To the state of emergency. Experts from the national history museum in london have started excavating some of the most importantjurassic sites in the uk at a secret location. It is believed to hold tens of thousands of fossils from 167 million years ago. Rebecca morelle brings us this. A race against time to reveal our ancient past. The team from the natural history museum has just three days to excavate this unique site. Look how long they are. That s really cool! this cotswolds quarry holds a secret trove of sea creatures that lived during thejurassic period. What s here is so extraordinary, he location is being kept secret. We have got another really nice, exceptionalspecimen here. This is a brittle star, it s likely to be a new species. It s quality of preservation, it s the number of fossils that we re finding, but it s also the diversity. It s really unprecedented in geological sites of this age across the world. Usually, on an excavation, you may get a handful of finds, but here
An american space was planned to develop a global monitoring system to track objects up to 35 kilometres from earth the powerful radar stations established in the us, uk and australia. 3500 kilometres. Jonathan beale reports. The race in space is already underway, notjust for commercial ventures like virgin galactic with its recent maiden voyage, but for nations as well. Mission control: three, two, we have ignition. Last year the us military launched another ten satellites into space. America also now has its own space force not least to protect the systems we now all use, such as gps location. There are threats in space. I d say the two countries that are most threatening are china and russia. There have been anti satellite missiles that have been developed. America already has early warning systems to detect ballistic missiles, including the fylingdales radar in north yorkshire. Now the us wants to build a new radar system for deep space, and one of the new sites could be in th
Specials pilot scheme. Labour criticised the move saying many members of the public felt it was unfair. It members of the public felt it was unfair. ,. , ,. ,. , unfair. It really was one rule for them and unfair. It really was one rule for them and another unfair. It really was one rule for them and another for unfair. It really was one rule for them and another for the unfair. It really was one rule for i them and another for the festivals and they ve only to because been caught out by this. There are lots of questions about what the trial is and how you access it and i hope the minister will come to the house of commons and explain. one rule for them and anotherfor the commons and explain. one rule for them and another for the rest of us. Angela merkel has visited the parts of germany that have been hit by heavy rains and flooding. More than 180 people have died in parts of germany and in belgium. England, scotland and wales say that from tomorrow is fully vaccinated tra
The met office issued a new style extreme heat weather warning, and told people to watch out for sunburn and heat exhaustion. The amber warning, in place until thursday, covers large parts of wales, all of south west england and parts of southern and central england. The heat warnings are in place across the country, including here in southsea. But not everyone can get to the cooling coastline. What if you live in the tenth floor of a block of flats? that s what kelvin does. By flats? that s what kelvin does. By mid afternoon, his lounge is at 30 celsius. Kelvin is 57, and struggles to keep the heat down. It s already at 30 degrees here and it s pretty sticky. Degrees here and it s pretty stic. ~ , , degrees here and it s pretty stic , sticky. Absolutely, if you weren t sticky. Absolutely, if you weren t here, sticky. Absolutely, if you weren t here, the sticky. Absolutely, if you weren t here, the stop i sticky. Absolutely, if you weren t here, the stop would be off, it s as you f
Overlooking the river thames, our home for the next couple of hours, as we mark the opening of a new parliamentary session. It s been a time of national crisis since the last state opening, back in december 2019, and the government s new programme will no doubt include measures to recover from the effects of the terrible pandemic. The queen will attend today s event, her first major event since the death of the duke of edinburgh. Her majesty will be accompanied this morning by the prince of wales, but the usual display of ceremonial splendour will be more or less absent because of the current restrictions. The other big difference is that the number of mps and peers here today is rather limited. The queen s speech is being delivered just a few days after the extensive elections in scotland, wales and england, which gave new impetus to the debate on the constitutional future of the united kingdom. Earlier this morning, the prime minister borisjohnson left number 10 for the houses of par