Hospital balcony. And later, they re cute little devils, a special species makes a return. They re beautiful, what is not to love about tasmanian devils? they re beautiful this is the cbs weekend news with jericka duncan, reporting from the new york. Ork, her barnett: good evening, to our viewers in the west jericka duncan is off tonight. I m errol barnett. British billionaire richard branson first took tourists to the sky in 1984 flying aboard a used jumbo jet. Today branson soared into space on board a repainted virgin galactic rocket plane with a crew of five others. He called this the dawn of a new space age aimed at sending tourist there, too. Cbs mark strassmann watched it all in truth or consequences, new mexico. Good evening. Reporter: i tell you, errol, that really was something, a milestone for richard branson personally, but also one for commercial space. The emerging market of space tourism has a genuine success story. Sir richard branson, astronaut. Reporter: with his new
I ve only been to milan a few times and always in passing. I ve never stayed here long enough to really get a sense of it. The first thing that strikes you about milan is its dynamism. No wonder espresso was invented here. I think i might need a few of these just to keep up with the rhythm of the city, but do the hardworking milanese bring as much to the italian table as they do to the country s economy? i m stanley tucci. I m italian on both sides and i m travelling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. That s delicious. Here in milan, the menu is nothing like you expect. Up here in the north, forget about pasta and pizza. Oh my god, that s so beautiful. Perfecto. This is the land of rice and polenta. Polenta in the ancient time, it was like the bread. People from south of italy call us polentoni . Tucci: there isn t even a tomato in sight. This is amazing. And olive oil plays second fiddle to butter. But
eileen had never met. hello, eileen. diane was her telephone friend throughout the pandemic and today they were able to meet face to face at last. i think it makes a big difference that somebody cares. how much difference having someone you could talk to? terrific. we ve had a good laugh, haven t we? we just realised that we at the same sense of humour i think and i would tell her tales and it would make her laugh, so i would tell her some more and i would stop you. just worked out really well. eileen has been on her own since losing her husband but there s many like her and age uk has lottery funding to maintain the telephone service. we found we had a lot of people volunteer to wanted to do it you have been furloughed and a lot of customers wanting to come on board who needed some extra support, so that is how the project snowballed. and those like diane who volunteered with the telephone service found the rewards flowed both ways. it must have been important to you as well
thousands of people are facing a seventh night without electricity after storm arwen brought down power lines across the north of england and scotland. more than 100 soldiers were deployed to help out in aberdeenshire, and late this afternoon, durham declared a serious emergency and called on the government to send troops there, too. fiona trott reports. getting urgent help to the most vulnerable in the community, this fire station in ulverston has turned into an emergency hub. pylo ns pylons in cumbria still lying on the ground six days on. preparing them as a massive task. h. preparing them as a massive task. m, ., preparing them as a massive task. ., ., , ., ., task. the scale of devastation is something task. the scale of devastation is something we task. the scale of devastation is something we never- is something we never experience, definitely not in the 15 years that i ve worked in the organisation. you would have to get back to the great storm of 87. we ve had ov
repeatedly at his downing street news conference yesterday about guidance on socialising in the run up to christmas. he urged people not to cancel parties or school nativity plays despite the advice from a senior health official to limit social contact. but the hospitality sector is worried about the potential impact over the next few weeks, as our business correspondent emma simpson has been finding out. they re all ready for the christmas season at this small wine bar and restaurant, but on monday, the phones started ringing. we ve lost, in the last 2a hours, about £8,500 worth of business. we ve had a group booking for today cancelled, a group booking for an event out of house at their offices cancelled tonight, and a further three groups later in the week. on paper, nothing s changed for hospitality today. it should be business as usual. but there s a bit of a chill wind starting to blow through this sector, with some customers getting cold feet. but there are also ple