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of its busiest nights of the year. it s understood that the computer system crashed, meaning calls had to be recorded by pen and paper for several hours. and at 10.30am, witness looks back on five moments in history with people who were there. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the turkish president says the attack on an istanbul nightclub in which 39 people died was designed to create chaos in the country. police in turkey are hunting for a gunman who opened fire in a packed nightclub in istanbul killing 39 people and injuring many more. 16 foreigners are among the dead and around 70 other people are being treated in hospital. the gunman entered the popular reina nightclub and started shooting at about i.30am local time. some reports say he was dressed in a santa outfit. the attack happened in the ortakoy district during new year s eve celebrations. around 700 people were thought to be at the club at the time. sheref ishler from the bbc turkish service reports. a ne ....
also in the next hour, technical problems hit the london ambulance service on one of its busiest nights of the year. it s understood that the computer system crashed, meaning calls had to be recorded by pen and paper for several hours. and, in half an hour, dateline london looks ahead to 2017. let s go to pictures from sandringham. there they are. as you can see, the church and sandringham, people beginning to arrive. the queen will not be attending this new year s day church service because of this lingering heavy cold. she miss the christmas day service for the first time in many years. we believe the duke of edinburgh has already gone in, with the royal party. minus the queen. the turkish president says the attack on an istanbul nightclub in which 39 people died was designed to create chaos in the country. police in turkey are hunting for a gunman who opened fire in a packed nightclub in istanbul killing 39 people and injuring many more. 16 foreigners are among the d ....
in halfan in half an hour we will look back at a momentous year in science, one which sought to impeach return from space. which sought to welcome to bbc news. the turkish president says the attack on an istanbul nightclub in which 39 people died was designed to create chaos in the country. police in turkey are hunting for a gunman who opened fire in a packed nightclub in istanbul killing 39 people and injuring many more. 15 foreigners are among the dead and around 70 other people are being treated in hospital. the gunman entered the popular reina nightclub and started shooting at about i.30am local time. some reports say he was dressed in a santa outfit. the attack happened in the ortakoy district during new year s eve celebrations. around 500 people were thought to be at the club at the time. counting down to 2017, 500 revellers came to the nightclub to celebrate the new year in istanbul. a little more than one hour later this cctv footage appears to show the lone ....
in 2016, the world s largest radio telescope was unveiled. we also learned about the secret life of seals and what they get up to underwater. and saw advances in a controversial new genetic technique. human organs are growing inside these pigs. this was also the year a global climate deal came into force but the election of donald trump placed a question mark over its future. and after decades of searching, scientists have detected gravitational waves. it s been called the discovery of the century, making 2016 a truly momentous year for science. i m here at thejodrell bank observatory in the north of england. for more than half a century, scientists have been using this vast telescope to gaze up into the heavens, transforming our understanding of the universe. some people have been lucky enough to experience the wonders of space first hand. this year it was the turn of british astronaut tim peake. blasting off, the start of a remarkable mission. tim peake was on his way ....
the london ambulance service on one of its busiest nights of the year. it s understood that the computer system crashed, meaning calls had to be recorded by pen and paper for several hours. we will hear from the world s bigger selling authorjames we will hear from the world s bigger selling author james patterson we will hear from the world s bigger selling authorjames patterson at 1:45 p.m.. in the meet the author. the turkish president says the attack on an istanbul nightclub in which 39 people died was designed to create chaos in the country. police in turkey are hunting for a gunman who opened fire in a packed nightclub in istanbul killing 39 people and injuring many more. 15 foreigners are among the dead and around 70 other people are being treated in hospital. the gunman entered the popular reina nightclub and started shooting at about 1.20am local time. some reports say he was dressed in a santa outfit. the attack happened in the ortakoy district during new year ....