COLIN TURBETT reviews a colourful account of the life and death of communist speedway star Clem Beckett

On April 12 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, followed in 1963 by Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman in space. COLIN TURBETT looks at this remarkable Soviet achievement and tells the story of the first intrepid cosmic explorers

Collective action offers the best political outcomes for the reversal of the unmitigated planetary disaster, writes COLIN TURBETT