of chicago commemorating the 75th anniversary of the first controlled selfsustaining Nuclear Chain reaction which happened just over there. Over the past five months, there have been events across campus xh commemorating the breakthrough and exploring the experiments long term impact, and the events have presented u opportunities to engage scientists, artists and policy makers and the public around a set of events that grew from that original event 75 years ago. This evenings discussion im particularly delighted because it brings in social science in just the way it should be. Our panelists will be introduced in a moment. Each is a scholar and International Relation