become could the uk s richest man own manchester united? andy murray powers to victory for his match at the australian open. it and coming up on the bbc news channel: harvey elliot s on target, but can liverpool seal their spot in the next round of the fa cup, with a win over wolves in their replay? good evening. the electric car battery company britishvolt has collapsed making most of its 300 staff redundant and putting the future of the uk s electric car making industry into serious jeopardy. the company had been planning to build a giant battery making factory in northumberland it was to be a vital part for britain s electric car industry with petrol and diesel engines being phased out by 2030. britishvolt had planned to make around 300,000 batteries a year to power around of a quarter of electric vehicles on the british market. but it has collapsed after months of trouble as it struggled to raise enough money to stay afloat. our business editor simonjack report
and the first extraordinary images from nasa s new telescope distant galaxies and light from 13 billion years ago that have left scientists speechless. a miserable day for england, they are thrashed by india in the first of their one day matches at the oval. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. sir mo farah has told the bbc that is hugely relieved that the government says no action will be taken after he revealed he was trafficked illegaly into the uk as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant. the four time olympic champion says he was born hussein abdi kahin, but was given the name mohamed farah by those who flew him from east africa to london with fake documents when he was 9 years old. until now he had always told people that he came with his parents to the uk from somalia as a refugee. our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell has the story. he isa he is a household name and winning double gold at london 2012 was one of the defining mom
few could match lester piggott. his statistics are staggering. nearly 5,000 victories across a career spanning almost half a century. he rode his first winner back in 1948 at the age ofjust 12. it was a feat that made the headlines, and plenty more would follow. in 1954, while still a teenager, he won the derby, the first of a record nine victories in the race. the youngest jockey to win the derby in modern times. but for all the adulation, piggott remained a shy, softly spoken man. how hard do you have to work, in fact? well, it s pretty hard work. you know, all day long, i and at night sometimes. at five foot eight, he was tall for a jockey, hence his nickname the long fellow. but his much imitated style in the saddle earned him the championjockey s title some 11 times. the success, though, was followed by scandal. good evening. the headlines at six o clock. lester piggott has been sent to jail for three years. - in 1987 piggott was jailed for tax evasion and stripped of hi
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