I caught up to peter in new york. On the 10th anniversary of the Xprize Foundation, a board i sit on. People will know about that because of the contest to get the spaceship into space that actually spurn spurred this. Tell me about it. My passion has been to get people into space, i gave up on nasa as being the mechanism to call me there. Back in the 1990s, i read a book called the spirit of st. Louis. I found out in 1927 when lindburg played that flight, he didnt do it on a whim, he did it to win a 25,000 prize. I thought that innovation could be spurred by applies. This 10 million prize for the first person to build a spaceship privately that could carry three people into space. The point is we announced it in 96. It was won in 2004, ten years ago. We had 26 teams around the world that spent 100 million to build up this 10 million prize. And burt rutan, backed by bill gates. Built it. That became being spaceship 1. And Richard Branson built virgin galactic. Ive got a mold of spacesh
But how do they cope when one even if it is only for one day, in five students is at home just to let families get because of covid restrictions . Together to enjoy christmas. Why should leaseholders have to pay for cladding defects they didnt know about what about the risks to public mps say the government is wrong. Health of people mixing . Origin of species location unknown. I think thats the problem. Cambridge University Library people cannot go silly. Launches a Public Appeal to find two they have to be sensible notebooks written by Charles Darwin if they want to do this, otherwise that have been missing for 20 years. We will have a rot injanuary. And coming up, the military dog little gatherings would be ok maybe . Who saved the lives of british soldiers in afghanistan is awarded the animal equivalent of the victoria cross. Hopefully. Its a big decision for politicians and for families right across the uk. Some say it should be up to individuals, not governments. Others say it is
It comes as the uk has recorded its highest daily death toll since the middle of may, but new cases have fallen significantly. More than a fifth of secondary pupils in england werent in School Last Week the highest number so far. Most were having to self isolate. The north of england is facing an economic crisis worse than the 1980s, warns greater manchesters mayor as the chancellor prepares to outline a new scheme to help 1 Million People find work. And not quite a concession but donald trump finally tells officials to prepare for a biden presidency. And coming up in sport on bbc news, chelsea are through to the knockout stages of the Champions League with two games to spare thanks to a 91st minute winner at rennes. Good evening. Families will be able to spend christmas together after a plan for the whole of the uk was agreed today. Restrictions will be eased over a five day period allowing more households to mix and people will be allowed to travel to see their loved ones. Tonight th
Do they cope when one in five students is at home because of covid restrictions . Why should leaseholders have to pay for cladding defects they didnt know about . Mps say the government is wrong. A concession in all but name donald trump finally tells officials to prepare for a biden presidency. And coming up on bbc news. Manchester united will attempt to redeem themselves in their return match against istanbul basa ksehir later. They lost 2 1 to the turkish champions three weeks ago. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. With just a month to go before christmas, ministers from england, scotland, wales and northen ireland have this afternoon agreed on broad uk wide rules to allow families to gather for christmas. In the last few minutes, the Cabinet Office minister michael gove said they needed to find a balance between allowing people to meet loved one and the risks involved. There was a reminder today of those risks. 608 deaths were reported in the latest 2a hour period th
What we were seeing in the second half of last year. I want to add to the conversation were already having on the outlook for the markets. We havent felt the impact of fiscal tightening yet. Were going to have to watch the consumer very closely. Well be having pretty Big Government spending cuts with the sequester. I think we need to be a little cautious in the first half of this year. This wont be a linear rally in the stock market. The first half is going to face some pretty big headwinds from the economy, so im cautious about the next few months here. Cautious about the next few months, so does that translate into taking money out of stocks . Is this rally that weve been seeing, even though we saw fractionial losses today, is it justified given these expectations that you think the economy turns downward . I think if you look just at the earnings picture and ignore whats going on in washington, the markets should be up even more. I mean, theres plenty of room for stocks to rally, an