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With one week to go until the end of the transition period, disagreements overfishing rights are thought to have caused a last minute hitch. More than 6,000 lorries spend another night stranded outside the port of dover with drivers waiting to be tested for covid 19 before theyre allowed into france. Another 6 Million People in england are told to stay at home from boxing day as the toughest level of covid restrictions are widened. Now, Rebecca Morelle looks back on how scientific endeavour reac...

Twelve months in review 2020 the year in science. It was the year that would put science to the ultimate test, battling a pandemic that swept across the globe. As cities locked down, the air became cleaner, but not for long, and the impacts of Climate Change are still accelerating. Away from earth, we entered a new era for space flight with the First Private Mission to carry astronauts into space. And there was a surprise discovery on venus, with scientists asking if they had found signs of life...

Northern ireland and scotland dropping well below freezing and then into tomorrow, again for most, we will see some sunny spells but some showers which will be wintry. More cloud the further south and east you are and some quite persistent rain across parts of essex, kent and sussex and also down into the channel islands. Temperatures in single digits, a keen wind as well, that will make it feel cold and it stays chilly through to the middle of the week. There will be a bit of rain, sleet and sn...

The headlines millions more people in england wake up to the strictest level of restrictions, tier 4, meaning they will have to mark the new year at home. Some secondary School Pupils in england face a delayed return to school, with mandatory Remote Learning for pupils who arent in years 11 or 13. It comes ahead of a government roll out of mass testing in schools. On monday of next week, all secondary schools are going to be getting a drop of tests, all the equipment that they need to set up, al...

Staff tipped. Are they paid enough. Lift off bringing space station flights back to america. The fight against i. S. I. L. Includes more than air strikes. The u. S. Combat troops may be needed on the ground. President obama made it clear, there would be no u. S. Combat troops. General dempsey and chuck hagel said theyd review future needs on a casebycase basis, hagel said expanded air strikes would help to push i. S. I. L. Out of iraq, and both pointed to a newly formed coalition as a way to eng...

Welcome to the programme. To the United States first, and an investigation is underway in minneapolis into the death of another black man in police custody. Four officers have been sacked. The victim has been named as george floyd. Video has emerged showing a Police Officer kneeling on his neck, in the street, for some considerable time. This report, from nada tawfik, contains distressing images. A disturbing scene caught on camera by witnesses incensed over the polices actions. Bro . The 10 min...

We always ask the question, what is out there? Well, this astronaut from Nasa could explain precisely that.

The visit included a tour of the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, where American astronauts are remembered and honoured. Created by the Mercury Seven astronauts, a special committee of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation selects US Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees.