The main investors were Boeing, BAE Systems and Roll-Royce. He feels they could have done more to give the wider investment community confidence in Reaction Engines.
"If you refuse, we will escort you from your home - if necessary by force - along with the police," the authorities said.Residents were told if they refused to leave their homes after the evacuation began they could face expensive fines.
Some intensive care patients were helped out in ambulances from the Eduardus Hospital.Finding bombs from WW2 is not unusual in German cities such as Cologne and Berlin, but these bombs were particularly large.The evacuation in the Old Town and Deutz neighbourhoods began with officials going door to door to tell people they must leave their homes.
Many of the city's usually bustling streets were eerily deserted as shops, restaurants and businesses were told to stop operating during the day.Cultural institutions including the Philharmonic Hall and many museums were also affected, as well as government buildings, 58 hotels, and nine schools.
Transport was severely disrupted, with all roads closed in the area, many trains cancelled and the Messe/Deutz train station was closed from 08:00 local time (07:00BST).
The authorities had set up two drop-in centres for people who did not have anywhere to go during the evacuation period.A West Yorkshire art gallery is attempting to raise sufficient funds to purchase a Dame Barbara Hepworth sculpture "for the nation".
The Hepworth Wakefield wants to buy Sculpture With Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue And Red, created in the 1940s, in order for it to go on permanent public display.The oval-shaped piece, which sold for more than £3.5m in 2024, was later given a
preventing it from leaving the country - providing a UK gallery the chance to acquire it.The Art Fund charity has offered £750,000 towards the cost, however a further £2.9m is required before a 27 August deadline.