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The UK Space Agency invited Dr Patrick Vallance, the Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA), to hear about the cutting-edge science taking place at the Harwell Space Cluster.

Part of the total phase of the lunar eclipse will be visible from the United Kingdom as the Moon rises

Organisations can apply for a share of £150,000 for ideas to develop a smart energy system that links Perth and Kinross Council buildings.

Children encouraged to get making this summer as part of the Year of Engineering, a government campaign to show young people how they could shape the future as engineers.

Organisations can apply for a share of £200,000 to develop information and communications technology projects that better detect psychosis in patients.

Organisations can apply for a share of £180,000 to look at ways of analysing different types of clinical data both in real time and in retrospect.

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £20 million to support development of innovative technologies that could provide economic growth for the UK.

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £250,000 to develop technologies that connect both young people and older adults in rural areas.

Businesses can apply for up to £40 million for projects that look at creating public areas to charge electric cars or wireless charging for commercial vehicles.

Professor David Southwood has been reappointed as Chair of the UK Space Agency Steering Board.

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £180,000 to come up with ways of promoting better and more efficient use of speech and language therapy services.

Businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million to test ideas for increasing the adoption of practices that improve productivity.

SMEs can apply for a loan of up to £1 million to support projects that will help them to grow by developing highly innovative new products and services.

Businesses can apply for a share of up to £25 million to develop, demonstrate and trial technologies for connected and autonomous vehicles in real-world settings.

Up to £4 million available for as many as four applications of technology originally designed for space that could improve NHS treatment.

Organisations can apply for a share of £125,000 to investigate ideas for new digital tools that will help students make informed choices about where they study.

UK-built satellite testing possible solutions to clean up space junk deployed from the International Space Station, and is soon to begin experiments in orbit.

Businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million to support investment in equipment that increases the UK's capacity to carry out genomic analysis.

Organisations can apply for a share of £150 million this year to support new technologies that help to make the UK civil aerospace industry more competitive.

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £150,000 to show how virtual and augmented reality could improve outcomes for young people in Northern Ireland.

Organisations can win contracts worth up to £250,000 to develop new ways to meet challenges in areas such as housing, public transport and trade.

Organisations can apply for a share of £12 million to transform accountancy, insurance and legal services, under the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £400,000 to develop new digital solutions for tracking waste from its source to its treatment or destination.

The government has today (4 June) announced Rob Woodward as the new Chair of the Met Office.

The government announced today that Dr Julian Braybrook has been appointed as the new Government Chemist.

iProov, a facial recognition business supported by Innovate UK, is the first overseas company to win a contract to tackle border security in the United States.

Organisations can apply for funding under a £3.9 billion investment in new technologies that will help to make the UK civil aerospace industry more competitive.

The Kidzania Year of Engineering festival will bring engineering to life for children with a programme of events and activities throughout the summer.