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Cision Canada
16-07-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
MDA SPACE UK TO PRIME ESA AND UK SPACE AGENCY MISSION ESTABLISHING REGENERATIVE, DIRECT-TO-DEVICE 5G COMMUNICATIONS FROM LOW EARTH ORBIT
LONDON, July 16, 2025 /CNW/ - MDA Space Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, today announced that it will prime SkyPhi, a new mission funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the UK Space Agency (UKSA) that will enable regenerative 5G direct-to-device (D2D) satellite communications from low Earth orbit (LEO). The announcement, made today at the UK Space Conference taking place in Manchester, spotlights the UK's role in driving forward next-generation space-based telecommunications and reinforcing its leadership in satellite innovation. Funded by the ESA and the UKSA, the mission is part of the ARTES (Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems) program. SkyPhi supports the development and validation of innovative satcom technologies with strong commercial potential. MDA Space UK will lead phases A and B of the mission in collaboration with UK-based mission partners CGI and Open Cosmos, combining proven strengths in satellite platforms and operations, secure communications, network integration, and advanced payload systems. "This pioneering project led by MDA Space represents the kind of innovation the UK space sector needs to maintain its competitive edge. By starting the development of an end-to-end 5G direct-to-device satellite communications system with a LEO satellite and UK-based ground infrastructure, the project is placing the UK as a leader in new satellite technologies," said Dr. Craig Brown, Director of Investment at the UK Space Agency. "The collaboration between MDA Space, CGI and Open Cosmos demonstrates the power of partnership in solving complex technical challenges." "The selection of SkyPhi and MDA Space UK, supported by our strong UK-based team of industry partners, recognises the depth of talent and innovation resident in the UK space sector," said Mike Greenley, CEO of MDA Space. "Our mission at MDA Space is to turn the proven into the possible, and with the support of the UK Space Agency and ESA, we're putting that goal in motion and advancing a bold vision for satellite-enabled 5G services and the industrial base of the UK space industry." ABOUT MDA SPACE Building the space between proven and possible, MDA Space (TSX: MDA) is a trusted mission partner to the global space industry. A robotics, satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer with a 55-year+ story of world firsts and more than 450 missions, MDA Space is a global leader in communications satellites, Earth and space observation, and space exploration and infrastructure. The MDA Space team of more than 3,400 space experts in Canada, the US and the UK has the knowledge and know-how to turn an audacious customer vision into an achievable mission—bringing to bear a one-of-a-kind mix of experience, engineering excellence and wide-eyed wonder that's been in our DNA since day one. For those who dream big and push boundaries on the ground and in the stars to change the world for the better, we'll take you there. For more information, visit FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS This press release may contain forward looking information within the meaning of applicable securities legislation, which reflects the Company's current expectations regarding future events, including, but not limited to, upcoming missions. Forward looking information is based on a number of assumptions and is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's control, which could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those that are disclosed in or implied by such forward looking information. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to the factors discussed under "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Information Form (AIF) dated March 7, 2025 and available on SEDAR+ at The Company does not undertake any obligation to update such forward looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable law. SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCE MDA Space
Daily Mail
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
The one thing Princess Margaret got right - and the advice she gave the late Queen after three of her children got divorced
She was once described as an 'anti-Queen' with a string of royal scandals surrounding her chaotic personal life and affairs. But she also proved herself to be a fiercely loyal sister and an excellent mother, advising the late Queen when her children went through their own marriage struggles. Royal expert Ingrid Seward wrote in her book, My Mother and I, that the late Queen's younger sister, Princess Margaret, was 'wilful, contrary and an impossible mixture of tenderness, arrogance and self-entitlement'. Margaret, or Margo as she was known to family, was four years younger than the late Queen and was known to the media for her rebellious nature, glamorous lifestyle and passionate love life. The girls' father King George VI once said: 'Lilibet is my pride. Margaret is my joy.' He was also known to spoil his youngest daughter. As Craig Brown puts it in his biography, Ma'am Darling, 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret, it was as if the cigarette smoking, scandal-hit younger sister was 'determined to be a sort of anti-Queen'. Despite their contrasting personalities, Elizabeth was a protective older sister to 'Margo,' while Margaret affectionately called the Queen 'Lilibet'. Seward wrote: 'As a young woman she had always felt that the Queen was so good and perfect while she was very much the opposite, doomed to an unhappy marriage and a succession of unsuitable romances.' A patron of the arts, ballet in particular, Margaret was also known for staying out late, singing and dancing. Her whirlwind love life included an affair and secret engagement to Group Captain Peter Townsend, a marriage to Antony Armstrong-Jones (later Lord Snowdon), and an affair with Roddy Llewellyn. Her marriage to Lord Snowdon, whom she had two children with, David and Sarah, ended with the first royal divorce since Henry VIII. Margaret once said: 'My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt.' She attempted to shield them from the spotlight and wanted to give them as much of a normal life as she could. Margaret was a hands-on parent and was determined to be present in her children's lives. Seward wrote: 'Princess Margaret prided herself on being a good mother and it made her feel that at least she had managed to get something right. 'Unlike her sister, who put her husband before the children, Princess Margaret put her children first. The princess attempted to shield them from the spotlight and wanted to give them as much of a normal life as she could. Margaret is photographed with her two children 'For all her personal problems and temperamental behaviour, she was a natural mother. 'Even though she had a wonderful nanny, Nanny Sumner, if one of the children cried in the night it was Margaret who climbed out of bed to comfort them. 'She breastfed both babies and even changed their nappies between official engagements.' Even when the children had grown up, the royal expert claimed that Margaret became an 'indulgent mother' but 'gracefully let them both go from her life, which was quite a sacrifice'. Seward added: 'She was often lonely but did not cling to them, and as a result they always took the trouble to drop in and see her because they wanted to, not because they felt obliged.' In contrast, the late Queen had a much more traditional and formal approach to being a mother. She had a strong sense of duty and formality from her own upbringing and her children, as is customary in royal households, were largely raised by their nannies. According to historian Robert Lacey, who also served as an advisor for the Netflix series The Crown, the Queen believed it was better to leave the children in the care of nannies, rather than drag them around the world. The late Queen with Anne and Charles as they passed through the crowds at the Royal Easter Show in Sydney during the Royal Tour of Australasia 'She had been brought up in that style herself, after all, with her parents leaving her at home and entrusting her entire schooling to a governess and home tutors,' he said. In his controversial 1994 authorized biography of Prince Charles, Jonathan Dimbleby quotes the Prince of Wales saying it was 'inevitably the nursery staff' who taught him to play, witnessed his first steps, and punished and rewarded him. Despite this, Princess Anne, the only daughter of the late monarch, publicly denied these claims. In a 2002 interview with the BBC she said: 'I simply don't believe there is any evidence what so ever to suggest that she wasn't caring. It just beggars belief.' Historian Lacey also said that Lord Mountbatten, Prince Philip's uncle, once said that the Queen's favourite night of the week was the nanny's night off. 'When nanny Mabel was off duty, Elizabeth could kneel beside the bath, bathe her babies, read to them and put them to bed herself.' But as her children grew up and struggled in their separate marriages, it was Margaret who advised the late Queen. This relationship was depicted in season three of the Netflix series The Crown. The season depicted Margaret's personal struggles (played by Helena Bonham Carter) and how they impacted her relationship with the Queen (played by Olivia Colman). Margaret is pictured with Princess Diana in October 1990 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London Seward wrote: 'Later she found a new kind of confidence and, for the first time in her life, she felt able to give the Queen advice, rather than the other way around. 'The ironic poignancy of this reversal was not lost on the Queen or Prince Philip. 'This is not how anyone could ever have seen things turning out, with Margaret at ease with herself and her children happily settled, while the Queen and Philip were faced with three out of their four children getting divorced.' Three of the Queen's children got divorced within four years of each other. Princess Anne divorced her first husband in 1992 and Prince Andrew and Prince Charles both divorced their partners in 1996. According to author Robert Hardman's book, Queen of Our Times: The Life of Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen found the divorces 'deeply upsetting'. He quoted former staffers as saying that the divorces 'distressed her much more than she let on'. The Queen is pictured talking to Charles in November 1990 The staffer said they attempted to comfort the Queen and reassure her that divorce was 'almost common practice'. But he quoted the Queen as replying: 'Three out of four!' with 'sheer sadness and exasperation'. Margaret reportedly said to the Queen of Charles's troubled relationship with Diana: 'Let her do what she likes and leave her alone'. This advice mirrored Margaret's own philosophy when it came to her relationship with her children. At one desperate low point in her life, Margaret turned wistfully to her sister and said: 'I may not have achieved very much - but I at least feel my life has not been wasted, because I have produced two happy and well-adjusted children.' The truth of that statement was borne out by the presence of her son, Viscount Linley, and her daughter, Lady Sarah Chatto, at her bedside when she died on February 9, 2002. While Margaret may be remembered as the 'troubled' royal - she proved that she was also a devoted mother and one of the Queen's closest confidantes when the two were alive.
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Greenville Drive to welcome 6 Millionth Fan through Fluor Field: How to win honorary title
Next month, the Greenville Drive will welcome its 6 millionth fan through the gates of Fluor Field. "To put the number in perspective, 6 million is roughly the size of metro Atlanta." said a Greenville Drive press release. "Standing shoulder to shoulder in a line, 6 million people would fill the space between New York City and Los Angeles." To commemorate the milestone, the Greenville Drive will celebrate with the local community, choosing seven individuals between July 1 and July 8 to participate in in-game competitions or at random to compete for a chance to be crowned the Honorary 6 Millionth Fan, per the press release. "This is an incredibly exciting milestone and underscores the strength of the partnerships the Drive has forged over the past twenty years with our fans, our sponsors, the City of Greenville and the entire Upstate community. This celebration is a testament to the power of 'community.'" said Greenville Drive owner and chairman Craig Brown. Here's what to know about the competition's selection process. The selection process for the competition will be held from July 1-3 during the Greenville Drive's three-game Freedom Fest homestand. Two ticket holders will be selected at the July 2 game, one on July 2, and two on July 3, including the winner of the Greenville Drive's Hot Dog Eating Competition before the game. The lucky five contestants will attend the July 8 Greenville Drive game where two more ticket holders will be selected to join them in the competition. The seven contestants will compete throughout the game for a chance to unlock a grand prize box. The contestant who unlocks the box will win the title and the ultimate Greenville Drive 6 Millionth Fan grand prize package. Trip for four to Boston (airfare and accommodations). Four tickets to a Boston Red Sox game. Greenville Drive 2026 season tickets. A first pitch opportunity at a future Greenville Drive game. Custom Greenville Drive jersey with their last name and "#6M" on the back. Team signed 20th anniversary baseball. Featured in the Greenville Drive's "Our Home Team" billboard ad campaign. Fans who attend the July 1, 2, 3, or 8 Greenville Drive games will have a chance to compete for the title and grand prize package. Five runners-up will receive prize packages. All fans attending the July 8 game will receive prize giveaways. Nina Tran covers trending topics for The Greenville News. Reach her via email at ntran@ This article originally appeared on Greenville News: Greenville Drive to host competition for 6 Millionth Fan: What to know
CBS News
03-06-2025
- Business
- CBS News
How a minor league ballpark revived a struggling downtown in South Carolina
For Greenville, South Carolina, Fluor Field is a field of dreams come true. The stadium is home to the Greenville Drive, the High-A Minor League Baseball team for the Boston Red Sox, complete with a replica of Fenway Park's Green Monster — the popular nickname for its massive, left field wall. But its big pitch is community. "We were really embraced by the community, and then we began to learn all that a baseball team can do for a community," said Craig Brown, a former high-powered Manhattan advertising executive who built the stadium for $20 million in 2006. Brown still owns the stadium and the team. "Fluor Field has become the front porch of the community. In the South, the front porch is where the family gathers. That's very much how we operate the place," Brown told CBS News. The ballpark has had a monster impact on the local economy. It draws roughly half a million people a year for ball games and other events. Over the last decade, the city says the team's financial impact has been nearly $300 million. But the stadium did much more. After a number of Greenville textile factories shuttered, Fluor Field — using bricks salvaged from demolished mills — jump-started a renaissance in the city's West End downtown, a blighted area that used to be viewed as seedy and scary. "There was a letter to the editor that said, you put a baseball stadium down there, only prostitutes will go to baseball games," Greenville Mayor Knox White said. White has been the city's mayor for 30 years. He says Greenville's approach 20 years ago was unusual for the time, but savvy. The city insisted that the downtown stadium be part of an ambitious, mixed-use development. "This was the transformational event. Suddenly, this area close into the stadium became a place for condos and some high rises and hotels. But beyond it, residential neighborhoods were transformed, as well," White said. The mixed-use approach draws people and new businesses downtown. Old Europe Desserts serves coffee and sweets several blocks from the ballpark. When asked why the baseball stadium was such a big draw, owner Bobby Daugherty said, "Bodies. I sell cake. I need bodies through the door. So I knew [it] was kinda right in the middle of all the traffic, if you will." It's symbolic of what Greenville found here: a sweet spot for development that touches all the bases.
Glasgow Times
10-05-2025
- Health
- Glasgow Times
NHS Lanarkshire celebrates grounds maintenance and biodiversity team
The team is part of NHS Lanarkshire's commitment to sustainability and the environment. They have been working across various sites, including Kirklands headquarters, Caird House, Monklands Hospital, and Udston CAMHS unit, to improve green spaces. Green Health Week runs from May 3 to 11. READ NEXT: 'Do you know who we are?': Pair knifed four strangers in less than two hours Craig Brown, head of sustainability and environmental performance at NHS Lanarkshire, said: "We are delighted to support Green Health Week by shedding light on the great work from the Grounds Maintenance and Biodiversity team. "NHS Lanarkshire is committed to improving our environmental sustainability, as well as making our sites a safe and clean place for staff, visitors and patients. "Our greenspace accounts for 36 per cent of our grounds, and it's great to be able to use these spaces as an opportunity to support, and positively impact, those who spend time there, as well as contribute to the planet, environment and wildlife." The green spaces provide homes for plants, insects, birds, and more, while also bringing health and wellbeing benefits to patients, staff, and visitors. READ NEXT: Warrant issued for woman who 'falsely claimed to be pregnant to extort £7k' Vicki Trim, Lanarkshire Green Health Partnership Lead at NHS Lanarkshire, said: "As an anchor institution, NHS Lanarkshire is working to provide good quality green spaces to improve biodiversity. "It also showcases how much patients – and the wider community - gain when we connect with different people, engage with the outdoors and gain the benefits these bring to our wellbeing, so it's a win-win for people and the planet." Tommy Whiteside, forensic support worker at NHS Lanarkshire, said: "We started up a gardening group in January at Caird House for inpatients as well as community patients. "The goal is to make the gardens a welcoming place for everyone to use as well as give our patients a sense of achievement in the project they have engaged with."
