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UAE’s Hope probe will reach Mars TODAY – entering orbit at 16:00 GMT

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The United Arab Emirates will become the first Arab nation and only the fifth nation overall to place a spaceship in orbit around Mars later today. Named Hope, the probe is expected to start the complex process of entering Martian orbit at 16:00 GMT – following a 500 million km race from Earth. It will … Read more

Did you remember? Britons get a lie in as clocks go back an hour to GMT

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Among the Britons not happy with their extra hour in bed this morning are the royal staff who spend 40 hours changing the Queen’s 1,500 clocks in preparation.   Royal Collection Trust staff have been toiling on the timepieces at Buckingham Palace, Windsor and Holyrood, in preparation for the UK switching back to Greenwich Mean Time … Read more