ellie price reports. the spaceship attached to a mothership. as bucket list dreams go getting into space is a difficult one. when i was two years old, just looking up in the skies, i was like, how can i get there ? it turns out a raffle ticket will do it. keisha and anastatia from antigua will be the first mother and daughter to blast into orbit together. jon goodwin from newcastle under lyme, who s 80, has beaten the odds in another way. he s got parkinson s. i was pretty convinced that they were going to turn round to me and say, you re not able to go . but they have been fantastic. the fact that i can defy my parkinson s. three years ago, i climbed kilimanjaro and cycled downjust to prove that it wasn t going to get me. and this is the same thing. an olympic canoeist in 1972, he knows a challenge.
round to me and say, you re not able to go . but they have been fantastic. the fact that i can defy my parkinson s. three years ago, i climbed kilimanjaro and cycled down just to prove that it wasn t going to get me. and this is the same thing. an olympic canoeist in 1972, he knows a challenge. release, release, release. plane released. but despite this flashy promotional video, john remains pretty down to earth about his trip. even if he did pay $250,000 for a ticket 18 years ago. i think the opportunity to do something that s not been done before by many people at that price is a real bargain. the flight will lift off on august the eighth. ellie price, bbc news. and now to the remarkable story
and this is the same thing. an olympic canoeist in 1972, he knows a challenge. release, release, release. plane released. but despite this flashy promotional video, john remains pretty down to earth about his trip. even if he did pay $250,000 for a ticket 18 years ago. i think the opportunity to do something that s not been done before by many people at that price is a real bargain. the flight will lift off on august the eighth. ellie price, bbc news. model ships built by two young brothers from aberdeen sher in scotland have been launched on what is planned to be an epic journey around the south pole. the mission to circumnavigate antarctica, started by harry and ollie ferguson, is thought to be a world first. the schoolboys built one metre replicas of two scientific vessels.
without a shadow of a doubt, that was a sexually motivated murden two, one, sabina nessa. a month after her death last year, sabina s family marked what would have been her 29th birthday. i feel like the sunflower because that was her favourite, i feel like that kind of resembles her. she would stand up and give her opinion, and i feel like we should all stand up tall and say enough is enough. let s put an end to male violence. june kelly, bbc news. the time is 13:21. our top story this lunchtime: a missile strike on a railway station packed with civilians fleeing the violence in eastern ukraine has killed at least 30 people. covid infections rates flatten, according to one estimate. we ll get the latest from our medical editor. coming up on the bbc news channel: time to move on great britain s most successful olympic canoeist, liam heath, calls time on his career, after winning four olympics medals from three games.
they ran in eight tries, including this one from ben harris. the win sets up a home draw for the north london club in the next round. confirmation, then, of the saracens result, and edinburgh also won comfortably in the challenge cup, beating pau 54 5. on day two of the grand national meeting at aintree, ahoy senor put in a superb performance to win the betway mildmay novices chase. he bounded clear of his rivals to beat fury road by five lengths, and could now target next year s cheltenham gold cup. it s another aintree victory forjockey derek fox and scottish trainer lucinda russell, who won the 2017 grand national with one for arthur and will combine with mighty thunder in saturday s big race. gb s most successful olympic canoeist liam heath has announced his retirement from competition, saying it was time to move on . after winning bronze along withjon schofield at london 2012, the pair took silverfour years later in brazil, where heath enjoyed the highlight of his career solo g