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  Test-firing for Falcon 9 rocket
Date: November  24, 2008  

A private firm has test-fired a rocket that could soon be flying cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).The SpaceX company fired the engines of its Falcon 9 rocket for three minutes - the length of time taken for the launcher to climb towards orbit.Nasa has given SpaceX "seed money" to carry out development of the rocket.The
  Bridegroom dies on stag weekend
Date: November  10, 2008  

A 25-year-old amateur football player from Devon has died during his stag weekend in Spain, the Foreign Office has confirmed.Construction worker Tony Kyle is understood to have fallen from a balcony at his hotel in Lloret de Mar on Saturday.Mr Kyle, from the Exwick area of Exeter, Devon, was due to marry his fiancee, Emma, in February.He played for
  Six rescued in flats fire drama
Date: October  16, 2008  

Firefighters rescued five adults and a baby trapped by fire and smoke on a balcony in a block of flats after a suspected arson attack.One person was threatening to jump from the balcony of the flats in Worthing, West Sussex, and crews used a ladder in the rescue.Two elderly women who became lost in the smoke needed hospital treatment.Two other peop
  Angola arms trial opens in Paris
Date: October  06, 2008  

Forty-two people have gone on trial in Paris accused of involvement in illegal arms sales to Angola in the 1990s.The two key suspects, a French and an Israeli-Russian businessmen, denyorganising the sale of $790m worth of weapons to war-torn Angola.Other suspects, including the son of late French President Francois Mitterrand, are accused of "compl
  No action over death fall father
Date: September  29, 2008  

No action is to be taken in the UK against a father who threw his son to his death from a hotel balcony, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.Liam Hogan, six, of Bradley Stoke near Bristol, died after falling 50ft (15m) from the Petra Mare Hotel in Crete with his father, John, and sister, Mia.Mr Hogan, 33, was cleared of murder by a Greek court,
  Falcon rocket success for SpaceX
Date: September  29, 2008  
The Falcon 1 rocket developed by SpaceX has finally made a successful launch after three previous failures.The company s two-stage vehicle lofted a dummy payload from Omelek Island in the central Pacific.Founded by internet billionaire Elon Musk, SpaceX has a vision of reducing substantially the cost of access to space.A larger rocket, Falcon 9, is
  Coming home
Date: September  18, 2008  

By Vanessa BarfordBBC NewsAs the Paralympic flag was handed from China to London in Beijing, celebrations were also under way in Stoke Mandeville, Bucks, where the first games for wheelchair-bound athletes were hosted in 1948.In one of many celebrations around the UK, as the countdown to the closing ceremony began, a parade of 200 children carrying
  Bug bear
Date: September  09, 2008  

Three million people suffered the winter vomiting bug last year, we were told. But that figure should have come with a health warning of its own, says Michael Blastland, in the final series of his weekly series.The story: Health crisis as three million people went down last winter with Norovirus - winter vomiting disease. The flaw: The authorities
  Ancient trees recorded in mines
Date: September  08, 2008  

By Jonathan AmosScience reporter, BBC News, LiverpoolSpectacular fossil forests have been found in the coal mines of Illinois by a US-UK team of researchers.The group reported one discovery last year, but has since identified a further five examples.The ancient vegetation - now turned to rock - is visible in the ceilings of mines covering thousands
   Hundreds killed by Haiti storm
Date: September  05, 2008  

Almost 500 bodies have been found in the port city of Gonaives after floodwaters caused by recent storms receded, according to reports.Commissioner Ernst Dorfeuille told Reuters news agency 495 bodies had been found and the toll get higher.A ship carrying 33 tons of UN aidarrived in Haiti on Friday to help an estimated 600,000 people struggling in


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