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Not ready to open. fingers are being firmly crossed. what the government is trying to do is essentially buy itself more time in a few more areas. they will be waiving import controls on goods coming into the uk to allow them to get the necessary systems and infrastructure in place to be able to manage that. the government accepts there will be bumpy moments as people adapt to the new post—brexit environment but insists that today marks the moment when the united kingdom takes back control of i...

It‘s all hands on deck to get the kit boxed up and transported to the airfield, ready to go. and the team are there, itching to get cracking. so we are super excited. we‘re out at lilyfield and we‘re finally about to get to the plane out to thwaites divide. i can‘t wait to get out and start the next phase of the melt project. you can‘t fly straight to thwaites, there‘s no ice runway that can take these big planes. so the 1,300 milejourney is done in stages. thwaites divide is the pro...

If they had found signs of life. and in 2020, an expedition to one of the most remote places on the planet to study a colossal melting glacier whose fate could affect us all. and as the year came to a close, the news of effective vaccines, as hopes rose that the pandemic could finally have an end in sight. welcome to review 2020: the year in science. im at the royal 0bservatory greenwich in london. usually it is packed with visitors here, but like so many other places around the world, the arriv...

The other storeys in the news. the new york stock exchange says it will delist three chinese telecommunications firms because of their alleged links with chinas military. the move comes after president trump signed an executive order in november barring us investments in chinese companies that were seen as a threat to national security. rescuers in norway have found a body in the debris of homes swallowed up by a landslide near oslo on wednesday. its the first confirmed fatality. homes were buri...

This is an historic moment. the first time anyone has tried to drill down through the front of what is the most important glacier in the world in terms of future sea level rises. slowly, slowly, the drill melts a 30cm hole down through tens of thousands of years of ice deposits. you can see it‘s looking 0k. its not looking bad. probably better than we both expected. after 36 hours, they finally break through to the sea below. mission accomplished. now it is time for icefin to take centre stage...

Sporting couple starting off the new year asjockeys tom marquand and hollie doyle have announced their engagement. they shared the news on social media just before midnight after a pretty decent 2020 for them both. marquand was third in the flat jockeys‘ title race, one ahead of hollie — who herself was the first woman to ride five winners at one meeting and she finished 3rd at the bbc sports personality of the year. congrats to them. thats all from sportsday. on bbc news it the travel show....

I think for years, travel has been so easy for everybody. and i like the idea of next year being that one, rather than going for lots of small trips and weekends, we look for that one big life—changing experiential trip, you know? because you dont know when this can happen again. you know, we dont know when it can happen again and as someone who, travel has changed my life so much, yeah, i want to hold onto every second. so, i think for me next year, its all about that big life—changing trip...

Victory after a winning return at tramore. the nine—year—old, ridden by paul townend for trainer willie mullins, won the new years day chase for the third year running. englands alex hales scored 45 off 19 balls for sydney thunder in the big bash league, as his side beat the melbourne renegades on the duckworth—lewis method. hales hit seven fours and two sixes his thunder side have five wins from their six matches and sit top of the league standings. two time winner gary anderson booked hi...

Christmas is over and the storm has blown itself out. time to load up for the final 400 miles to the glacier. not in one of the big planes this time, in something much smaller. this is a twin 0tter — rugged, reliable and great on short runways, perfect for working out here on the ice. we‘re headed to the place where the base of the glacier goes afloat. it‘s called the grounding line, and it‘s where this glacier is melting. an advance party are already on thwaites glacier. theirjob — to...

Measures. you now to add to the public health measures. you are a now to add to the public health measures. you are a very busy woman. thank you so much for your time and. 0k, thank you very much. rescuers in norway are continuing to search for survivors after a landslide buried several houses in a village north—east of oslo. ten people are still missing, including two children, after an entire hillside collapsed. homes were buried under mud — some left teetering over a crater caused by the ...