dc later this year and one foundry in gloucestershire has played a key part. the extraordinary work of art has taken pangolin foundry in stroud and american sculptor sabin howard around 10 years to create, as amanda parr reports. a depiction of one soldier s journey through the great war and a creative journey like no other for the team here at pangolin. the american sculptor, sabin howard, searched the world for a foundry he trusted and he discovered it in stroud. as you can see, the casting has come beautifully, really sharp detail. i m really happy with that. it s been a decade in the making. the process has been astonishing. actors with clothes from the period flew from the states to pose before this rig of cameras. sd images were then made up in foam and clay and sent back to the us for the sculpting, from life, each figure taking hundreds of hours. and then they ve been shipped back to stroud to be cast in bronze. the project of a lifetime. how s the work going? how s
Newsnight s Nicholas Watt reports from tees valley. An icon of a vibrant industrial past, now out of action, symbolising an area struggling to find its feet. Tees valley, an infant hercules in its days as a World Capital of iron and steel making, is now clearing sites of past glories and looking for new ventures. A painful process with economic decline, alongside pockets of affluence. That has placed this area on the National Political map, and now a mayoral contest with high stakes for the two main parties. A Rumbustious Conservative mayor became the first poster boy of the redwall, after his narrow win here in 2017. Re elected in a landslide in 2021, ben houchen is now hoping to buck the national trend. A local labour stalwart hopes to win back what was once a heartland for his party a win for chris mcewan would ease keir starmer s path nationally. And the lib dem outsider placing the fight of Child Poverty at the heart of his campaign. Over the past decade or so, Tees Valley Felt ne
On strike and their tactic is historic. The union a striking all three auto workers at automakers at once, targeting some of the most profitable plans. By stopping work and only certain plants the union can effectively bottleneck production without calling all of its members to strike at once stop the union is seeking better pay and benefits, including the end to a tiered pay system, a shorter work week, and Better Benefits for retirees. And, cheaply, a 40 pay raise for its members over four years. Automakers say that is out of reach and meeting the unions demands on what the pay wouldnt allow them to compete with foreign carmakers. The union has an advocate Imprisoned Joe who has voiced his support meanwhile, former President Donald Trump lezz to skip the second republican primary debate and instead speak to Striking Union members in the detroit. Instacart shed finish 12 higher on their first day of trading. It was announced on monday night it would be introduced to the market at a pr