died at the age of 74. for more on the singer, you can see meat loaf: in and out of hell at 9pm tonight on bbc four. a plant producing electric car batteries has been given government funding for its factory in northumberland. britishvolt says it will create 3,000 jobs in the region. the government says the factory in cambois will help secure the future of the car industry in the uk. our north of england correspondent, danny savage, has been to the town of blyth to find out more. this part of northumberland already has some green credentials, but there s now an ambitious plan to develop them. it s been called the re industrialisation of the north . this old power station site is going to be transformed into a huge factory, making batteries for electric cars. it s the future. this particular part of northumberland, around the cambois and blyth area, has suffered so much from sort of post the industrialisation.