Money Week

The bottom line

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£87m The cost so far of building the new set for EastEnders, according to the BBC soap’s producers. The project is running four years late and £27m over budget; £44,000 alone was spent on sample bricks from Belgium and India. The original set was built in 1985.

£10bn How much it would cost to switch to driverless trains on the London Undergroun­d, according to a 2020 feasibilit­y study. The government says it still wants to explore the option as part of an agreement for longterm funding for Transport for London.

$93bn The total expected cost of Nasa’s Artemis lunar programme by 2025, the space agency’s inspector-general has warned. Each mission, as part of the programme to return US astronauts to the moon, is expected to cost around $4.1bn.

£125,250 How much the gold Rolex watch owned by actor Michael Caine sold for at auction with Bonhams in London last week – ten times its upper pre-sale estimate. Furniture, artworks and jewellery stemming from his career also featured in the sale.

£624m How much the government has committed to tree planting and peat restoratio­n as part of climate goals. However, landowners aren’t applying for funds, and a maximum 1,900 hectares are expected to be planted this year, against at least 2,577 that had been planned. £200 The price of a Stem Player, a musicplayi­ng device that rapper Kanye West (pictured) has designed with British tech company Kano Computing. West is releasing his new album, Donda 2, exclusivel­y through the device that allows listeners to break down the elements of a track into “stems”, such as the vocals and drums, as well as to add their own effects.

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