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in 2016, the world s 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. it s been called the discovery of the century, making 2016 a truly momentous year for science. i m here at thejodrell bank observatory in the north of england. for more than half a century, scientists have been using this vast telescope to gaze up into the heavens, transforming our understanding of the universe. some people have been lucky enough to experience the wonders of space first hand. this year it was the turn of british astronaut tim peake. blasting off, the start of a remarkable mission. tim peake was on his way ....
look at some of the weekend s sport, and have we seen the goal of the year? we may well have, it was produced early on in the year, giroud, a moment of incredible improvisation playing for arsenal against crystal palace. the cross came in, the ball a little bit behind him and it managed to connect with the backheel of his left foot. in off the bar, it had the lot. arsenal are back up to third in the premier league after a comfortable 2 0 victory over crystal palace at the emirates yesterday. but the game was all about one moment. take a look at this. 0livier giroud with a spectacular scorpion kick. shades of henrikh mkhitaryan s backheeled volley on boxing day. was this one even better? we ll let you decide! manager arsene wenger said it was one of the best he s seen. alex iwobi headed in a scrappy second for the gunners. palace stay 17th, but what did the man himself think of that glorious goal? i think ithinki i think i needed god s help to score this goal, so yes, th ....
financial markets as they open in europe. investors look ahead to the uk budget. what s the secret behind the world s most successful brands? is it simply a case of advertising spend or is there more to the story? we ll speak to one of the industry s leading experts later in the programme. it s international women s day so let us know who s your most inspirational woman in business? perhaps it s the head of the world s most powerful central bank? or maybe it s mary barra, the boss of general motors? just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. in a few hours time, the uk s finance minister or chancellor as we call him here, phillip hammond, will deliver the country s final budget before the government triggers article 50, and britain begins its negotiations to leave the european union. despite the ongoing uncertainty over brexit, philip hammond received an eve of budget boost from the organisation for economic co operation and development. it now expects g ....
was available last year, the result might have been very different. how are you feeling? delighted. last week, two former barclays traders, ryan reich and stella yost, walked free from court, cleared of conspiracy to defraud by reading interest rates. it was the end of a long battle to clear their names reading. i m very happy. this has been fired and a half years of my life and i just want to go been fired and a half years of my life and ijust want to go back been fired and a half years of my life and i just want to go back to my family. that s it. thank you very much. sometimes i look at it and i think i m ina sometimes i look at it and i think i m in a bad movie. it sjust something completely. if you had told me this ten years ago i would have said you re mad. it has destroyed big parts of my life, my career, totally gone. i m sad people are injailwhen career, totally gone. i m sad people are injail when they career, totally gone. i m sad people are in jail when t ....
promised to help. during the campaign, president-elect trump put out a list of promises.. he put out his contract for american voter and in it, very specific promises for his first 100 days. lowering taxes and tax reform. free and fair trade deals to protect american workers and their jobs. fixing our nation s infrastructure and sending education back to the states and school choice. repealing and replacing obamacare. affordable child care, pulling a border wall, keeping community safe, rebuilding our nations military and doing what he calld draining the swamp. if he can keep those promises come of this country will be in a much better place one year from now, two years from now, four years from now. so on the eve of this inauguration, my advice for the incoming president is very simple. don t let the washington establishment, republican establishment, democratic establishment, media establishment that in the way of but i think we will get there and i think this very much is a ....