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meteorologists say around an entire summer s worth of rain fell in just a few hours and the deluge is set to continue. in around ten minutes time you will be watching newswatch. before that though, it s time for click. it isa it is a pretty spectacular view from the lara: it is a pretty i spectacular view from earth s orbit. spencer: and there many things that have that view these days. a couple of space stations and thousands of satellites. and more and more companies want to put stuff up there. did you know that the closer you are to the equator, the easier it is to get things up to the right speed to go into orbit? that is because that is where the earth is spinning fastest, so as you launch, it gives you an extra whang. and that is why the uk space port is way down south in cornwall. and that is why it was there, earlier in the year that virgin orbit attempted the first satellite launch from uk soil. marc cieslak: the uk s first functioning spaceport is here in cor ....
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 hos ....
covid jab technology. and the former chelsea and juventus player gianluca vialli has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 58. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel we ll get the latest from old trafford where everton are looking for a change of fortune, as they face manchester united in the fa cup. priorities is targeting dangerous gangs but what about some of the controversial police tactics? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the revelations from prince harry keep coming after his book due out next week was published early by mistake in spain. from the way he found out that his mother had died and his childhood resentment about being the younger brother, to the extent of his drug taking and more recently how he found out the queen had died from the bbc website rather than his family. it is all laid out in public. meanwhile there s been criticism and unease about his claim to have killed 25 taliban fighters desribin ....
he s giving a wrong impression when he makes those sorts of comments. that s not the way the british army sees things. also on the programme. gridlock outside hospitals with a record number of ambulances having to wait more than half an hour to hand over patients. a report on britain s growing space industry. and the former chelsea and juventus player gianluca vialli has died and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team and correspondence in the uk and around the world. good evening. there are yet more sensational claims and accusations from prince harry after his memoir, due out next week, was published early by mistake in spain. they include the way he found out his mother had died, his childhood resentment about being the younger brother, the extent of his drug taking, and more recently, how he found out the queen had died from the bbc website rather than from his family. meanwhile there s been criticism and unease about his cl ....
and peter coleman had this suggestion: the ongoing debate about how the bbc should interpret and demonstrate impartiality flared up again last week when emily matliss, who recently left the bbc after 20 years, gave a lecture at the edinburgh television festival. she questioned the bbc s decision to apologise for comments she made on newsnight in 2020 about dominic cummings breaking lockdown rules during the pandemic, which had prompted a complaint from downing street. why had the bbc immediately and publicly sought to confirm the government spokesman s opinion, without any kind of due process? it makes no sense for an organisation that is admirably, famously rigorous about procedure, unless it was perhaps sending a message of reassurance directly to the government itself. put this in the context of the bbc board where another active agent of the conservative party, a former downing street spin doctor and former adviser to bbc rival gb news now sits, acting as the arbite ....