and that is, as you rightly say, is the next stage. but it s a sign of, if you like, the confidence that the british government has in nuclear as part of our energy mix, and the very important point which has been driven home so clearly by putin s illegal invasion of ukraine, and all that has done to energy prices, that we must have a mix of energy in this country renewable, wind power, offshore, solar, and nuclear. earlier, i spoke to professor michael fitzpatrick, pro vice chancellor of coventry university, a supporter of the new power station, and also alison downes from the campaign group stop sizewell c. i started by asking michael fitzpatrick how likely it was it would be built on time and on budget. you have to look at a nuclear power plant of this scale as a very impressive civil and mechanical engineering project,
a step closer, but will it definitely be built? only if investors can be found, and we won t know that for at least another year. richard daniel, bbc look east, sizewell. we are going to catch up with the all important weather, and here is stav danaos. we have seen some big contrasts in weather conditions this morning, some area starting a frosty but sunny and other areas chilly and a rather grey, misty and foggy start and through the afternoon some of the fog may linger on for some, other areas holding onto the sunshine. into this evening and overnight it looks like the fog becomes more extensive across the midlands, northern and eastern england and into central, southern and eastern scotland. elsewhere where we have clear skies we are likely to see frost, but we hold on to cloud and fog with temperatures holding above freezing in some areas. another chilly start on wednesday morning with areas of mist and fog which could linger all day in places. there will be some sunshine around, s
streets, the gathering points were they became focal points over the weekend, making exemplary arrests of people who were involved, sending students home. these types of measures. but i think actually what will be determined, or what we will find out a lot from, is this weekend, because i think protests in china tend to have a weekly cycle where they are most intense on a weekend, so we will find out this weekend, so we will find out this weekend how determined the protesters are to continue raising their objections to this zero covid policy because there is no end in sight for that. dr policy because there is no end in sight for that. sight for that. dr andrew chubb, thank ou sight for that. dr andrew chubb, thank you for sight for that. dr andrew chubb, thank you for that. the government has signed a deal committing nearly £700 million, to a new nuclear power plant, at sizewell c in suffolk. ministers argue the project will help secure the uk s energy independence. the french fi
would be a cut and paste of hinkley c, currently being built in somerset, estimated cost, £26 billion, and many commentators think once inflation is taken into account, sizewell c could cost at least that. the government has said it will take a 20% equity stake in building sizewell c, so will edf, that leaves 60% of the cost to be found from institutional investors. and edf is confident they will come forward. , , ., ., forward. this is a great uk inflation forward. this is a great uk inflation linked forward. this is a great uk inflation linked long-term| forward. this is a great uk i inflation linked long-term asset, inflation linked long term asset, providing inflation linked long term asset, providing a inflation linked long term asset, providing a stable inflation linked long term asset, providing a stable income - inflation linked long term asset, i providing a stable income stream, and it providing a stable income stream, and it will providing a stable income stream
as the one currently under construction at hinkley point in somerset. the government says its investment in sizewell means chinese money won t be needed. business secretary grant shapps says the new station will help britain achieve energy independence . this means that we will be building sizewell c, it s going to power 6 million homes, it s going to provide 10,000 jobs, perhaps immediately on site, 20,000 overall, and a lot of apprenticeships as well. so good news for britain s energy independence. it doesn t mean that, though, does it? what it means is £700 million for the development phase of sizewell c, the cost of which is believed to be around 30 billion that money still has to be found. well, certainly, money will be raised to build it, it s a combination between taxpayers money but also private investment, and that is, as you rightly say, is the next stage. but it s a sign of, if you like, the confidence