pallab ghosh reports. british science is among the best in the world.pean union. the decision to leave the eu of that funding uncertain. but now, the government has said it wants to negotiate to have access to those funds after brexit. i think it is very encouraging in both its tone and its aspirations, but it is clear that there is going to be a lot of work that needs to be done to hammer out the details of an eventual agreement. the france institute in london is one of the most prestigious in the world. the government has said it values the relationship the uk has with european research funders. it wants that to continue. that has obviously been welcomed by research is here, but many are concerned about restrictions on immigration coming into force after brexit —— researchers. this group received £3 million from the eu. they are working on much better vaccines. we 12 researchers, only ten are from the eu. it is possibly leading to at least some people beginning to contemplate offers elsewhere which they may not have contemplated before. full membershi

pallab ghosh, bbc news.e wide—ranging reviews into pay following the controversy over presenter salaries this summer. two will look into equal pay across the corporation — the other will be a review of pay and diversity for on—air stars. our media editor, amol rajan is here. what exactly will it look like? sophie, tony hall made a significant announcement today, the first big response to the fear rory earlier this summer over bbc pay. there are three responses, they will look at gender pay, an internal investigation that will be reported back on after six weeks and an independent audit. an external audit from pricewaterhousecoopers will look at pay across the whole of the bbc, whether or not people doing the samejob are bbc, whether or not people doing the same job are paid bbc, whether or not people doing the samejob are paid different bbc, whether or not people doing the same job are paid different amounts. a third review, led by the news operation, looks at on—air talent and issues beyond the gender pay g

pallab ghosh reports. congratulations to you all.cecraft and you are allan incredible spacecraft and you are all an incredible team. i am going to call this the end of the mission. a bittersweet moment at mission control. many of them had worked with the cassini spacecraft for 30 yea rs with the cassini spacecraft for 30 years and now it is over. these are real images taken as cassini approached saturday. taking detailed pictures of the giant planet's features, and mysterious hexagon on the top and swirls in its atmosphere. and here, stunning details of its rings. the spacecraft is1 billion miles from earth, look closely and you can see it shining like a starjust below the rings. closely and you can see it shining like a starjust below the ringsm is very sad to see it go but on the other hand, the data it has god has really changed the way we think about our place in the universe and thatis about our place in the universe and that is what we set out to do and that is what we set out to do and that has been so successful. sather and h

pallab ghosh, bbc news.ersy over presenter salaries this summer. two will look into equal pay across the corporation — the other will be a review of pay and diversity for on—air stars. our media editor, amol rajan is here. so what does this mean? it's a significant because tony hall is giving a speech up in hull which is his first big concerted public announcement since the furore over pay for top talent earlier this summer. he's announced the bbc is undertaking three reviews. the first two are already started, one looks at the gender pay gap across the bbc, that will be an internal investigation which will take six weeks then be independently audited. there is another looking at equal pay, so people doing the samejob, are they paid the same money. that will be carried out by price care house coopers and evershed and the third one will be a big one looking at on—air talent. so three big reviews, the first will report back in six weeks. how many years has tony hall been director general, theseissues tony hall

here‘s our science correspondent pallab ghosh.than it put into the research budget. its membership of the main european research programme enables uk researchers and businesses to develop collaborations with leading european research labs and industrial partners. research leaders have argued that withdrawal would be a body blow for british science. the government, it seems, has listened. i understand that it is expected to say that all options for research with eu partners are on the table, including a special status for the uk that would allow continued close collaboration. venkatraman ramakrishnan is the president of the royal society and hejoins me now. thank you for coming along. just picking up on what we were talking about, give me a sense of your concerns and the concerns of your collea g u es concerns and the concerns of your colleagues about the future of scientific work and research in the uk poster brexit. uk has always been international in its science and that it has contributed to the strength of the uk as a leading

first, here's our science correspondent pallab ghosh with some more details.e eu. that's £3 billion more than it put into the research budget. its membership of the main european research programme enables uk researchers and businesses to develop collaborations with leading european research labs and industrial partners. researcher leaders have argued that withdrawal would be a body blow for british science. the government it seems has listened. i understand it's expected to say all options for research with eu partners are on the table, including a special status for the uk that would allow continued close collaboration. nick wright is an astronomer at keele university, whose research relies heavily on eu funding. hejoins us here in the studio. and sarah main, from the campaign for science and engineering, is in our london newsroom. good morning. sara conor how important is it that we keep collaborating with our european partners on science? —— sarah,. collaborating with our european partners on science? -- sarah,. it's one of the most aspects of science and