Funding secured for Jodrell Bank

The BBC report that the future of Jodrell Bank, one of the world's leading radio astronomy centres, is secure according to the site's owner, Manchester University.

Jodrell's existence had been in doubt because of uncertainty over where money would come from to finish and run its key new project, the eMerlin network.

But the university says funding for the network, which ties together radio dishes across the UK, is now in place.

BBC News story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7496848.stm