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championship—winning team are recognised in the new year honours, and theres also a knighthood for queen guitarist brian may. and many more sports stars have also been included in the honours list. after the commonwealth games lit up birmingham, olympics heptathlon champion denise lewis is made a dame for helping to make the event such a success. # up in space, man. we catch up with sam ryder ahead of tonights new years eve party on bbc one, and how he cant wait for eurovision to com...

former adviser to george w bush. welcome to the programme. rishi sunak has ordered an inquiry into the tax affairs of nadhim zahawi, the man he appointed as chair of the conservative party. the ethics adviser sir laurie magnus, a former investment banker, has been asked to "get to the bottom of everything", following reports mr zahawi was forced to pay a fine and millions of pounds in unpaid taxes to hmrc. it is quite the turn around. on wednesday the prime minister told the commons th...

the hydrogen is stored in tanks underneath the carriages along with the hydrogen fuel cell which converts the hydrogen back to electricity which powers the train. all that is emitted is steam and water. the hydrogen needed to power the train is made on site. electricity from renewable sources is used to split water, creating hydrogen. that is then compressed, compressed again, and then stored ready for refuelling the train. but if most of the uk rail network is electrified, what part w...

in the 1970s as one of the creative forces behind the punk rock scene. you are watching bbc news. now on bbc news, click. rock version of: the twelve days of christmas. well, ho, ho, ho! and merry clickmas! its the first one from our new glasgow base. so we are here in the middle of pacific quay, in the studio. yeah. yoo—hoo. good, innit? and weve got all the latest tech decks... ..low carbon log fire... ..cgi baubles... ..and sustainable signage. now, this is our last show of 2022, ...

iran has been widely condemned after executing two more anti—government protesters. mohammad mahdi karami and seyed mohammad hosseini had appealed against their sentences for killing a member of the security forces, saying they had been tortured into making false confessions. military helicopters in western australia airlift more than 200 people cut off by devastating floods. the states emergency services minister describes the damage as a once—in—a—century event. prince harry ...

is the outlook a little brighter? thats the talk in davos as business leaders and top government officials discuss the recent changes in the global economy. chinas move to drop strict covid controls is seen as a boost and now the international monetary fund may soon upgrade its economic forecasts. today, well get a sense of how challenging the economic environment is across europe. in a few hours�* time, well get the latest inflation numbers in the uk and eurozone. joining me now is ...

the occupied crimean peninsula. mr putin also ordered a full investigation into the incident. ukrainian officials have welcomed the explosion. there have been reports of at least three more deaths on another day of mass protests against iranian authorities. female students shouted go back when the president visited a womens university. five teenagers in hong kong have been found guilty of advocating a violent revolution against the chinese state. they were sentenced up to three years i...

most high—speed trains are powered by electricity. at the bo�*ness and kinneil railway, engineers have also moved on from the past and into technologies of the future, where they are working towards cleaner rail travel. this is a little train that could be powered by hydrogen. the train itself is not new. instead, this is where old technology meets new and a test of where hydrogen power might be a viable option on our railways. the technology beneath my feet is relatively new for t...

generations about that. now, eugene�*s company is helping to get high—powered scanners and training to the right people so they can create these incredibly detailed 3—d scans. they hope it can be used at a later date to create exact replicas or in different ways in museums to display the history that has been lost in its physical sense. some of the technology theyre using is already in use here at the british museum in london. they use it to scan objects, allowing detailed replic...

at different ways of preserving buildings digitally and now, that technology is being used for a very urgent task. as alistair keane has been finding out. across ukraine, hundreds of buildings have stood for years as important cultural sites. but through the war, many have gone from this, to this. their architectural wonders becoming piles of rubble. every day, they destroy something really important in terms of cultural heritage. for example, so, yesterday in my native kharkiv, there ...