bridget philipson. the uk's civil service, has died after being diagnosed with cancer. he was 68. he had multiple roles in the civil service until 2015, when he became the chair of king's college hospital trust and later conducted the independent inquiry into the manchester arena bombing. a european space telescope is starting a million—mile journey to find the secrets of the dark universe. the euclid spacecraft blasted off from cape canaveral in florida on saturday. it will make a huge 3d map of the cosmos to help astronomers understand more about dark matter. 0ur reporter david lumb has more. five, four, three, i two, one — igniton. heading to space to solve one of science's biggest questions — what is the universe made of? the euclid telescope was launched from florida on a falcon nine rocket yesterday. falcon nine has successfully lifted off from pad 40 and throttled down to prepare for max g, which is coming up at t—plus one minute and 12 seconds. dispatched to an observation position 1.5 million k

this is what bridget philipson had to say.'t _ unions to get through this. that isn't happening, it's the secretary of state's — isn't happening, it's the secretary of state's failure to get that to happen— of state's failure to get that to happen which means this week we are --oin happen which means this week we are going to _ happen which means this week we are going to see more disruption. that is an— going to see more disruption. that is an irresponsible and reckless approach — pressed repeatedly there you heard bridget philipson declined to commit to a particularfigure bridget philipson declined to commit to a particular figure or pay rise. labour are in to a particular figure or pay rise. labourare in an to a particular figure or pay rise. labour are in an interesting position — on the one hand they want to be supportive of the unions unsupportable teachers but they have made the point that they think there has been under payments and answer investment a long period, but they are also trying to bolster their economic cre

he would have hoped to be involved here at the finish were philipson, who denied cavendish a record 35the would have beenjust 12 years beaten by denmark's athlete. he would have been just 12 years old when cavendish won his first aid at the tour in 2008 and that wasn't even the beginning of a long and amazing career. he won his first world title on the track in 2005 in the madison. in 2011, this was how he followed green jersey at the tour de france. in 2012, cavendish was almost unbeatable. he became the most successful sprinter in tour de france history winning his 23rd stage at the champs—elysees in paris. successful on the track most third title in 2016 and an olympic silver. in 2021, having 0lympic silver. in 2021, having battled illness and mental health problems, he made a glorious and inspiring comeback at the tour, winning four stages, second green jersey and equalling the record of 3a stage wins. cavendish didn't like to speak about beating that record. he only ever said he wanted to win one more stage in his final tour de france. but a fractured collarbone has cruelly denied t