and late yesterday, the chancellor announced the minimum wage is to go up by more than a pound, to £11.44 per hour, from april next year. and jeremy hunt decided the rate would also apply to 21 and 22 year olds for the first time. here s our econmics corrrespondent, andy verity. ona cold, on a cold, damp day at the south london market, ask what they want the government to do something about and you will hear two big concerns that haven t gone away. energy and food. , ., , ., , food. used to get six or seven oran . es food. used to get six or seven oranges for food. used to get six or seven oranges for a food. used to get six or seven oranges for a pound, - food. used to get six or seven oranges for a pound, now - food. used to get six or seven oranges for a pound, now it i food. used to get six or seven i oranges for a pound, now it has five. lemons, ten for a pound, now 87 for a pound. it is hard for the customer, it is hard for the customer, it is hard for us as well.
Only at full speed. Always shining. Luck but always on the move. Played mostly today and in the future. Drive it on t w. The people of the world for information they provide the opinions they want to express t. W. On facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us. Canaveral florida july 1990. 3 men set off on one of the greatest adventures in Human History their goal to move. Back the back of the global hundreds of thousands were there to watch. Big. League. The cold war was in full swing and the competition between the u. S. And the soviet Union Extended even to space. On july 20th 1069. 00 astronaut Neil Armstrong became the 1st human to set foot on earth spoke only permanent satellite. Live log file. This event would bring armstrong fame that he had
never sought and it would also change his life forever. Strong became a Living Legend in the history of space travel like a 20th century christopher columbus. But at the height of his popularity he voluntarily withdrew from publi
husband. i wrote an essay, a chapter of this book. i think it s going to be a beautiful christmas gift. it s available for pre-order now. that s the story for today. good to see everybody. the story goes on, as you know. i ll see you back here today. your world starts right now. neil: do any of you over a certain age remember this image? sputnik, october 1957. then soviet union stuns the world announcing that it had launched a satellite into space. that adding insult to injury, for american pride a few years later, indicating that it had launched the first human being into space. don t look now. but we have had another sputnik moment on a financial times story that was, well, put in perspective by the new york
1969. four days later the world watched neil armstrong become the first man to walk on the moon 50 years ago tomorrow. here is nbc news senior correspondent tom brokaw. throughout human history the moon has been a distant beckoning presence. in the mid 20th century it became a destination. landing, over. go for landing. and 50 years ago mankind arrived. the eagle has landed. and if this is not a permanent, enduring event in human history, then nothing is. today a new moon is in the sky. but at the outset, the space race was a product of the cold war. a 23-inch metal sphere placed in orbit by a russian rocket. in october, 1957, the shock of sputnik helped scare america
a federal program in return after graduation he was required to complete 3 years of training and service in the u.s. navy. afterward armstrong returned to purdue earning a degree in aeronautical engineering in january 1955. years later armstrong married jenna cierra whom he d met at purdue. he wasn t yet thinking about space travel he was now starting a career as a test pilot. in october 1957 the soviet union shocked the world by launching the 1st satellite called sputnik. at that time many in the west believe that the u.s.s.r. was technologically backward but the launch of sputnik changed all of that.