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of tyre nichols. five police officers have been fired and charged with murder over the incident. a further two have been suspended from their roles. now on bbc news: click. this week, we're trying to get to space, which is even harder than it sounds. lara messes up the house... oh, no. i spilled my coffee! ..and then clears up. mind the cat, though. and fancy a drink? we're saving water... cheers. ..and trying to save nick from himself. oh, no, he's getting a tattoo. there's no going back from this. _ it's a pretty spectacular view from earth's orbit. and there are plenty of things t...

This aircraft used to be a virgin atlantic airliner, but it's been specially modified so it can launch rockets. in its former life, this cabin would have been filled with rows and rows of passenger seats, as well as galleys and bulkheads. they even used to have a bar on these aircraft. all of that has been stripped out to save weight — and weight saving is really, really important if you want to launch rockets. squadron leader matthew "stanny" stannard is on loan to virgin 0rbit from the royal air force. he's already played a role in three successful rocket launches from cosmic girl over the...

This aircraft used to be a virgin atlantic airliner, but it's been specially modified so it can launch rockets. in its former life, this cabin would have been filled with rows and rows of passenger seats, as well as galleys and bulkheads. they even used to have a bar on these aircraft. all of that has been stripped out to save weight — and weight saving is really, really important if you want to launch rockets. squadron leader matthew "stanny" stannard is on loan to virgin 0rbit from the royal air force. he's already played a role in three successful rocket launches from cosmic girl over the...

Weight—saving is really really important if you want to launch rockets. the squadron leader, matthew �*stanny�* stannard, is on loan to virgin 0rbit from the royal air force. he has already played a role in three successful rocket launches from cosmic girl over the mojave desert in the united states. can you take us through a mission and how it works? we get airborne from the runway behind us, and head out to what is called a race track, the point where we will drop the rocket. that phase is called captive carry, we're just looking after the rocket, making sure it is healthy, using launc...

From the royal air force. he has already played a role in three successful rocket launches from cosmic girl over the mojave desert in the united states. can you take us through a mission and how it works? we get airborne from the runway behind us, and head out to what is called a race track, the point where we will drop the rocket. that phase is called captive carry, we're just looking after the rocket, making sure it is healthy, using launch engineers in the back and mission control on the ground. we commence about 2g, so if you are a passenger on this aeroplane, you feel yourself being pushe...