Hinkley Point C nuclear plant delayed to 2030 as costs climb to £35bn

French utility company EDF says operations in Somerset will start a year later as delay costs firm 2.5bn

Britain's first new nuclear plant in a generation at the Hinkley Point C site will face further delay, at a cost of 2.5bn to the French utility company EDF.

EDF said the first reactor at the site in Somerset will begin operations in 2030, a year later than planned - almost 13 years after construction work began - after a series of delays to the project.