the road surfaces will warn out. it has been down, some of it, for 30 years. it was so frustrating stuck in traffic every day. we have major mechanical issues. we re kind of stuck in the middle of the a1. never ever happened in my life before. there was a lot on my shoulders. the amount of language has been atrocious. i can see you all super keen. you ve got six hours to do what we need to do. time is not our friend now. this is the biggest project both value wise and duration wise i ve ever worked on. there is an perception there is not a lot happening on roadworks but to have people on site every night and the public are sleeping. it involves installing a new lane. i don t think people fully realise how much people do use ai. it s for things like food, clothing, going to hospitals and to improve them roads, it s very good for the community and for the northeast as a whole. hi, everyone. my responsibility is environmental compliance for the ai improvement schemes. we ve got
it s expected to reach the capital manila later today. coming up at 2.30 in we are england, we follow the night road teams working against the clock to maintain the a1. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the household energy supplier octopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, which was one of the largest energy companies to collapse last year because of soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping the company afloat since it went into administraton. the agreement means octopus will take onboard bulb s 1.5 million customers. bulb is the biggest - green energy company. it was the biggest energy company to go bust. last november, bulb found itself in administration. it was only kept going by the government, who pumped hundreds of millions of pounds into the business, but now a deal has been struck that it is hoped will give relief notjust to customers, taxpayers but also hundreds of staff. today, octopus were confiden
harassed on submarines. president biden condemns an attack on the husband of senior democrat, nancy pelosi, saying there s too much vitriol in us politics. the head of iran s powerful revolutionary guards tells protesters not to come onto the streets warning them that today is the last day of the riots . there s major disruption to rail services across scotland due to a 24 hour walkout by scotrail workers. more than 2000 rmt members are on strike. now on bbc news: we are england: a1 by night: against the clock