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Good evening. Workers at Mini in That's all from us. | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
Good evening. Workers at Mini in Oxford are to get a pay risd of 4%, | :00:11. | :00:14. | |
more than twice the rate of inflation. The rise doesn't apply to | :00:15. | :00:17. | |
staff at the pressing plant in Swindon. Mini sales reached record | :00:18. | :00:20. | |
highs last year, with 300,000 cars sold worldwide. Victoria Cook | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
reports. They're one of the biggest dmployers | :00:25. | :00:28. | |
in Oxfordshire. And now, thdy believe, their pay deal is `mongst | :00:29. | :00:32. | |
the best in the sector too. The unions say there has been tough | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
negotiations since last October but they're pleased with the outcome. It | :00:36. | :00:46. | |
also shows that the company are again invested in them and showing | :00:47. | :00:54. | |
them for everything they have done, the hard work they have put in. More | :00:55. | :00:57. | |
than 4,000 employees will now receive the 4% rise. It means | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
workers will be taking home around ?1,000 more a year. It takes the | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
average salary at Mini in Oxford to just under ?27,000. It is good. It | :01:05. | :01:18. | |
is the equivalent to about 05p and are or something, but it is a | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
start. The pay deal comes as good news at a time when other | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
manufacturers within the sector are struggling. Honda in Swindon has | :01:25. | :01:28. | |
announced that 500 jobs are to go there. It blames continuing poor | :01:29. | :01:37. | |
sales in Europe for its dechsion. Mini has said it is pleased the | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
workers have accepted this ` deal. It's as it comes with the | :01:43. | :01:45. | |
introduction of a new, thred shift pattern, where employees will work | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
shorter shifts. It says it hopes all this will lead to the successful | :01:51. | :01:53. | |
production of the new Mini hatchback. The increase will come | :01:54. | :01:56. | |
into effect in May and will be backdated to January. | :01:57. | :02:02. | |
Earlier I spoke to Professor Kevin Morley, the former Managing Dirctor | :02:03. | :02:06. | |
of Rover. I asked him what the secret of Mini's success is. `` | :02:07. | :02:15. | |
managing director. They produce a car for all over the world. The | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
problem with Honda in Swindon is the fact that they produce a car just | :02:20. | :02:24. | |
for Europe. Europe is suffering In any part of the world, therd will be | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
its doing well and it's doing less well. For Mini, they are dohng very | :02:30. | :02:33. | |
well in America and Russia, in India, the Middle East, so they have | :02:34. | :02:40. | |
a widespread `` wide spread over the world. What about the decishon to | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
award this page increase for the plug in Oxford? `` the plant. I | :02:46. | :02:56. | |
understand there are conversations going on at the moment becatse the | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
policy of BMW is to do it plant by plant. So what will happen hn | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
Swindon, we don't know, but that in itself is odd. I would have thought | :03:06. | :03:08. | |
to do it for all of the factories under the BMW banner would lake more | :03:09. | :03:15. | |
sense. It seems a big rise. It is starting off at 2.8%. As English and | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
came down to 1.7%, this into have gone up, they have increased over | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
inflation. The shift pattern has changed as well. It has gond to | :03:25. | :03:33. | |
three 7.5 hour shifts. The result is then to be some compensation for the | :03:34. | :03:36. | |
workforce, for that change. Probation officers have been | :03:37. | :03:39. | |
protesting in Oxford as part a national walk`out over changes to | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
the justice system. They're claiming privatisation plans would affect | :03:43. | :03:45. | |
public safety. The proposals include outsourcing 70% of the servhce, | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
which probation staff say is a "dangerous social experiment". The | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
Government says the changes are designed to cut costs and rdduce | :03:53. | :04:01. | |
reoffending rates. People whose homes have been flooded | :04:02. | :04:06. | |
could be awarded to ?5,000 to protect their properties. From | :04:07. | :04:08. | |
today, anyone who's been directly affected by flooding can apply for | :04:09. | :04:11. | |
the Government grant. The money is to pay for equipment like driveway | :04:12. | :04:14. | |
barriers and water resilient doors and windows. Residents who've | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
already bought flood defencds can also apply to be reimbursed. It is | :04:18. | :04:24. | |
something we have been asking for, for a long time. Some kind of help | :04:25. | :04:27. | |
for people to make their holes more flood resistant. And more flood | :04:28. | :04:33. | |
resilient as well, that is, once the water has got in, it does ldss | :04:34. | :04:39. | |
damage. We have been pushing for this for a long time. The insurers | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
tend to put things back as they work, which is the last thing you | :04:44. | :04:46. | |
want if you are going to be flooded again. | :04:47. | :04:49. | |
Technology that could help xou cut energy bills by allowing yot to | :04:50. | :04:52. | |
switch your heating and lighting on and off with your smartphond is | :04:53. | :04:55. | |
being tested by families in Milton Keynes. Installing the smart | :04:56. | :04:57. | |
radiators, lights and electric sockets costs hundreds of pounds. So | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
can they save money in the long run? Louise Hubball has been | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
investigating. Many of us have become reli`nt on | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
one of these, a smartphone. Could the next thing be a smart home? You | :05:12. | :05:16. | |
can operate most of the electrical devices in this home when you're not | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
even here, to save time and money. This radiator is controlled and can | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
be set from your mobile when you're out, costing over ?300. All the | :05:27. | :05:32. | |
prices are based on a three`bedroom house. Like Bob that can be switched | :05:33. | :05:38. | |
on and off, again, from your mobile, for ?100. And smart plugs, which | :05:39. | :05:45. | |
show you how much energy each appliance is using, ?144. The home | :05:46. | :05:52. | |
is part of a trial between Lilton Keynes Council and an energx | :05:53. | :05:59. | |
company. The experiment has been extended. Jason is testing which | :06:00. | :06:04. | |
gadgets work best. He finds this app and even switching off lights when | :06:05. | :06:08. | |
his daughter forgets. Do yot think this has saved the money? Yds, I | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
have been saving quite a bit. I have the resources now to look at it | :06:15. | :06:17. | |
easily, instead of waiting for a bill to come through. Do yot have | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
any idea how much it may have saved? On average, about ten to 15% | :06:22. | :06:28. | |
a month. But the acid test to whether a smart home could become as | :06:29. | :06:31. | |
common as a smartphone depends on whether you would be willing to | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
spend up to ?600 on new technology to try and bring your bills down. | :06:37. | :06:42. | |
That's it from us for now. @lexis is coming up with the weather forecast. | :06:43. | :06:45. | |
We're back tomorrow morning in BBC Breakfast. Goodnight. | :06:46. | :06:54. | |
A bit of a mixture tonight. And East`West divide. Clear spells the | :06:55. | :07:04. | |
further East you are. Showers further West. Mild temperattres to | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
around ten to 11 sources. Some areas may start off on a dry note with | :07:10. | :07:13. | |
some mist and fog. Once agahn, the risk of a few showers. Showdrs more | :07:14. | :07:17. | |
likely for western areas. There will be a good deal of dry weathdr, with | :07:18. | :07:21. | |
sunny spells align temperattres to reach a high of 16 or 17. Looking | :07:22. | :07:29. | |
ahead, we are expecting showers a band of rain affecting us on | :07:30. | :07:30. | |
Thursday, wet start on Frid`y, and the afternoon. The outlook, rather | :07:31. | :07:33. | |
cloudy with some rain on Thursday. Good evening. Before we get to the | :07:34. | :07:44. | |
weather details, little bit about the pollution which we have been | :07:45. | :07:47. | |
talking about in the weather reports over the last couple of days. The | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
pollution levels actually during the | :07:53. | :07:53. |