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
members are on strike. and at 3.30pm on the bbc news channel, talking business with aaron heslehurst. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the household energy supplier 0ctopus 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 0ctopus will take onboard bulb s one and a half million customers. our business reporter ramzan kamali has the details. 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, 0ctopus were confident
weekend. low pressure nearby. fairly strong winds, add bits of rain mostly affecting west areas. the further east the better chance of staying dry. low pressure sitting out to the west of the uk, bringing lots of isobars. lots of weather fronts, hence the rain. an air source coming up from the south, from the subtropics and that is why it is so mild for the time of year across all parts. to this evening rain eventually clears from scotland. some showers will be heavy, blustery here as well. more persistent rain affecting the east, too. nowhere is particularly cold with lows of 10 14 foot up don t forget, the clocks go back one hour early on sunday and restarts in the oven a mild note with some sunshine around what about the rain cleared from the south east but plenty of showers affecting northern and western parts. winter quite a feature touching gale force in the far south west. another fairly mild
from the south east but plenty of showers affecting northern and western parts. winter quite a feature touching gale force in the far south west. another fairly mild day. the household energy supplier octopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, one of the companies which collapsed last year amid soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. the head of the royal navy orders an investigation into allegations that female recruits have been sexually abused and harassed on submarines. president biden condemns an attack on the husband of senior democrat, nancy pelosi, saying there s too