now on bbc news first hand accounts from veterans of the second world war in episode one of we were there. you were shot at, shelled, bombed, mortared. ..and yelled, let the bombs go from the aircraft . how many young people did we actually kill? we looked to the aircraft and the whole of the back of it had been shredded with shell splinters. if the sergeant says, jump, you said, how high? we just did whatever we were told to do. i in the sand, the only way to survive seemed to be try and get shelter of some kind. because of the 12 of us, only eight of us had come back. four of our crews had gone, including one crew who were on their very first trip. it was a sunday. i was in church with my mother and father. and i remember hearing the bishop getting up in the pulpit before his sermon and saying, we re now at war with germany and i thought, how exciting! gosh, an adventure! and little did i know what was in store for me. 0ur division was putting told to captur
King charles is to pay tribute to his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth ii. You are watching bbc news. Now its time for click. Rock version of we wish you a Merry Christmas plays. Well, ho. Ho . Hoand. Both Merry Clickmas its the first one from our new glasgow base, so we are here in the middle of pacific quay in the studio. Yoo hoo good, innit . And weve got all of the latest tech decks. Low carbon log fire. Cgi baubles. And sustainable signage. Now, this is our last show of 2022 and i think we can all agree its been a year, hasnt it . Its been a year. Here we go. So hes doing the Launch Sequence now. Ten. Nine. Seven. Six. Five, four, three, two, one. Launching. Whoa i started it with the maddest idea ive heard of in ages launching satellites into space by throwing them into orbit. Right. Eating on camera is always very messy. I had some cocoa free chocolate. But is that still chocolate . Really good. Mmm, lovely. I beg your pardon . You had help from the likes of me the trimmer, youn
Jet ski champion turned real life green goblin Franky Zapata has been zipping around our airways for a while now but four years on, im back to meet the Hoverboard Inventor who many have branded a daredevil. Its wrong, you know . Im just a dreamer that is doing everything he can to achieve his dream. And franky certainly has been dreaming, big. This is huge. Whats up here, then . Thanks to a Deep Pocketed german investor, hes taken his business to new heights. Hes got workers behind desks and lab counters, workshops, and even a Factory Floor grand halls for grand ideas. We plan to build 1,000 machines a year. Im here to see his latest inovation, thejetracer. Check this out sadly, im not legally permitted to fly this thing due to french regulation. And lets definitely not mention the fact that im dangerously close to the maximum weight limit of 110kg. So, its over to franky to show us how its done. Enjoy the flight. Rock music plays. With ten rocket fuel powered jet engines, this so call
but just three weeks later, her new chancellor has buried it. have you been given a clean slate? can you change elements of the mini budget if you want to? yes, and the fundamental thing the prime minister wants me to do and i need to do is to be completely honest with the country. trussonomics reversed, then, tax cuts likely replaced with tax rises, huge investment replaced with a spending slowdown. this rethink has largely been driven by the turmoil in the financial markets since the mini budget was announced. the pound has had a torrid time. the effective cost of government borrowing has soared, and the bank of england had to step in with an emergency programme, buying up government bonds to stabilise the pension sector. there is a pressing need, then, to restore some confidence and credibility. bank of england governor andrew bailey said he spoke to the new chancellor yesterday and had an immediate meeting of minds. but in a speech in washington, he had this warning on in