to defuse the protests. coming up in 10 minutes time, newswatch. but first on bbc news, click. for the whole of human history, we have had no choice but to live off the land literally. everything that we use comes from planet earth. now, some of those resources rare precious metals for example are really useful to scientific and climate research, but they are really difficult to mine. other resources are just, well, running out. all systems are ready. and all of this begs the question as we venture into space, how are we going to live? where are we going to live? and what are we going to live on? so, as humans, we have been exploiting the resources on earth for as long as we have been around but instead of looking down now at what is underneath our feet, we are starting to look up and see what else is out there. ultimately, what we re looking at doing is going to an asteroid, landing on it, taking samples and then, kind of bringing them back. yes, we re going asteroi
we asked bbc news for a response to that point, and they told us. it s fair to say not everyone is so concerned about the outcome of local elections, which often struggle to enthuse large parts of the electorate. those who are politically engaged were well served by bbc news, which ran through the night programmes on both television and radio, as well as extensive coverage through the day on friday. coverage through it was all too much, though, for dawn cannell. one way of trying to attract audiences to a topic like local elections is to go beyond those well worn shots of ballot papers being counted and use visual metaphors, pictures which can be linked to the subject in question through a deft script line. that was the approach used for a report from wales on friday s news at six. steeped in labour history, the south wales valleys relationship with the party has wavered in recent years. cheering ..but today, vows were renewed. voters who may have flirted with other parties
on friday morning. this is bbc news with the latest headlines. in local elections in england, the conservatives suffer a series of significant losses in london, but across the country, labour are only making modest gains. results continued to come in during the day and into saturday, and as they did, the overall picture evolved. by the end of friday, it was clear that the conservatives had lost nearly 500 council seats, as was mentioned in an online article, headlined like this, which drew the ire ofjac freeman.
results continued to come in during the day and into saturday, and as they did, the overall picture evolved. by the end of friday, it was clear that the conservatives had lost nearly 500 council seats, as was mentioned in an online article, headlined like this, which drew the ire ofjac freeman.