the electric car battery maker britishvolt has gone into administration after hopes of a last minute bid for the company faded. the collapse raises questions about uk hopes of building a home grown battery industry. the company, which had plans to build a gigafactory to make the uk start up had been expecting to build a new 5.8 billion or $4.7 billion factory in northumberland, as part of a long term vision to boost uk manufacturing. well, this promotional video shows what the factory with a capability to make 300,000 electric batteries a year would have looked like. the plan was to create 3,000 jobs at the plant. now, administrators have taken over the business and most of britishvolt s 300 staff are being made redundant. here s our business editor simonjack. so what went wrong? britishvolt was a start up company with no track record. their battery technology was only at the prototype stage. although there are expressions of interest from lotus and aston martin, they
This week we are at the hospital thats using ai to try and cut Waiting Times for surgery. We are all at sea to see if sailing can go solar, we are finding our funny at the Fringe Festival to ask whether tiktok comedians can make it on stage. There is so much scope for error. And theres so much stuff thats not in our control. On tiktok it is actually all in our control. And talking of control, well see how trying to track the twitter bots is no laughing matter. I said no laughing matter. Oh, never mind. You are back, were back, everybody is back, and this august so was the edinburgh festival, the world famous celebration of the arts that takes over the city the whole month. It is a melting pot of theatre, music, dance and opera, and on the side, as its name suggests, is the Edinburgh Fringe. Please, neverspeak to me again. Filled with experimental performance, innovative shows and, my favourite, comedy. One of the beautiful things about the fringe is that it takes over loads of venues i
come here, protect life, and fight for survival. as long as people are here, lutzerath stays. takeaways, restaurants, and cafes in england will have to stop using plastic cutlery, plates, and bowls from october as part of a new government plan to tackle plastic pollution. and new hope how hormone replacement therapy, which helps control symptoms of menopause, could reduce the risk of alzheimer s dementia among women at risk of developing the disease. iran s state media has reported that a british iranian national, alireza akbari, has been executed. mr akbari, who was a former deputy defence minister for iran, was detained three years ago and charged with spying for the united kingdom. the british government says the execution was politically motivated and will not go unchallenged . in the last few hours, the uk s prime minister rishi sunak says. i am appalled by the execution of british iranian citizen alireza akbari in iran. this was a callous and cowardly act, carrie
way for coal mining. come here, protect life, and fight for survival. as long as people are here, lutzerath stays. takeaways, restaurants, and cafes in england will have to stop using plastic cutlery, plates, and bowls from october as part of a new government plan to tackle plastic pollution. and new hope how hormone replacement therapy, which helps control symptoms of menopause, may reduce the risk of alzheimer s in some women. iran s state media has reported that a british iranian national, alireza akbari, has been executed. mr akbari, who was a former deputy defence minister for iran, was detained three years ago and charged with spying for the united kingdom. the british government says the execution was politically motivated and will not go unchallenged. in the last few hours the uk s prime minister rishi sunak says: i am appalled by the execution of british iranian citizen alireza akbari in iran. this was a callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric reg
this week we are at the hospital that s using ai to try and cut waiting times for surgery. we are all at sea to see if sailing can go solar, we are finding our funny at the fringe festival to ask whether tiktok comedians can make it on stage. there is so much scope for error. and there s so much stuff that s not in our control. on tiktok it is actually all in our control. and talking of control, we ll see how trying to track the twitter bots is no laughing matter. i said no laughing matter.oh, never mind. you are back, we re back, everybody is back, and this august so was the edinburgh festival, the world famous celebration of the arts that takes over the city the whole month. it is a melting pot of theatre, music, dance and opera, and on the side, as its name suggests, is the edinburgh fringe. please, neverspeak to me again. filled with experimental performance, innovative shows and, my favourite, comedy. one of the beautiful things about the fringe is that it takes over loa