内容摘要：When the spill was discovered on Monday, it had gone directly into the stretch of canal from Spinks Bridge, Walsall down to Birchills Street Bridge, said the council.

When the spill was discovered on Monday, it had gone directly into the stretch of canal from Spinks Bridge, Walsall down to Birchills Street Bridge, said the council.

A council has paved the way for a new data campus on land previously earmarked for a giant battery plant.Northumberland County Council has agreed to remove a buy-back clause on the site in Cambois, Northumberland, in exchange for £110m from property developer Blackstone.

Britishvolt had planned to build a £3.8bn car battery factory on the site before the company collapsed.Conservative council leader Glen Sanderson said the deal would create "hundreds of jobs" and attract high-tech companies to the county.The authority claimed the development could lead to investment in the area of up to £10bn.

It had previously said the project could create more than 1,600 direct jobs, including 1,200 long-term construction jobs, and more than 2,700 related jobs.A spokesperson for Blackstone said the company looked forward to "engaging" with the council and the "wider stakeholder community".

Blackstone said a series of data centres on the Cambois site would provide computing power to support the artificial intelligence (AI) sector.

It already owns QTS, which operates 34 such facilities in Europe and the US, theVeterans and senior politicians enjoyed a selection of finger sandwiches, soup and homemade scotch eggs.

The Royal Family is hopingfrom the commemorations, following the Duke of Sussex's candid interview with the BBC on Friday, in which he discussed his estrangement from his father and desire for reconciliation.

A VE Day street party was hosted by the prime minister at Downing Street.Sir Keir Starmer was joined by his wife Lady Starmer as they walked out of No 10 holding a plate of cakes, which he then handed out to some of the guests.