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BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 23:43:00

And that s the crux of it. it s the safety element for us that what we re doing needs to be as far away as possible from population centres, so that when the rocket leaves, you know, there s no real danger to people nearby. there s a hive of activity at the site to get it space ready. and the concrete s just set on a vital structure. this is the first launch pad that s been constructed, and there will be at least another two on this site. by the time everything is up and running, there will be up to 30 launches a year. it s only when you get here that you really get a sense of the scale of this project and just how remote this place is. but shetland isn t the only site in scotland. more spaceports are planned in sutherland on the north coast and benbecula in the outer hebrides. ....

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BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 22:48:00

It s only when you get here that you really get a sense of the scale of this project and just how remote this place is. but shetland isn t the only site in scotland. more spaceports are planned in sutherland on the north coast and benbecula in the outer hebrides. the hope is these could all give a big boost to the local economies, and that s especially important here in unst. this island has suffered quite badly from depopulation over the last 20 or 30 years. there s a small airfield here, used to be the third busiest heliport in the uk, and then they also had an raf station here. when that left, its about half the population of the island, and clearly that had a massive economic impact. so, you know, we re helping with the sort of rejuvenation of the island. we re hoping here, as we run it as a spaceport, we ll have more and more servicejobs, doing the fuelling of the rockets, putting liquid oxygen into the rockets. ....

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BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 22:47:00

No centres of population, you know, and that s the crux of it. it s the safety element for us that what we re doing needs to be as far away as possible from population centres, so that when the rocket leaves, you know, there s no real danger to people nearby. there s a hive of activity at the site to get it space ready. and the concrete s just set on a vital structure. this is the first launch pad that s been constructed, and there will be at least another two on this site. by the time everything is up and running, there will be up to 30 launches a year. it s only when you get here that you really get a sense of the scale of this project and just how remote this place is. but shetland isn t the only site in scotland. more spaceports are planned in sutherland on the north coast and benbecula in the outer hebrides. ....

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Zuma will be in court for his private prosecution

Former president Jacob Zuma will be in the Johannesburg high court on Thursday even though President Cyril Ramaphosa succeeded in his application to temporarily stop his predecessor from pursuing a private prosecution. ....

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Obituary | Adriaan Vlok | Only apartheid era cabinet minister to testify before the TRC

Adriaan Vlok who has died in Centurion at the age of 85 was apartheid South Africa's minister of law and order under whose watch human rights abuses were committed against countless anti-apartheid activists, including kidnappings, torture, assassinations by police hit squads and bombings. ....

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