pallab ghosh, bbc news. football, and in tonight's world cup qualifier, wales beat estonia. they held on for a 1—0 victory, which keeps them in third place in theirgroup. the veteran actor william shatner, who played captain kirk in the �*60s television series star trek, will finally get an opportunity to venture into space at the age of 90, and he admits he's terrified at the prospect. he'll be onboard the spacecraft developed by the multi—billionaire founder of amazon, jeff bezos. high winds at the launch site have delayed the launch until wednesday, as our correspondent sophie long reports from texas. as cool and calm as captainjames t kirk. for decades, he played a character synonymous with space exploration. now, at 90, he's about to boldly go where no nonagenarian sci—fi star has gone before. what a thing to happen. he's the oldest guy that went into space! i want to have the vision. i want to see space. i want to see the earth. i want to see what we need to do to save earth. i want to have a perspective that hasn't been shown to me before. and you're going to hear the

pallab ghosh, bbc news, at the oxford vaccine center.e of wales, in a ceremony at windsor castle. the former bake offjudge has published more than 50 books during a career spanning overfive decades. dame mary, has also been recognised for her charity work. newcastle united has confirmed its head coach, steve bruce, is leaving the club, by mutual consent. it comes less than two weeks after a saudi consortium took over the premier league side. newcastle haven�*t won a game all season. here�*s katie gornall. managing newcastle was steve bruce�*s dream job, but no matter how badly he wanted it to work at his hometown club, it always felt like an uphill battle. bruce�*s departure had been widely expected. our new chairman, yasir al—rumayyan! cheering. he was under pressure even before the saudi arabian led takeover, with his side second from bottom and without a win all season. on sunday, in front of the new owners, his team failed again. commentator: newcastle stay in the bottom three. _ in a statement confirming his departure, bruce said he

david macmillan were announced as the winners at an event in stockholm. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghoshlecules? you can think. done. what are mirror image molecules? you can think of| done. what are mirror image - molecules? you can think of them like your hands, they are the same shape, but one is a reflection of another. in the world of molecule is one of them can have completely different properties to the other, like being a really useful medicine. before the work of these scientists separating the two used to be really difficult, it was expensive and complex. now it is much easier and cheaper. that is important because it is at the heart of loads of industrial processes, thousands of them, to make it simpler and easier and it reduces the cost and the amount of energy used and it is much betterfor amount of energy used and it is much better for the environment. thank ou ve better for the environment. thank you very much- — it's more than three decades since the yacht maiden made history when its all—female crew became the first to sail the whitbread round the world race. now, after

pallab ghosh, bbc news, at the oxford vaccine center.. 0ur correspondent dan johnson sent this report. it still has the capacity to attract and enthral. but after a month it's become an overbearing backdrop to much of life here, an incredible spectacle with its own mundane chores. ryan does this once a week. "maybe it doesn't affect you directly," he says, "but a family member or someone you know." translation: i want it to end. it's not too worrying to me, but it is for my family. and in the meanwhile we just have to live with it. they have this kind of strong mentality that they say, "it doesn't matter what comes, we go through it and go forward." lucas isn't going forward. this is what happened to the house he lived in for 60 years. his wife can't bear to watch. translation: i cannot put into words, losing l the house my father built, which should have been for my children and my grandchildren. it's a miracle we have this flat because i know people who are living in cars and tents and caravans. there is no sign of this eruption easing