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Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. | :00:08. | :00:09. | |
150 jobs set to move to China from one of Hull's biggest employers. | :00:10. | :00:18. | |
We are committed to operations in Hull. | :00:19. | :00:22. | |
We need Hull and we need Suzhou, both vital to the future | :00:23. | :00:23. | |
of this business. The man behind London 2012's opening | :00:24. | :00:26. | |
ceremony will lead Hull City fans gather in Slovakia | :00:27. | :00:29. | |
as the team kick off Thousands wait to see | :00:30. | :00:35. | |
if family heirlooms are actually An unsettled weather on the way in | :00:36. | :00:55. | |
the next few days. Join me for the very latest. | :00:56. | :00:59. | |
One of Hull's biggest employers is transferring | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
Smith and Nephew had told BBC Look North it is still committed | :01:03. | :01:07. | |
to the city but needs to expand it's business in the far East. | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
The global healthcare company employs a thousand people in Hull. | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
More from our business correspondent, Sarah Corker. | :01:17. | :01:19. | |
A city landmark and a global company with a 150`year history in Hull. | :01:20. | :01:25. | |
Smith and Nephew's Tadman Street factory makes products | :01:26. | :01:27. | |
Its wound managemant divison opened in 1998. | :01:28. | :01:35. | |
But up to 140 of its skilled manufacturing jobs | :01:36. | :01:39. | |
We have two major sites, here in Hull and also in China. We have to | :01:40. | :01:56. | |
utilise them as best we can. We are committed to operations in Hull. We | :01:57. | :02:09. | |
need Hull and we need the location in China. | :02:10. | :02:13. | |
The history of Smith and Nephew stretches back to 1856, | :02:14. | :02:16. | |
when Thomas James Smith first opened a small pharmacy in the city. | :02:17. | :02:19. | |
Today it employs 1000 people in Hull and has annual sales | :02:20. | :02:21. | |
For years, companies have been shifting manufacturing to China | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
Smith and Nephew have already moved some production jobs abroad to | :02:26. | :02:28. | |
its factory here in Suzhou in Eastern China. | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
Unions hope compulsory redundancies in Hull can be avoided. | :02:32. | :02:38. | |
We have a highly skilled workforce and the company will invest in | :02:39. | :02:47. | |
that, they will look to bring in new products to the site over the same | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
period that we are talking about moves to China. | :02:51. | :02:53. | |
And there will be a focus here on development and innovation. | :02:54. | :02:56. | |
Sarah is at Smith and Nephew this evening. | :02:57. | :02:58. | |
They will go by July 2016 and the redundancy process has started, but | :02:59. | :03:13. | |
the company is keen to stress that it is investing in Hull. It's site | :03:14. | :03:19. | |
was badly damaged by December's tidal surge, this whole area was | :03:20. | :03:26. | |
under water, but it is spending ?3 million on building up flood | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
defences here. In the future there will be a focus on development and | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
launch of new products, a ?6 million investment, which is likely to bring | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
more work to the plant in the coming years. | :03:41. | :03:46. | |
Mike Campbell has for more than a decade helped companies in the UK | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
As well as job losses, is this an achievement for the city? This is a | :03:50. | :04:04. | |
company that is globalising. It has markets around the world and it | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
clearly sees a very bright future to remain in the UK for product | :04:09. | :04:14. | |
development and innovation. In this case it makes sense to move some of | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
its manufacturing to China. We have seen this in a number of cases over | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
the last few years with companies that are beginning to globalise | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
operations and select areas for specific product development as well | :04:29. | :04:34. | |
as countries and regions that are best suited for manufacture. So in | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
the long`term it will strengthen Smith and Nephew's position? It will | :04:41. | :04:48. | |
strengthen their position, exploit the advantages of manufacturing its | :04:49. | :04:52. | |
products in China but also maintaining the intellectual product | :04:53. | :04:58. | |
development capability of its staff in the UK. Will we see more firms | :04:59. | :05:07. | |
doing this now, with China expanding in manufacture, where there is a | :05:08. | :05:13. | |
split between here and there? We are beginning to see that, we have seen | :05:14. | :05:18. | |
that over the last ten years, businesses see that there are | :05:19. | :05:22. | |
regions of the world that offer certain advantages for manufacture, | :05:23. | :05:29. | |
offering low`cost manufacturing or and infrastructure capability that | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
is not widespread in the UK. One thing I would stress is that the UK | :05:35. | :05:41. | |
has a very strong intellectual product development capability, it | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
is strong in branding, distribution and selling of products, and this is | :05:46. | :05:52. | |
another situation where a company has strategically selected a country | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
in the region which best suits its strategic objectives. Thank you very | :05:58. | :06:05. | |
much for speaking to us. We will follow this story of course. | :06:06. | :06:08. | |
The robotic patients heading to the US after being used to train | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
The man who masterminded the opening and closing ceremonies | :06:14. | :06:30. | |
at the London 2012 Olympics has been appointed as Chief Executive | :06:31. | :06:32. | |
Martin Green will be in charge of delivering a programme | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
of arts and culture in 2017, and hopes to bring some of the magic | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
In a moment I'll be talking to Mr Green, but first Phillip Norton | :06:41. | :06:44. | |
The jaw`dropping opening to London 2012, a show that captured the | :06:45. | :06:54. | |
hearts of minds of not only the country but the world. Today the man | :06:55. | :07:01. | |
behind all that is in Hull. His new job is to oversee the City of | :07:02. | :07:11. | |
Culture event. We will stage a year of transformative culture that will | :07:12. | :07:20. | |
put Hull on the map and leave behind memories. It is about creating | :07:21. | :07:25. | |
something unique, tapping into the soul of Hull and turning it into a | :07:26. | :07:28. | |
honeypot that makes people want to go there. It is being seen as a | :07:29. | :07:36. | |
major coup for the city. Martin Green has an impressive CV. As well | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
as the Olympics he has been head of events for the mayor of London's | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
office and he was a key figure in the opening of the ?500 million O2 | :07:45. | :07:54. | |
venue in London. He was the master Hynde `` mastermind behind the grand | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
depart of the Tour de France in Leeds. Every time I talked to him we | :08:00. | :08:06. | |
get so excited about what the year is going to bring and how it is | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
really going to change the perception of Hull nationally and | :08:12. | :08:14. | |
change it for the people living there now. Martin has a track | :08:15. | :08:21. | |
record, people thought the Olympics might be a disaster but they were | :08:22. | :08:25. | |
superb and we can only expect something better from him this time. | :08:26. | :08:30. | |
Mr Green will take up his position in October with detailed planning of | :08:31. | :08:41. | |
events set to begin early next year. Mr Green, does the fact that you | :08:42. | :08:47. | |
have been appointed, modestly aside, mean that the city has bought | :08:48. | :08:55. | |
the best? What a tough question. I am very glad to be here. Clearly I | :08:56. | :08:59. | |
am proud of my track record and I want to bring some of that expertise | :09:00. | :09:04. | |
here mixed with the great arts and cultural scene that is here already. | :09:05. | :09:10. | |
You said you wanted to be here because it is Hull. Why did you | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
accept the job? I have a lot of good friends in Hull I have `` and I have | :09:17. | :09:24. | |
links with the city. It is way harder to sell Hull than the | :09:25. | :09:29. | |
previous jobs you have done. That is why I am here, once you have done | :09:30. | :09:34. | |
Beeb guest event in the world you look another challenge. `` I'm the | :09:35. | :09:46. | |
biggest event. This is `` the Olympics was a worldwide event, did | :09:47. | :09:52. | |
you have any sleepless nights? I did, but I was working with the most | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
amazing team. We got some great people in and we will here as well. | :09:58. | :10:02. | |
Will we have an opening ceremony... We are not going to see her Majesty | :10:03. | :10:09. | |
parachuting into Hessel Road? We will start in a great way and we | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
will end in a great way like any event but a lot of the concentration | :10:15. | :10:17. | |
is on what happens between the two dates. You want to do something | :10:18. | :10:26. | |
every single day, don't you? I have an open mind. Day one, let's meet | :10:27. | :10:32. | |
everybody, look at everything. We have over three years until the last | :10:33. | :10:39. | |
event, two years until the first. There seems to be an appetite for | :10:40. | :10:45. | |
big events. Yes, the Olympic Games took away a lot of the cynicism, we | :10:46. | :10:50. | |
did it in Yorkshire, the Commonwealth Games is doing it now, | :10:51. | :10:58. | |
and after that it is Hull's turn. If you want anybody to dress as a tea | :10:59. | :11:04. | |
cake on you know where I am. Brilliant, you are in. | :11:05. | :11:09. | |
Let us know what you think about this story. | :11:10. | :11:16. | |
What would you like to see in the opening ceremony for Hull 2017? | :11:17. | :11:20. | |
What elements which sum up the city should be included? | :11:21. | :11:37. | |
The East Midlands Ambulance Service has improved over the last year. | :11:38. | :11:44. | |
This report `` follows a number of fines for missed targets. The | :11:45. | :11:49. | |
authority says it will continue to support the service to make sure | :11:50. | :11:52. | |
that response times improve. The hot weather and a drop in oxygen | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
levels are being blamed for hundreds of fish dying in the half`tide basin | :11:58. | :12:01. | |
on Hull's Victoria Dock. The Environment Agency took water | :12:02. | :12:03. | |
samples after Fountains in the basin will now be | :12:04. | :12:05. | |
kept on overnight to keep oxygen levels higher and the City Council | :12:06. | :12:10. | |
will look at replacing the fish. The living Islam festival is being | :12:11. | :12:15. | |
set up at the Lincolnshire Showground. | :12:16. | :12:19. | |
Fire crews have been tackling a huge fire today at the Ferrybridge Power | :12:20. | :12:23. | |
They were called out just before two o'clock, with plumes | :12:24. | :12:26. | |
National Grid says the power station is on summer | :12:27. | :12:31. | |
shutdown, so there will be no loss of power as a result of the fire. | :12:32. | :12:35. | |
Do we know how this started? The police helicopter has been circling | :12:36. | :12:47. | |
and you can probably still see the smoke coming off the air bridge `` | :12:48. | :12:55. | |
Ferrybridge power station. This was the scene earlier, thick black | :12:56. | :13:01. | |
smoke. Scottish Southern Energy is to say this was a serious incident | :13:02. | :13:08. | |
and that emergency procedures were activated. | :13:09. | :13:16. | |
There was a lot of smoke and then flames. There were sirens as well, | :13:17. | :13:22. | |
really loud. It was a bit scary because it is all my neighbours. If | :13:23. | :13:27. | |
it did explode, it would be houses and cars, people risking their lives | :13:28. | :13:34. | |
for us. They told us to stay in the house and keep windows and doors | :13:35. | :13:42. | |
shut while it is going on. No actual word on what started | :13:43. | :13:45. | |
this, although local people have told us this is a plant to remove | :13:46. | :13:55. | |
sulphur. At its height 15 fire at `` fire engines were in attendance. The | :13:56. | :13:59. | |
National Grid have been in touch and they say the power station was on a | :14:00. | :14:05. | |
summer shut town 's electricity supplies were not affected but it is | :14:06. | :14:10. | |
understood that the fire could go on until the morning. | :14:11. | :14:18. | |
Ferrybridge power station between Hull and Leeds. | :14:19. | :14:48. | |
Good evening, young man. The Antiques road show is still to come | :14:49. | :14:53. | |
before the end of the programme, any more BBC productions you want to | :14:54. | :15:00. | |
plug? The local weather show, I could plug | :15:01. | :15:03. | |
that. I said top reductions. | :15:04. | :15:10. | |
The weather is increasingly unsettled but there will be a good | :15:11. | :15:16. | |
deal of fine weather, particularly across Lincolnshire and north`west | :15:17. | :15:19. | |
Norfolk. Low pressure beginning to be established and this feature will | :15:20. | :15:24. | |
bring showers later on Friday and wet weather on Friday night and for | :15:25. | :15:28. | |
a time on Saturday. It looks like Sunday will be the best day of the | :15:29. | :15:33. | |
weekend. Some lively showers in the past few hours coming into South | :15:34. | :15:41. | |
Lincolnshire and north`west Lincoln. To the north it is fine with some | :15:42. | :15:46. | |
sunshine and the night should be dry with some clear spells with a light | :15:47. | :15:50. | |
south`westerly. We do not expect temperatures to drop between 13 | :15:51. | :16:01. | |
degrees. The sun rises at 5:15am, your next high water time in | :16:02. | :16:08. | |
Skegness at 9:57am. Most of us off to a fine, bright start, some | :16:09. | :16:14. | |
sunshine around. It should stay dry through the morning but cloud will | :16:15. | :16:16. | |
thicken and we will see showers pushing the Western Northern `` and | :16:17. | :16:28. | |
northern parts of east Yorkshire. Top afternoon temperatures across | :16:29. | :16:33. | |
East Yorkshire, 20, 20 1 degrees, Lincolnshire, 21 in Grimsby, 22 in | :16:34. | :16:44. | |
Skegness. `` 20, 21 degrees. As for Saturday, some heavy downpours, but | :16:45. | :16:51. | |
some warn sunshine as well. Sunday looks a nice day. | :16:52. | :17:05. | |
You made some derogatory comments earlier in the week, hard to believe | :17:06. | :17:14. | |
we know about Spalding. This man says, Paul should do his | :17:15. | :17:24. | |
forecast live from Spalding, I am sure his fans would be happy, both | :17:25. | :17:27. | |
of them. They come in different shapes and | :17:28. | :17:35. | |
sizes and they're playing a vital role | :17:36. | :17:36. | |
training doctors in Hull. Lifesize, automated dummies are | :17:37. | :17:39. | |
being used so successfully at the city's main hospital that | :17:40. | :17:41. | |
they've been invited to show off their skills at an international | :17:42. | :17:44. | |
conference in Chicago next week. With more, here's our health | :17:45. | :17:46. | |
correspondent Vicky Johnson. Peter the mannequin is breathing | :17:47. | :17:51. | |
well but in a moment he is going to deteriorate fast. The simulation | :17:52. | :17:58. | |
centre at Hull Royal is set up like a real ward. Behind`the`scenes, | :17:59. | :18:06. | |
technicians are making sure the situation is as lifelike as | :18:07. | :18:13. | |
possible. We are pioneering some technology and learning methods here | :18:14. | :18:19. | |
and that has been reflected in being invited to Chicago to give a keynote | :18:20. | :18:27. | |
address. Every exercise is filmed then analysed. It went well in the | :18:28. | :18:36. | |
medical aspects, the simulators can vomit, have seizures, stimulate | :18:37. | :18:44. | |
pulses. With the people around you in that environment it is pretty | :18:45. | :18:51. | |
much real`life. What sets the simulation centre a way from other | :18:52. | :18:56. | |
hospitals is the number and variety of mannequins, from premature | :18:57. | :19:01. | |
babies, children, a woman giving birth, to a full scale adult. | :19:02. | :19:08. | |
Doctors and nurses who have used these techniques have been found to | :19:09. | :19:16. | |
be much more confident. We found that they continue to use those | :19:17. | :19:20. | |
skills that they have learned in the simulated environment so they are | :19:21. | :19:26. | |
better health care professionals. The manufacturers of this equipment | :19:27. | :19:30. | |
are so Inc `` impressed by the way the teams have used them, they have | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
asked them to share their expertise with teams around the world. | :19:37. | :19:51. | |
Thanks to everyone who got in touch with us about plans to | :19:52. | :19:54. | |
The leader of East Riding Council has warned the city to "back off", | :19:55. | :19:58. | |
saying it looks like a potential hostile takeover. | :19:59. | :20:00. | |
But Hull City Council says it needs to expand into places like Hedon, | :20:01. | :20:03. | |
Cottingham and Hessle because tight boundaries | :20:04. | :20:05. | |
Hull City's European adventure has begun. | :20:06. | :20:56. | |
Their Europa League match with AS Trencin is under way in Slovakia | :20:57. | :20:59. | |
and in a few moments we'll find out how they're doing. | :21:00. | :21:01. | |
All day, City fans have been arriving in the city of Zilina | :21:02. | :21:04. | |
and our sports reporter Simon Clark has been with them. | :21:05. | :21:12. | |
They have been arriving by any means possible. This was a group of Tigers | :21:13. | :21:22. | |
fans coming in on the Rattus lather express. Slovakia is turning Amber | :21:23. | :21:27. | |
and black. We could have ended up in Motherwell | :21:28. | :21:31. | |
and we have is a leaner so we are delighted. `` Zilina. When I am | :21:32. | :21:44. | |
older I can say I have been to the first European game, it is | :21:45. | :21:46. | |
fantastic. The team arrived earlier to | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
familiarise themselves with the stadium. We will learn in different | :21:53. | :21:58. | |
ways to wind against different opposition and that will stand us in | :21:59. | :22:06. | |
good stead for back home. The aim for the club as always is to try and | :22:07. | :22:12. | |
improve and that is my job, to make sure we do not stand still. We have | :22:13. | :22:17. | |
had a couple of wonderful years and the icing on the cake would be | :22:18. | :22:22. | |
having a run in Europe. This is it, Hull City in Europe, and as one fan | :22:23. | :22:29. | |
said, it is surreal. Yes, but it is reality. 110 years in the making, it | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
is a night to remember for those in Amber and black. | :22:35. | :22:44. | |
It is half`time in Zilina, how are City getting on? | :22:45. | :22:54. | |
The best chance was slain long, `` Shane Long, ahead over the bar. As | :22:55. | :23:13. | |
we go into the break it is 0`0. Hundreds of people turned out in | :23:14. | :23:17. | |
Grantham to be part of the Antiques road show today. | :23:18. | :23:33. | |
Belton House, a fitting background for the programme. The experts were | :23:34. | :23:39. | |
here, getting snapped, playing guitar and generally getting | :23:40. | :23:43. | |
animated. The people were here as well, in their hundreds. I arrived | :23:44. | :23:49. | |
this morning and there were loads of cars. It is a nice part of the world | :23:50. | :23:56. | |
here and quite a lot of First World War stuff is coming through. There | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
was quite a big garrison town in the grounds of Belton House in the First | :24:02. | :24:07. | |
World War so we may find things from that. You know how it works, that | :24:08. | :24:15. | |
thing you have been polishing and cleaning in the corner of your room | :24:16. | :24:19. | |
is brought here to be analysed by the experts and hopefully they will | :24:20. | :24:23. | |
tell you it is worth a packet, because that is what we all really | :24:24. | :24:28. | |
care about. Like these people bid on a classic moment from the series. It | :24:29. | :24:38. | |
is worth a mere ?25,000. It inspired me to get out and randomly ask | :24:39. | :24:45. | |
people what they had brought. First World War necklace from the Baltic. | :24:46. | :24:52. | |
Some RAF memorabilia from 83 Squadron. Some coffee spoons, the | :24:53. | :25:02. | |
top one I know is a moat spoon. We have one night of value and the rest | :25:03. | :25:12. | |
is food! The item is not the central issue, it is your ticket to come and | :25:13. | :25:17. | |
talk to us. Next time just grab anything old and | :25:18. | :25:22. | |
become part of the occasion, and don't forget you're surprised face | :25:23. | :25:35. | |
unless it is worth a packet. If you want to see the episode from | :25:36. | :25:40. | |
Grantham it will be shown late in the autumn or early next year. | :25:41. | :25:49. | |
Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines. | :25:50. | :25:52. | |
Israel says it won't stop its attacks on Gaza until all | :25:53. | :25:54. | |
the tunnels built by Palestinian militants are destroyed. | :25:55. | :25:59. | |
140 jobs are to go at Smith and Nephew and transfer to China. | :26:00. | :26:04. | |
A dry bright start, clouding over with scattered showers | :26:05. | :26:10. | |
spreading to most areas, becoming locally heavy in places. | :26:11. | :26:13. | |
It is 0`0 at Hull FC against AES trenching. `` AS Trencin. | :26:14. | :26:48. | |
One letter says, can we see that the lady at the opening. | :26:49. | :26:54. | |
Matt says, opening music, we need to see plenty of local music. | :26:55. | :27:03. | |
John in Skegness says, can we have Peter and Paul parachuting in for | :27:04. | :27:08. | |
the opening ceremony? It will be well worth coming from Skegness to | :27:09. | :27:13. | |
see that. John, you can stay in Skegness. | :27:14. | :27:25. | |
Don't forget we are back at 10:25pm for the late bulletin. | :27:26. | :27:30. |