UK's radio telescopes face closure
The Guardian: The UK's world-class network of radio telescopes run by the Jodrell Bank observatory is facing closure as last minute efforts failed to find the £40m needed to run it. Its future was thrown into doubt earlier this week when the UK's main physics funding body announced it may have to cut funding for the telescopes to help plug an £80m hole in its budget.
Work at Jodrell Bank, based at the University of Manchester, has put the UK at number two in the world for the study of stars and planets.
see also For 50 years, it has watched the stars. Now, to plug a black hole in the budget, Jodrell Bank may close (the Independent)
