{"id":720320,"date":"2026-07-31T04:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T04:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/720320\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T04:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T04:58:14","slug":"jodrell-bank-funding-cut-threatens-britains-space-defences-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/720320\/","title":{"rendered":"Jodrell Bank funding cut \u2018threatens Britain\u2019s space defences\u2019 &#8211; The Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxNcXVfYm9CQjAtalZmdHQyTGxidmFScG9LajgzWWFHUjR2MWlhcGJ6RlRiVThsRWNnY1Uzbm11NlFVZk1FU0FYRktJcHVRUzlLU3dSS25fcnRDZjliMHNWaVZONGFGSGMxdUtxMm56dElnd3RCTGF2NHBfVnQxanJ5UjJnS1g1V1J3R2tUNXRib0x5UmdJX25LYXJIbHpnNkNWUWFlYU1vbmNnTndYZXNaZnVn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jodrell Bank funding cut \u2018threatens Britain\u2019s space defences\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE45S004X1czV25USFBmMmZQM1JuOWRHUXhIWTFoWTdQWTh2MGRkVHY4cm1STF9pX2xlOE5KdHdwSDNhcE4ya0h0WkxCSmdQUjlxTE5Sc0FZZF9OV24x?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jodrell Bank cuts a disappointing gamble, Sky at Night host says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPSVphMGdVUG9uVFpPR2U0alhtV3VfVzhiNHd2U0hrVDBfSWJ1V25iQ2ltWkIyU0tlbHphbVB2c09BVUg1SllqZlI4T1dkZ0dyaTJoT3B0M0FlVnNhSXU2WkJXTnZTYVdXM0pXanhDRUVzUDhwb2NFNF9yX1RmWVUtZXF2QUVvbzZZd2ZMWGxHdW90aENzVEphQnNR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK&#8217;s largest telescope could be shut down after funding cut<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxNM3BQYjR2TUVONEF6ekNwUHFaRVY1WG9JTkRFVGl6NnVCcHAxWE5qanpvYWItQmlRNHduRzR1MFQyVTlNZTQ0c3RPMzZ0bTZwSTdEblVnMW1xdWRFMms2YzlrNUdwck1WWUg5ZWM1Qi1ISjhuQnQxM1NibFJ6N29JdnNrcFJnRmJtbUdIS1ZvQXY2QXk3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts support<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE4xN3NIZkdObkRKT3c1aUZmUTQtSWlkcG11UUtxUVdENjkyNkdPQjJGWnhINDAtMHpZZnBpN01STDBtNDlfUkZKSEdjUm4xNmJkUXluNUVhS2pXZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK&#8217;s iconic Jodrell Bank telescope faces axe in science cuts<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jodrell Bank funding cut \u2018threatens Britain\u2019s space defences\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;The TimesJodrell Bank cuts a disappointing gamble, Sky at Night host&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":720321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-720320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}