内容摘要：Mr Bedford went on to explain that after their Christmas Day meal the weather in 1965 was particularly mild.

Mr Bedford went on to explain that after their Christmas Day meal the weather in 1965 was particularly mild.

He said he had seen the phenomenon before around four years ago."But these are pretty rare," he told the BBC, and agreed the rocket was its likely source.

Stockport-based Sonia was already out with her telescope when she saw "a swirling galaxy that was moving across the sky".People living almost 200 miles (321km) away also spotted the unusual glow.Steven Hall was taking his bins out from his home in rural Suffolk when he saw what looked like "a huge Catherine wheel which appeared to have its own atmosphere around it".

He added: "It did pass my mind, is this an unexplained, unidentified flying object?"SpaceX said on X the launch was carried out on behalf of the US government National Reconnaissance Office mission. The Kennedy Space Center also said on X the launch was a classified mission for that office.

Work to replace electricity supply poles near a bird of prey centre could disrupt nesting birds during breeding season, its owner has said.

Northern Powergrid said it intended to replace two poles close to Thirsk Bird of Prey Centre in North Yorkshire next week, with the work expected to take several hours.But when asked about how people will cope, ministers are inevitably pointing to this increase as evidence of how the government is helping out.

Yes, it is not all doom and gloom today.There is an increase in the minimum wage - up to £12.21 an hour for over 21s - and there are increases too for younger workers and apprentices.

Official figures show that average wages have been rising faster than prices. The state pension and benefits will also go up from next week.This will certainly help pay some of those bills, and you won't see the impact directly until you look at your bank balance in the coming weeks.