dr elizabeth pearson is from the university of swansee and specialises in extremism, including the far—rightve just heard examples of possible copycat incidents in the wake of what happened in christchurch, was that always your fear that something like this would happen?” that always your fear that something like this would happen? i think the evidence in the past is when we have an extremely traumatic, emotional event which involves violence, which is reported on worldwide, there is a spike in related events. ranging from, you mention incidences of hate crime and graffiti, to much more serious, violent events. so previous research shows that these kinds of things are not unlikely. no, it wasn't a concern for me. i think i would caution generally about linking too much, these kinds of attacks and trying to sort of rap down some of the emotion that surrounds this, inevitably. it is pa rt surrounds this, inevitably. it is part of the aim of a terrorist attack, it is to ramp up emotion, to get media coverage and to put all the eyes on the perpetrator and on that event. what of the level of coor

that was elizabeth pearson, from the bbc‘s sky at night magazine.ynn faulds wood. that's coming up just after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for a look at the weather. helen is here, and storm freya is trying to do her western is she? —— worst. absolutely, and what an end to the week. after those record—breaking temperatures we had last week it seemed such a memory now. storm freya has descended up on the uk this afternoon, uprooting trees and causing flash flooding. we had snow, and we have lying snow in some parts of scotla nd and we have lying snow in some parts of scotland and northern england. that will continue through this evening and overnight. as you can imagine it will be pretty treacherous on the roads. there is the culprit. this is storm freya, this tell—tale ‘s world of cloud. that area of low pressure, but is actually moving quite quickly into the north sea. i think by tomorrow, it will almost be yesterday's news. that we still have quite a lot of rain. this is the snow. you can see that falling here. this is the colbeck coming

doctor elizabeth pearson talking about far right activity here in the uk. let's go back.in christchurch for us. it is monday morning with you so bring us up—to—date on events you have either seen and heard overnight 01’ have either seen and heard overnight orare have either seen and heard overnight or are anticipating today? as you say, it is a brand—new week and residents here in christchurch are getting back to work, going back to school. trying to get to grips with what happened on friday. it is an incredibly shocking thing as you can imagine happening to a city, a country, where this was seen to be the worst terror attack it has ever experienced. new zealand's security threat level went from low to the highest it has ever been, and people are still in shock, in grief over the weekend. we spoke to a lot of residents who simply couldn't come to terms with what had happened in their own town. here is the local paper this morning, pretty much sums it up. that is the headline, a city mourns. i am standing in front of one of the biggest memorials at the botanical gardens an

let's speak now to elizabeth pearson, astrophysicist and news editorfor the bbc‘s sky at night magazine the future of the space programme in the future of the space programme in the states? in the states it has marked the beginning of a big shift in terms of crude space flight. this is the first time since 2011, when this is accredited, that the us themselves can get into space. —— in terms of space flight with a crew. they have relied on these soils, which is reliable but america has had to rely on a foreign country with the other implications that come with that. for them it is about putting space flight back into their own control. what is the next test going to be? for this particular capsule, when it has come back, that will be one of the riskiest parts of the mission, the re—entry, which will happen on friday. the next test that they have to do in a couple of months is the abort mission. this is what happens, if, during launch, something goes wrong. can the capsule eject, abort, take those people safely back to earth without them being in danger? what's the next hope before the am