and homes swamped. those are your headlines on bbc news. those are your headlines on bbc news. now its time for click. it s a pretty spectacular view from earth orbit. and there are plenty of things that have been viewed this days, couple of space stations, bounces of satellites. and more and more companies want to put stuff up there. did you know the closer you are to the equator the easier it is to get things up to right speed in orbit? that s because that s where the earth is spinning fastest to give you launch an extra wind. and that s where the uk spaceport is way down south in cornwall. yup. and that s why it was there earlier in the year, the virgin orbit attempted the first satellite launch in uk soil. the uk s first functioning spaceport is here in cornwall. we re creating huge clusters of technology. global value of the space economy is somewhere in the region of $360 billion, to the uk it s 60 and half billion pounds. every single year. uk airport usually host smal
but with a world cup looming, the start of this year s championship is a timely boost for a game in need of a lift. 2003, and england win the grand slam. sensational finish! before going on to claim their only global crown. 20 years on, new head coach steve borthwick is tasked with rediscovering such glory, starting against old rivals scotland. there s few fixtures in world rugby that have the ability to excite people more than this fixture. i m looking forward to the loud, packed twickenham this weekend. and england supporters are going to be cheering on this team. england have lost twice in a row against their opening opponents, scotland last year s defeat at murrayfield the start of a disappointing campaign that saw them finish in third place under the recently sacked eddiejones. but now there s added turmoil here in the community game amid mounting concern over head injuries, the rfu has apologised for its handling of a rule change lowering the tackle height. the memb
degrees in some spots across central and eastern areas, 11 or 12 across parts of scotland. into the weekend, mild air for saturday but the cold front sinks southwards, introducing much fresher air on sunday. a big area of high pressure should make things dry and settled. mild with cloudy weather, patchy rain, sunnier for all areas on sunday that feeling noticeably colder. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at ten on wednesday the 1st of february. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirsty wark, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. but from the ten team, it s goodnight. good evening. this is your update from the bbc sport centre. manchester united are into the league cup final, after a straightforward win over nottingham forest, which saw them win 5 0 on aggregate. they came into the game having already done mo