This Is Why

A Blue Origin rocket explosion during a test launch at Cape Canaveral in Florida could have huge implications for Jeff Bezos' ambitions in space.
His company had just won a big NASA contract to deliver lunar landers to the moon using his New Glenn rockets which are specifically designed to carry cargo.
The failure will also affect NASA's moon plans, which already included little margin for error.
Sky's science and technology correspondent Mickey Carroll joins Mhari Aurora to discuss what the explosion means for Blue Origin, getting humans back on the moon and the space race.

At least eight teenagers have died after getting into difficulty in open water during the UK’s record-breaking heatwave.
The tragedies have caused the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to warn of the dangers of “cold water shock”, as many try to cool down in the baking heat.
The deaths have also happened days before the official start of summer - so what can be done to keep people safe in the months ahead?
Mhari Aurora discusses water safety with campaigner Beckie Ramsay, whose son drowned in open water in 2011.
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The head of the GCHQ intelligence agency has warned that Russia is going after critical infrastructure and democracy in the UK.
Anne Keast-Butler also used the inaugural GCHQ annual lecture at Bletchley Park to say the threat of this "daily hybrid activity" leading to a wider conflict is as "high as I’ve ever seen it".
Her warning comes days after an RAF jet carrying the UK's defence secretary John Healey had its signal jammed near the Russia border.
Why is Moscow allegedly carrying out these hybrid attacks and what is being done to tackle them?
Gareth Barlow discusses how severe the Russia threat is with Sky's military analyst Professor Michael Clarke.

Three teenagers who avoided jail over the rape of two girls in Hampshire will now have their sentences reviewed after a judge initially said he wanted to "avoid criminalising these children unnecessarily". One of the victims described the ruling as being like a "rock straight in my face".
The attorney general, Lord Hermer, has announced that the Court of Appeal will review the sentences. His office had received "multiple" requests for the sentences to be reviewed under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
Gareth Barlow speaks to Susan Edwards, Professor of Law at Northumbria University and author of 'Sex and Gender in the Legal Process', about how the decision was reached and what will happen next. Also, Sky’s political correspondent Rob Powell discusses the government's plan to reform the youth justice system.
Warning: This podcast contains references to rape
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In all corners of the United Kingdom, parties that back independence are now in charge.
The SNP retained control in Scotland and Plaid Cymru took power in Wales for the first time following the May elections. And, with Sinn Fein becoming the biggest party in Northern Ireland back in 2022, it now means all three devolved legislatures in the UK are led by nationalist parties.
So, what's behind their rise and are there similarities between them?
Niall is joined by Professor Michael Keating, Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Aberdeen and Fellow of the Centre on Constitutional Change at the University of Edinburgh.
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