There are currently two Spaceports being built in northern Scotland and seeking rocket launch business. The two (Sutherland Spaceport on the A’Mhoine peninsula and SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst, Shetland) could be one too many says a senior figure at SaxaVord. Scott Hammond, deputy CEO and operations director of SaxaVord Spaceport, told a Scottish parliamentary committee […]
Film4, Channel 4, Rogan Scotland and Screen Scotland today announce the start of production for feature documentary The Secret Of Me (w/t). World sales and distribution will be handled by Dogwoof (Blackfish, Free Solo). This film was commissioned by Film4 and Channel 4 Docs. Directed and produced Grace Hughes-Hallett (producer of Three Identical Strangers) the […]
Firecrest Films announces it is taking viewers back into the Scottish High Courts in the third instalment of its Murder Trial series with the commission of The Killing of Dr Brenda Page for BBC Scotland and BBC Factual. After the success of Murder Trial: The Disappearance of Renee and Andrew MacRae which aired this year […]
Following on from the granting of permissions by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Scotand’s SaxaVord rocket launch facility has raised an additional £2.25 million in funding and helping to pay contractors who quit the site back in July complaining of unpaid invoices. The CAA permission was crucial and allows SaxaVord to handle 30 launches […]
Scottish spaceport SaxaVord has been licensed to operate rocket launches by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority. The site is at Unst on Shetland and is scheduled to host the UK Space Agency’s UK Pathfinder launch, which will be delivered by Lockheed Martin and ABL Systems. SaxaVord has a roster of clients including Rocket Factory Augsburg, […]
The UK Space Agency has announced funding of more than £6.7 million (€7.7m) to further Scotland’s spaceports ambitions. Scottish-based HyImpulse, a launch company working with SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland, will receive £3.4 million. And Orbex, which is working with Sutherland Spaceport on the A’ Mhòine peninsula, will get more than £3.3 million. Both spaceports plan […]
ITV and the BBC have revealed their coverage plans for the 2024 UEFA European Championship. UK television coverage of the tournament will kick-off on ITV [and STV in Scotland] on June 14th with exclusive live coverage of the opening match between hosts Germany and Scotland in Munich. ITV will show England’s final Group game against […]
Scotland-based rocket launch site Orbex has appointed John Bone as its new Chief Commercial Officer. This key appointment comes as Orbex advances its preparations for the launch of Orbex Prime, expected to be the UK mainland’s first vertical rocket launch. Bone has more than 20 years in the Space Industry, including 18 years in Director […]
On December 8th, TNT Sports will premiere Andrew Mensah’s Stand-up Kickabout – a four-part comedy series combining the stand-up comic’s two greatest passions, football and comedy, as he embarks on a tour of the UK. Stand-up gigs have taken Mensah to all manner of pubs, clubs and venues around the country but this time he […]
A new EE mast has introduced 4G mobile coverage to Out Skerries, one of the UK’s most remote inhabited islands/ The new new mobile mast that has been activated by EE to connect the island community as part of the Scottish Government’s £28.75 million Scottish 4G Infill programme (S4GI). The programme is delivering 4G infrastructure […]