Hinkley Point: ministers sign go-ahead for nuclear power plant

Representatives of British, Chinese and French governments attend ceremony giving final authorisation for power stationThe UK has signed its £18bn contract with France and China to build the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, giving the final go-ahead for construction at the site.The deal was finalised at a low-key ceremony in London, just two months after Theresa May alarmed her French and Chinese counterparts by putting the entire project under review. EDF, the French nuclear contrac