shrank unexpectedly by 0.3% in august. manchester crown court hears how a nurse, accused of murdering babies on a neonatal ward, tried to kill a premature baby girl on two consecutive night shifts. after the latest russian attacks on ukraine, nato says sending air defence systems there is a top priority. blood supplies fall to a critically low level in england, prompting nhs blood and transplant to declare its first ever amber alert hospitals may have to postpone some elective surgery. and scientists successfully transplant tissue from a human brain to that of a newborn rat and say the hybrid organoids can not only play the 1970s video game, pong, but will also help with research into brain disorders. but will also help with research we but will also help with research will be talking live the we will be talking live to one of the experts involved. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has said she ll absolutely stick to her promise not to cut public
Nana in the royle family. She only began acting professionally at a9, enjoyed a career lasting more than four decades until her retirement in 2009. The number of roads remained closed in scotland after disruption caused by storm,. Wind speeds in excess caused by storm,. Wind speeds in excess of 90 mph were recorded on the island of shetland on boxing day while large parts of the north experienced heavy snowfall. The Scottish Transport minister has been chairing extra meetings of the governments Resilience Team to deal with the situation. Hugh is here with the sport. Im not wearing blue because of chelsea, but i might as well be. What a difference a year makes for chelsea. Hello. Its 12 wins in a row now for chelsea, at the top of the premier league. They were missing key players diego costa and ngolo kante for their match against bournemouth, but they came through as 3 0 winners thanks to goals from pedro, eden hazard and a late own goal off steve cook. Theyre seven points clear now at
Now on bbc news, Rebecca Morelle looks back on the year in science, from british astronaut tim peakes adventures in space, to a discovery that will transform our understanding of the universe. Thats review 2016 the year in science. From the mission of a lifetime, this was the year british astronaut tim peake spent six months in space. To a colossal feat of engineering. In 2016, the Worlds Largest Radio Telescope was unveiled. We also learned about the secret life of seals and what they get up to underwater. And saw advances in a controversial new genetic technique. Human organs are growing inside these pigs. This was also the year a Global Climate deal came into force but the election of donald trump placed a Question Mark over its future. And after decades of searching, scientists have detected Gravitational Waves. Its been called the discovery of the century, making 2016 a truly momentous year for science. Im here at thejodrell Bank Observatory in the north of england. For more than
Now on bbc news, Rebecca Morelle looks back on the year in science, from british astronaut tim peakes adventures in space, to a discovery that will transform our understanding of the universe. Thats review 2016 the year in science. From the mission of a lifetime, this was the year british astronaut tim peake spent six months in space. To a colossal feat of engineering. In 2016, the Worlds Largest Radio Telescope was unveiled. We also learned about the secret life of seals and what they get up to underwater. And saw advances in a controversial new genetic technique. Human organs are growing inside these pigs. This was also the year a Global Climate deal came into force but the election of donald trump placed a Question Mark over its future. And after decades of searching, scientists have detected Gravitational Waves. Its been called the discovery of the century, making 2016 a truly momentous year for science. Im here at thejodrell Bank Observatory in the north of england. For more than