The government says residents can apply for a grant towards installing a home charger and that it s invested £2 billion into accelerating the transition to electric vehicles. but 90% of the uk s cars are still petrol or diesel, and the electronic dream still feels a long way down the road. richard bilton, bbc news. to find out more, you can watch a special panorama called electric cars: is it time to buy? on bbc one and bbc iplayer tonight at 8pm. still to come on breakfast. we never looked at anybody else. we just sort of went together and that was it. happy anniversary to eric and dorothy who are celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary today. look at them!
Parachute silk underskirt. i and then again, after the war, - because everything was so scarce, she actually cut off the sleeves, cut off the train, and used it as a nightie! and a year later, their son glenn was born. by now, eric was a metropolitan police officer. dorothy, a hairdresser. what would you say is the secret to such a long and happy marriage? we never had a car, as you see. we had two allotments and all this garden. anything wanted doing, he helped me with it. we shared everything together down to the last biscuit. and if there was only one chocolate in the box left, we d have half each. eric, tell us what you love about dorothy. her being dorothy. she s so.considerate, kind. talk about the apple
On the occasion of your 75th - anniversary, i d like to say thank you so much for showing us how love s done. to gran and grandad eric and dorothy. - cheers. all: eric and dorothy. he s been a constant companion, a perfect love, a wonderful husband. he s only wanted me, and i ve only wanted him. we never looked at anybody else. we just sort of went together and that was it. dorothy and eric have been together for 82 years. they met when she was just 1a and he was 15. no, i had to tell some boys following me that i didn t like boys at all. but this one ijust said, yes, i ll come out with you. and we just clicked. we re so natural together. we never noticed the years.