Author: News Desk

The Sunday Papers Sunday Papers – Sunak won’t attend COP27 Most of the Sunday papers lead with political developments. The PM’s decision to not attend COP27 makes the front pages, with many seeing it as a snub and wondering if PM Rishi Sunak risks undermining Britain’s position as a world leader on green issues, by not attending. Another paper reports Boris Johnson is planning to attend – causing panic at No10. Several newspapers lead with Liz Truss’s mobile phone being hacked by the Kremlin. The papers say Putin cyber-spies are suspected of having “gained access to top-secret exchanges … as…

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In a boost to a fledgling industry, UK-built mini-satellites will soon be able to begin their journey into orbit on home ground In a few weeks, Britain will become a space power. A Virgin Orbit jumbo jet will take off from an airport in Cornwall, carrying a rocket strapped below one wing. As the plane flies 35,000ft above the Atlantic, it will drop its cargo, the rocket engine will be ignited, and a payload of small satellites will be hurled into Earth orbit. The LauncherOne mission – scheduled for mid-November – is intended to be the first of many launches…

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