Dave Harvey

Dave Harvey Business Correspondent, BBC West BBC The Proteus is a research aircraft designed by Leonardo in Yeovil for the Royal Navy Engineers in Somerset are building a helicopter that is set to fly itself – without the need for […]

Dave Harvey Business and Environment Correspondent, BBC West BBC Research scientists at the Bristol start-up are trying to transform the production of nuclear material for cancer scans Nuclear scientists believe they have found a way to transform the supply of

Renishaw Sir David McMurtry co-founded Renishaw, which employs more than 2,500 people in Gloucestershire Renishaw, the global engineering firm headquartered in Gloucestershire, has announced that its co-founder, Sir David McMurtry has died, aged 84. Sir David started the company in

Hinkley Point C The 500-tonne steel nuclear reactor is lowered into position at Hinkley Point Workers have fitted a reactor into the first nuclear power station to be built in Britain for 30 years. Hundreds of engineers and construction staff

Vertical Aerospace Eight battery-powered rotors lift the aircraft in test flights at Cotswold Airport A company developing a new electric aircraft has announced a major new investment, ensuring its survival. Vertical Aerospace, based in Bristol, is testing a so-called electric

Wessex Water has been fined £500,000 for polluting two rivers and killing thousands of fish. The company admitted a series of failures which led to untreated sewage being discharged into the rivers in Wiltshire and North Somerset in 2018. Janine

BBC Steve Corrick says he has to close his Somerset teashop to avoid falling into a “tax trap” A man who owns a small teashop has urged the Chancellor to change the rules on VAT in her Budget. Steve Corrick

BBC Villagers packed a public meeting to protest EDF’s plans to flood land to compensate for killing fish at Hinkley Point How many fish does a nuclear power station kill? It sounds grisly, but for the engineers on the Somerset

BBC Emily and Georgie Paul are working on their family’s Somerset Dairy farm Dairy farms are “struggling” to recruit young people to join the industry, according to experts. A recruitment drive has been launched at the annual Dairy Show, held

BBC “When it’s gone, it’s gone,” say campaigners fighting to keep farmland for food Should rural land be used to produce food or energy? It is a question that divides farmers nationwide, and is being debated on the Somerset Levels.