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That we now announce our para astronaut, and that isjohn mcfall. John mcfall has been selected using exactly the same criteria as all european astronauts. But unlike any of the others, he has a physical disability. Now he's taking part in a groundbreaking project. Being an amputee, being an astronaut was never really on my radar because like the military, you wouldn't pass the medical selection process. I thought i would have the skills, a mix of skills and scientific background that i could really help them answer this very aspirational question of can we get someone with a physical disabilit...

The uk Prime Minister used his interview with the bbc earlier today, to suggest that the nhs is broken ahead of a report on the state of the Health Service in england due later this week. In particular its expected to highlight severe problems for children and young people getting access to care. Our health editor, hugh pym, reports. Within hours of forming the new government, ministers were saying the nhs was broken and the problems could not be fixed overnight. The medical Expert Lord Darzi was asked to carry out a rapid review of the state of the nhs in england. His full report is due out l...

Opener at hampden. Stop a murky start but for most of us Warm Sunshine developing today, watch out for more heavy thundery rain in the south. I will have the details. Its Friday 6th of september. The Home Secretary Will chair a meeting of senior ministers, Intelligence Agencies and Law Enforcement Bodies Today to discuss how to tackle criminal gangs which smuggle people across the channel. 12 people died on tuesday when their small boat came apart off the french coast. Yvette cooper said this showed the moral imperative of dismantling the gangs. Our home editor, mark easton, reports. The gover...

Will any of us be jetting off for a holiday this summer . After 12 months of cancellations, refunds and travel chaos, well get an update from ryanair. The low cost airline has its latest results out in the next few minutes, ill speak to boss Michael Oleary in the next hour. Its a salah spectacular he scores two great goals, as liverpool win at west ham to get their Title Defence back on track. Good morning it is a cloudy, murky start across Southern England and wales. Northern ireland, some rain and hill snow moving through and wintry showers moving through scotland getting into Northern Engla...

Certainly deserved something from the game. After the opponent touched the ball, he dived in. So it was the judgment of the var, of the ref. Lucky for us, no penalty. So, yeah, of course we are happy with that. But i think also you can debate about it but i dont think its a penalty. It looked like a foul. Yeah, ijust think if you go for the ball and you miss it and clatter into an opposing player that hard, i dont see how its not a foul. I think they were fortunate to get away with that one probably. Yeah, disappointed it didnt go our way, because it would have been the least we deserved, real...