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Frank lampard less than a year after he took charge. it comes after their poor run of results which sees them second from bottom of the premier league. lampard helped steer everton to safety last season but the side have lost eight of their last nine games in all competitions. the toffees were beaten 2—0 at west ham at the weekend theyre now two points from safety. it leaves the goodison park outfit looking for their eighth permanent manager since may 2016. weve not long to wait until the star...

In small satellite manufacture. and satellites are used in almost all aspects of modern life, from communications to navigation to weather forecasting and crucially, monitoring climate change from above. but until now, british ones were shipped abroad to get into space. where were seeing tremendous capability from these smaller satellites, theyre often way back in the line for launch on one of these bigger vehicles. often they might be launched into an orbit, which isnt ideal for them because th...

In rocket science. among this class could be the engineers of the future uk space industry. theyre taking a special interest in rockets because a launch is about to happen just down the road from them. im just excited because we might actually get the chance to see it over newquay, and theres going to be like probably lots of people there watching it. i am very excited about it, even though its very late, im going to beg my mum to watch it because im really excited about it. and this is the rock...

And those, of course, are going to be high paid, high skilled jobs. theres still some way to go and more launch pads to complete. the next step, though, is to start testing rockets before the first shetland blastoff to space scheduled for 2023. back in newquay, the launch is fast approaching. virgin orbit�*s team, usually based in california, have decamped to cornwall, and theyre setting up a new mission control here. its quiet now, but on the night of the launch, it will be bustling. its the ...

In each area of expertise here in the control room. so theyre kind of looking at the data, making sure everythings healthy, consistent check ins throughout the day to make sure everythings going really well. and then we kind ofjust take it from there. the jumbo jet used to be a passenger plane, but now its got a rocket fixed under its wing. and weve been given a rare chance for a look inside. on the lower deck, everything has been stripped out to save weight, because a fully fuelled rocket is a ...

And one is in an unlikely place in one of the most remote parts of the country. here in unst, one of the shetland islands — where sheep outnumber people and shetland ponies look on. this is the saxavord spaceport, which should see the uks first ever vertical rocket launch. i think the first response from the locals was probably maybe it was an april fool or something like that. and then just as theyve seen the progress and the development since weve been going, theres been real excitement abou...