09/05/2014 BBC Points West


09/05/2014

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Good evening. The Prime Minister the English game couldn't ignore.

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Good evening. The Prime Minister says he's confident a new nuclear

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power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset will get built, amid

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growing worries that the deal may collapse. There are concerns that

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the European Union may decide that the financial guarantees offered by

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the Government breach the rules, and the whole project could then be in

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jeopardy. The plans for a new power station are already behind schedule.

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Clinton Rogers reports. In corridors of power there are

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plainly nerves about the future of Hinkley C. Can we please have time

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to debate this? It has to be put forward. But that call by the local

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MP has been seized upon by anti`nuclear campaigners as proof

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that the project is in their words looking more and more flaky. It's

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clear that Mr Granger is panicking, and he should be. He has hitched his

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political future to a project which has got no future now. Now while it

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might be argued he would say that, wouldn't he, it's been a difficult

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few months for Hinkley C, with the European Union now investigating

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whether the deal between the Government and the French power

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company, EDF, amounts to illegal state subsidy, and a legal academic

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arguing it may be invalid. Enter the Prime Minister no less, to say,

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"Fear not Hinkley C will be built." Yet this week ` after a long pause `

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the company restarted engineering work to prepare this huge site in

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readiness for Hinkley C. The countries in Europe should be able

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to invest in nuclear energy as part of a balanced plan to provide core

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energy and keep carbon emissions down. That is what we are doing. I'm

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sure the commission will see that and the deal will go ahead. And you

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could argue, he would say that, wouldn't he? The European Union

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decision is key for the entire future of Hinkley C. If they decide

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the deal does amount to an illegal subsidy, there are those who believe

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that at that point EDF will walk away and the entire project will

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collapse. Yet this week, after a long pause, the company restarted

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engineering work, preparing this huge site in readiness for Hinkley

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C. An investment of several million pounds, a pretty clear indication

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you might think their confident the EU decision will go their way.

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A cricket club in Bristol is campaigning to stop one of its

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players being deported to Pakistan. Ahad Rizvi played for the Easton

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Cowboys after moving to the UK with his family last year. In March he

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was sent to a detention centre after the Home Office refused permission

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for him to stay. His family says he'll face religious persecution if

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he goes back and the cricket club is helping launch an appeal.

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They have got no funding back in Pakistan and they cannot go back to

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the neighbourhood where they have grown up because they will be in

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extreme danger. They will be going back to live on the streets of

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Pakistan with nothing or nobody, when there is a community cheer that

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is happy to welcome them and make them part of our community. Police

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in Bristol are investigating a series of arson attacks, after cars

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were set alight in the street over the bank holiday weekend. Several

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vehicles were set on fire in Henbury and Southmead in the early hours of

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Sunday morning. Police are asking anyone with information or who saw

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anything that night to get in touch. Employees at the Honda plant in

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Sweden have until today to apply for voluntary redundancy. So far, 109

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people have applied. `` in Swindon. The formal process is due to start

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next week. The car manufacturer is cutting jobs because of falling

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sales in Europe. They were some of Gloucestershire's most historic

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aircraft, but for years, some of the Gloster Aircraft Company's creations

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were left to the elements ` unseen and unprotected. Now though ` after

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years of planning ` they have a new home. Andy Howard was there to see

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it open. Once upon a time, Gloucestershire

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ruled these guys. These Javelin jet planes helped to build the area's

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aviation heritage. But for almost 30 years, the fight has been on to give

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these military marvels a home. And from today, this. `` this is it. No

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longer battered and bruised by the elements, these planes are here to

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help inspire the next generation of pilots and engineers. Talking of

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which, the red carpet was laid, ready for a legend of these guys.

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The guest of honour has just arrived, the last man to fly the

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real version of one of these. One of the most decorated British pilots

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around, Captain Eric Brown, is here to unveil a plaque. Now aged 95. I

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just wish some of those wonderful days could happen over again. Not

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the war, you had a wonderful, wonderful spirit. None better than

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here in the backroom, which was set up in World War I and through World

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War II. I shall never forget the wonderful people there for their

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heritage. Do not lose it. You have set it up now and I hope it stays

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you. From the past, to the future. You could feel the life coming back

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into this place and into these planes. Even the wine was jet fuel.

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So the museum is open, everything is ready to go, let's make our own bit

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of aviation history in the Vulcan. Where shall we go then? At! Does

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anybody know how to get down? Seriously! That's about all from me,

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but just time to show you these pictures taken by shocked diners on

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Bristol's Park Street of the Prime Minister dropping in for a bite to

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eat after a hard day's campaigning. We'll our weekend team will be back

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with you tomorrow ` now here's Ian Fergusson with a look at the

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weather. We'll our weekend team will be back

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with you tomorrow Good evening. I'm unsettled weekend. There will be

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some frequent showers. The rest of the weekend follows in a

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similar pattern. Tonight we will find a band of heavy rain moving

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east. Temperatures mild. By tomorrow morning, that band of rain should be

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clearing away gradually to the east. Things are starting to

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brighten up later through the morning. Accompanying that, some

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showers, heavy at times. Later in the afternoon the winds will

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strengthen further. A Met Office warning out for parts of West

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Somerset and the Bristol Channel. Cabbages tomorrow in the best of the

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sunny spells, 14 or 15. Similar on Sunday. The showers will die away

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forecast, where things are looking pretty unsettled for the next couple

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of days. Good evening. In this country, no

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two days of whether are stacked in this country, no two days of whether

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are Saky the same. But this weekend, it will feel like

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