it's called hinkley point c and its construction theo leggett reports.rs at hinkley point b provided enough electricity to power one and a half million homes in the south—west of england. but last year they were closed down. beneath my feet is the core of the nuclear reactor. for nearly half a century, it was generating huge amounts of electricity, operating at high temperatures and under enormous pressures. but now the reactors been shut down and the highly radioactive contents need to be removed and removed safely. and that's what this machine over here is all about. it's a heavily shielded crane which pulls the old fuel elements out of the core. so the fuel assembly that's being lifted contains eight fuel elements. those fuel elements are highly irradiated and can be lethal. but the whole point of this entire set up is to make sure that nobody comes anywhere near that fuel. the fuel assemblies are brought down to a special cell where they're taken apart. the radioactive remains are then left in these ponds to cool for several months. they're then plac

theo leggett, bbc news.ves from around the world looking at tackling climate change on talking business weekly this weekend right here on bbc news. the first airing here in the uk is at 11.30am on saturday and in the rest of the world its on from 22.30 gmt on friday. in other news, some amazon workers in the uk are going on strike today during one of the company's busiest periods — black friday. the gmb union says more than 1,000 staff at the coventry warehouse are expected to take part in the walkout, which is the latest in a long—running dispute over pay and conditions. amazon says customers will not be affected. china will temporarily exempt citizens from several countries, including france, germany and italy, from needing visas to visit the world's second—largest economy. from the 1st december and for a period of a year citizens of those countries entering china for business or tourism will not require a visa. china has been taking steps in recent months to revive its tourism sector following 3 years of

theo leggett, bbc news, hinkley point. in asia the cake is up almost 2%. it is on course for a second straight day of gains will stop at the end was stuck near level in three decades after the dollar struggling to find a floor as the bank of japan's easing money poetry settings remained at odds with the rest of the world which are seeing them go up. and that's it for this edition of asia business report. bye for now. voice-over: bbc news, bringing ou voice-over: bbc news, bringing you different _ voice-over: bbc news, bringing you different stories _ voice-over: bbc news, bringing you different stories from - you different stories from across the uk. we're campaigning forfree across the uk. we're campaigning for free school meals. �* , , , ., ., meals. it's been proven that --eole meals. it's been proven that peeple that _ meals. it's been proven that people that have _ meals. it's been proven that people that have school- meals. it's been proven that l people that have school meals make — people that have school meals mak

theo leggett, bbc news, orkney.from the shores of scotland's beautiful orkney islands now to the farmlands of india because after the harvest farmers there have traditionally been burning the remaining crops which has led to terrible pollution. but now, instead of burning the crop, one startup has found a way of using what was just waste and is now making money from it as well. archana shukla sent us this. the air pollution is choking the whole of northern india. it's a story every winter. what suffocates primarily is the smoke billowing from the farmlands in the region. the crop waste burned to clear fields for the next harvest. but instead of becoming poisonous, smoke, straws and husks can be processed to make the main raw material for paper mills. these fully compostable pulp sheets. and then packaging for goods or cutlery. all the waste can be turned into your everyday furniture. in central india's morena district, a siblings duo is doing just that with their company crust. we bought this corona beer packaging.

theo leggett, bbc news, hinkley point.pite this, new figures suggest millions of cigarette buts are still being discarded every day. the campaign group �*keep britain tidy�* say cigarettes now account for more than 60% of all litter in england. 0ur correspondent tim muffett reports. when you think of littering, the forest may not be the first place that comes to mind. there�*s some just down here. oh, i see — i can see it, yeah. yeah, so this is getting like — this is another one. wherever i see rivers or wash—throughs or pipes, i expect to see trash because it all gets funnelled in. within the covered wilderness of our woodlands, the spread of our contamination is becoming more apparent — thanks to the work of a group of mountain bikers. trash free trails began six years ago by dom ferris, and his two passions of mountain biking and conservationism combined. if you speak to anyone, you know — a group of kids, especially — you say, you know, what animal comes to mind when you think about the harm that plastic pollution doe

theo leggett, bbc news, hinkley point. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.art of whitby.— part of whitby. this 2.3 million _ part of whitby. this 2.3 million could _ part of whitby. this 2.3 million could change i part of whitby. this 2.3| million could change the part of whitby. this 2.3 - million could change the way people are using the bridge, certainly how they use the areas around it.— certainly how they use the areas around it. these ideas and dreams _ areas around it. these ideas and dreams have _ areas around it. these ideas and dreams have already - areas around it. these ideas l and dreams have already been put forward by the council with pedestrianised walkways aiming to make this part feel more connected. as yet, nothing has been agreed for the members of the public are being asked to give their ideas as to how the money should be spent. has, money should be spent. general tidying up of the harbourside and the coastal front area.— harbourside and the coastal front area. n. ~ , ., front area. make the bridge a bit safer for _ front area. make the

our business correspondent theo leggett reports.owered models layer, the cass county and the jig as well as a new version of the existing nissan leaf. forjonjo and lily, two of the 6000 workers, that is very welcome news. it 6000 workers, that is very welcome news. , . ., ., ., ., news. it is creating a lot more “obs, news. it is creating a lot more jobs. securing _ news. it is creating a lot more jobs, securing many _ news. it is creating a lot more | jobs, securing many thousands news. it is creating a lot more . jobs, securing many thousands of jobs, securing many thousands of jobs we already have here as well, so it is honestly fantastically area. ., , ., so it is honestly fantastically area. ., ., ., area. to be on board at a time when we are leading _ area. to be on board at a time when we are leading the _ area. to be on board at a time when we are leading the ev _ area. to be on board at a time when we are leading the ev range - area. to be on board at a time when we are leading the ev range for- area. to be on board at a ti

our business correspondent theo leggett has more.t that energy companies earnings tend to reflect what's happening on the energy markets. so when prices are sky high like they were last year in the wake of russia's invasion of ukraine, the oil markets and the gas markets were thrown into turmoil, prices spiked. and at that point, we saw oil and gas companies around the world reaping in record profits. and that's that included shell. during this period last year, for example, shell made $9.4 billion. that's significantly higher than what it's earned this year. but in the intervening time, prices dropped off as the energy markets returned to some kind of sanity, if you like. prices dipped quite a lot during the summer months, during july in the period from...up untiljuly. and then since then they've been going up again. and that's largely due to actions by the 0pec+ group of producer companies, countries who decided to reduce their output. so that pushed prices up and we've seen earnings go up in tandem. the point now is, though, there

theo leggett has more.n july that talking to a bbc journalist about nigel farage's bank accounts was a serious error ofjudgment. but it's also turned out to be a rather expensive error of judgment as well. as you said, dame alison will receive her contractually entitled salary and other allowances until she her period of notice ends injuly next year. that's worth about 2.4 million. so she will still get a fair amount of money, but she would have received more like £10 million. so she was entitled to long—term share options, bonuses as well. share options worth about 5 million, bonuses something like 2.6 million. so overall, she's going to lose £7.6 million. and the reason for this is natwest says that when she left, which was abrupt, but by mutual consent, she did not qualify as a good leaver. a good leaver is somebody who leaves on a job on normal terms, where you walk out the door with a handshake. everybody�*s happy. well, it wasn't like that. she was not a good leaver. therefore, she forfeited a large c

theo leggett, bbc news, hinkley point. and that's it for this edition of asia business report.y visiting our website. i am monica mueller. expertjoining us. —— thanks forjoining us. voice-over: bbc, bringing you different stories - from across the uk. the 93 bus service port carlisle and other villages along the beautiful solo coast. the 17 villages between carlisle and these bus services, we have no shops apart from curb right, no post offices, we have very few social places like clubs. they are closed. people in these villages need the bus service. the bus was threatened with closure last year and local people campaigned to save it including the youngest in the community, here at kirkbride primary. community, here at kirkbride rima . ~ ~ community, here at kirkbride rima . ~ . ., community, here at kirkbride rima .~ . ., , ., , primary. we decided to protest and say we _ primary. we decided to protest and say we need _ primary. we decided to protest and say we need that _ primary. we decided to protest and say we need that bus - primary. we decided to protest and say we need

with more on this, i'm joined by bbc�*s theo leggett.hat more has emerged from this hearing about what went wrong with wilko. ., . ., hearing about what went wrong with wilko. ., _, , ., hearing about what went wrong with wilko. ., , ., , ., wilko. you could see in that short cli - , wilko. you could see in that short cli, it wilko. you could see in that short clip, it encapsulated _ wilko. you could see in that short clip, it encapsulated a _ wilko. you could see in that short clip, it encapsulated a large - clip, it encapsulated a large portion of what went on at the hearing. you have lisa wilkinson speaking publicly about the reasons why the chain collapsed. she came out with a lot of very detailed reasons about why these problems occurred. mps were more interested really on her contrition and what money had gone out of the business and then what failures had happened, as opposed to the excuses. for example, we had lisa wilkinson saying that covid was a major factor. she said the shops had stayed open, the company had continued to pay

our correspondent theo leggett has the details.ison rose said injuly that talking to bbcjournalist about talking to bbcjournalist about talking about nigel farage�*s bank account was a serious error of judgment but it's also turned out to be an expensive error ofjudgment as well. as you said, dame alison will receive her contractually entitled salary and other allowances until her period of notice ends injuly next year and it is worth about 2.4 million so it's more like £10 million so it's more like £10 million because she was entitled to long—term share options and bonuses as well and bonuses about something like 2.6 million so overall she will lose £7.6 million and the reason is that natwest says she did not qualify as a good lever, someone who leaves a job on normal service where you walk out the door with a handshake and everyone is happy. it wasn't like that and she was not a good lever oh she forfeited a large chunk of the money she was owed natwest they had no finding of serious misconduct so she said she was pleased with ou

package — worth over £2 million — but won't get bonuses she had been entitled to. 0ur correspondent theo leggett

with more on this, i'm joined by bbc�*s theo leggett..,

we begin on a set of islands off the far north of scotland, where theo leggett is exploring under theuns between the north coast of scotland and the oak in the islands.

we begin on a set of islands off the far north of scotland, where theo leggett is exploring under the sea. bleak but beautiful, this is that pentland firth, the channel that runs between the north coast of scotland and the oak in the islands. that runs between the north coast of scotland and the oakney islands. it's an area well—known for vicious winds and ripping tides. and that makes it the perfect location for developing new forms of clean energy. this narrow strip of water experiences tremendous title forces every single day, in fact they are some of the fastest tides in the world, and that means that there a tremendous reserve of energy if you can tap into it. and that's what's going on just over there, off the island of stroma. beneath the surface, are for gigantic turbines are four gigantic turbines which are generating electricity, right here. the power generated in the murky waters of the first by the power generated in the murky waters of the firth by these vast turbines is already being sold to the national grid. the past five years has been spent testing the technology, an

our business correspondent theo leggett is with me now. salary and other payments worth £2.5 million so by any normal standards she will not be short of cash but all of this goes back to the summer when nigel fages came out and said his bank accounts at a natwest subsidiary had been closed, he said, because of his political views. dame alison was involved in a bbc story and she later admitted to talking to and she later admitted to talking to a bbcjournalist and she resigned as a bbcjournalist and she resigned as a result. she said it had been a serious heritage ofjune —— judgment. natwest has now looked at the circumstances of her departure and say she doesn�*t qualify as a good lever. that is a legal term, but it means if you are not a good lever you have left under a cloud and that means she is not entitled to her full financial package worth about £10 million. so she forfeiting some £7.6 million in bonuses and long—term share —based payments. —— ——leaver. but they have not found a finding of misconduct against her so she welcomed that

our business correspondent theo leggett has more.companies earnings tend to reflect what's happening on the energy markets. so when prices are sky high like they were last year in the wake of russia's invasion of ukraine, the oil markets and the gas markets were thrown into turmoil, prices spiked. and at that point, we saw oil and gas companies around the world reaping in record profits. and that's that included shell. during this period last year, for example, shell made $9.4 billion. that's significantly higher than what it's earned this year. but in the intervening time, prices dropped off as the energy markets returned to some kind of sanity, if you like. prices dipped quite a lot during the summer months, during july in the period from...up untiljuly. and then since then they've been going up again. and that's largely due to actions by the 0pec+ group of producer companies, countries who decided to reduce their output. so that pushed prices up and we've seen earnings go up in tandem. the point now is, though, there is a war in t