Leaving the eu without a deal at the end of october is their priority. Its 3 31am. Later in this half hour, newswatch. But first here on bbc news, its click. 50 years after the first humans landed on the moon, a new space race is under way. But today, it is notjust nations that are competing to put ships and people into space. Private companies are getting in on it as well. In fact, they are leading the charge. Elon musks spacex already delivers cargo to the iss, and is now one of several Companies Exploring the notion of Space Tourism putting non professional astronauts into space. It has also signed up billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to take a trip around the moon. Amazon boss and the worlds richest man, jeff bezos, is also planning to take passengers to the edge of space by the end of 2019, with his company blue origin, and has ambitions to land humans on the moon by 202a. But there is one company that is further along the Space Tourism journey than any other, and now Virgin Galactic has
Ahead of tonights strictly launch, saffron barker and i check out fellow dancer will bayleys moves, as the Paralympic Champion prepares for the european para table tennis championships. Good morning. Lots of dry, settled weather through the weekend. Just the odd isolated shower but with Clear Conditions by day, chilly conditions by night. All of the details coming up shortly. Good morning, its saturday the 7th of september. Our top story schools should stay open at evenings, weekends and holidays to help protect pupils from crime and gangs, according to the childrens commissioner for england. Anne longfield said children no longer feel safe on the streets, and that opening classrooms outside of usual hours could offer a safe space. Jane Frances Kelly reports. The school bell marks the end of the day but the childrens commissioner for england would prefer it if people stayed on for a range of activities, rather than going straight home childrens commissionerfor straight home childrens c
A 14 year old boy has been arrested in connection with a fire at a high school in dunfermline. And. Record breaking weather the hottest Late August Bank Holiday sees temperatures hit 33 degrees celsius. And in half an hour, talking movies explores the role of the producer in both big hollywood productions and smaller independent films. Good evening. The Prime Minister has told european leaders meeting at the g7 summit in biarritz not to listen to british politicians who say they can stop brexit. He told reporters at the close of the summit that hed reminded the eu britain will leave on october 31st, even if no agreement is reached, and he said colossal preparations have been made for a no deal scenario. Also at the summit, leaders agreed measures to try to help deal with the fires in the amazon well hear more about that in a moment. First, our Political Correspondent vicki young reports on the mood around brexit in biarritz. Its not easy keeping World Leaders in line. 0rder, order. Bor
Looks a really tough task. They were beaten last night. They are now fourth in the group. Better news for wales. They are now third in their group. Attendance records for Womens Super League matches will almost certainly be smashed this weekend with some games played at the club two main ground for the first time. The new season kicks off with Manchester City hosting Manchester United at the he had. They havent met before with united playing their first season in the wsl. We are making sure will be a diligent in all our preparation, making sure players know their roles and response abilities. Are we there yet . No. We have a long way to go. Were still finding our feet. But we are starting a a very tough way. Man city, arsenal liverpool is a tough start. But it will give us a good guide and a good barometer of where we are. Rafa nadal has reached the final of the us open with a straight sets win. The spaniard survived two sets win. The spaniard survived two set points. He is going for a
That we keep thinking we hit rock bottom. I suspect we thought that two years ago, and we are bottoming out again. So, governor, congratulations on the book and thank you for making time to talk about it. Thank you, dahlia, great to be here today. Host i wonder if we could start with the question that hovers a little bit over your first couple of chapters in book and then hovers over so much of the debate were having right now in america and its this question of place. I think its not an accident that you start the book saying that when you wanted to run for novembers virginia, people said to you, youre from new york, youre from florida, youre not from here. I lived in charlottesville for 17 years and heard, youre not from here asian lot, but i think it has a funny echo in the things say when people protest immigrants. Youre not from here. And you clearly anxious about establishing that, look, im from here, lift here most of my life. I live and work here. Why are we having this convers