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Two American companies are going to manage the MOD's annual budget which | :00:12. | :00:33. | |
will pay for everything from forklift trucks to nuclear | :00:34. | :00:39. | |
submarines. The unions fear it could lead to senior managers losing their | :00:40. | :00:45. | |
jobs. More than 10,000 people work here buying military equipment for | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
the MOD. Now, two American companies are being brought in to oversee | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
their work. The Government says it wants the billions of pounds spent | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
on ships and weapons to be done more efficiently. The Union which | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
represents scientists and engineers at Abbey Wood says it is concerned | :01:01. | :01:05. | |
about what this will mean for the workforce. There are fears | :01:06. | :01:12. | |
throughout about what the important of a senior management tier for the | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
organisation might mean. That has implications for members. They might | :01:18. | :01:23. | |
find themselves replaced. It also has invitations for others. It | :01:24. | :01:30. | |
potentially cuts of career development opportunities. Under the | :01:31. | :01:35. | |
contract, the US company, Bette Chell, will look after the RAF and | :01:36. | :01:41. | |
Navy while CH2M Hill will look after army procurement. `` Bechtel. There | :01:42. | :01:50. | |
has been criticism of contracts coming in late and massively over | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
budget. The American companies are said to want to bring up to 200 of | :01:55. | :01:59. | |
their own experts to manage the MOD contracts. It is a staggering | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
decision taken by somebody, God knows who, I've only learned about | :02:05. | :02:09. | |
in the last 12 hours, like many people... I think it poses a huge | :02:10. | :02:17. | |
number of questions. Not only is it a question of who and why, also how | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
many of the staff at Abbey Wood will be affected further down the line? | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
The MOD had earlier declined to be interviewed and told us that nobody | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
at Abbey Wood is in danger of losing their jobs, saying the 200 jobs are | :02:34. | :02:40. | |
additional staff. They said no decision has been yet made as to who | :02:41. | :02:41. | |
will be awarded the contracts. Detectives in Bristol have released | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
CCTV footage of a man they'd like to speak to in connection with a sexual | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
assault. A 20`year`old woman was attacked in the early hours of | :02:51. | :02:52. | |
Sunday morning near Park Row. Officers want anyone who was in the | :02:53. | :02:55. | |
area at the time or recognises the The Home Office has taken over an | :02:56. | :03:10. | |
investigation into how illegal immigrants travelled to Somerset on | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
a lorry. The group was discovered earlier this week in Ilminster. The | :03:15. | :03:20. | |
police arrested and bailed a 50 rope man and have handed the case over to | :03:21. | :03:21. | |
the Government to find out more. The Environment | :03:22. | :03:27. | |
Agency's told the BBC its dredging operation on the Somerset Levels is | :03:28. | :03:35. | |
on schedule ` and past the half way mark. It brings reassurance for | :03:36. | :03:38. | |
flood victims ` who want the work finished before the winter. | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
Scott Ellis reports. NEWSREEL: Millions of tons of | :03:42. | :03:43. | |
good earth are being excavated from the river... On the Levels | :03:44. | :03:45. | |
they have been digging for years, but major dredging stopped in the | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
mid`60s. After two years of serious floods ` | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
the dredgers are back ` the likes of David Broster shifting | :03:54. | :03:56. | |
600 tons of silt a day from the Tone When they said I was coming here, | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
I was proud to help the community. The Environment Agency says dredging | :04:00. | :04:06. | |
of an 8 km stretch of rivers 80,000 tons of silt has been dug | :04:07. | :04:09. | |
up ` and spread on nearby fields. A ?6 million operation ` | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
demanded by flood victims. It is marvellous to see it. We have | :04:14. | :04:19. | |
had 20 years of neglect. To see the silt coming out of the | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
river, I am enjoying every bucket. The dredgers are using computers to | :04:24. | :04:34. | |
return the river to its original shape. The basin will be a third | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
larger. We have been given | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
the 1960s profile and are able to What do you say to someone who says | :04:44. | :04:46. | |
it is not as good as the old days? It will be the same as | :04:47. | :04:57. | |
the old days when we're finished. Before dredging each section ` | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
checks are made to protect wildlife It's meant a few surprises | :05:02. | :05:04. | |
for water voles. We have a license to trap them | :05:05. | :05:06. | |
and move them to new areas. They are going to Hampshire | :05:07. | :05:14. | |
and Cornwall. Maintaining the river will cost | :05:15. | :05:19. | |
?100,000 a year in future. No one's sure yet where | :05:20. | :05:21. | |
that money will come from. The South West is becoming a tourist | :05:22. | :05:52. | |
hotspot, with Bath being the most visited city. International visitors | :05:53. | :05:58. | |
to the city spend more and stay longer. That is good for jobs and | :05:59. | :06:01. | |
the economy. The people are very helpful and | :06:02. | :06:04. | |
kind. So, I love it here. It's really nice. There are many | :06:05. | :06:07. | |
picturesque spots. It is beautiful. That's it from us tonight. | :06:08. | :06:22. | |
Newsnight's starting over on Two. Hello, a very good evening to you. | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
We'll see a fair amount of sunshine around during the course of | :06:28. | :06:37. | |
Saturday. Largely dry conditions are expected. It will be decidedly | :06:38. | :06:39. | |
chilly to get Sunday under way. Cloud increasing and eventually | :06:40. | :06:41. | |
bring outbreaks of rain, which will still be with us through the start | :06:42. | :06:44. | |
of Bank Holiday Monday. Thereafter, brighter and blustery, with some | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
showers around. Tonight, temperatures dropping as low as six | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
or seven Celsius in some parts of the countryside. Largely dry | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
tomorrow. Maybe just one or two showers in the far South ` Somerset, | :06:57. | :06:59. | |
Dorset ` elsewhere, dry. That sets the tone through the rest of the | :07:00. | :07:02. | |
day. One or two showers just about clipping the north of | :07:03. | :07:10. | |
Gloucestershire, elsewhere remaining dry into the evening. Thereafter, it | :07:11. | :07:13. | |
will turn chilly overnight into Sunday. Temperatures tomorrow will | :07:14. | :07:17. | |
be lower than today. Sunday will cloud over, leading to an unsettled | :07:18. | :07:20. | |
Holiday Monday. That's it from me. cloudier with outbreaks of rain on | :07:21. | :07:37. | |
Bank Holiday Monday. Good evening. The weekend is upon | :07:38. | :07:47. | |
us. For many, it is an extended weekend w a bank holiday on Monday. | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
The weekend itself not looking too bad weather wieds. A good deal of -- | :07:53. | :07:58. | |
weather wise. A good deal of dry weather around. Bank Holiday Monday | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
could see the weather on the turn for some of us. It will be worth | :08:03. | :08:05. | |
keeping up-to-date with the forecast. More on that in a moment. | :08:06. | :08:08. | |
Through tonight, still some showers to come in the east in the next few | :08:09. | :08:13. | |
hours. Many will fizzle out towards the end of the night. Heavier ones | :08:14. | :08:17. | |
across Wales and into the north Midlands. Generally though | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
wide-spread clear skies. The wind lighter. Rural areas seeing | :08:23. | :08:26. | |
temperatures down into single figures. A chilly feel to Saturday | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
first thing. Through the day we will keep the north-westerly breeze over | :08:33. | :08:36. | |
northern Scotland and a few showers here on and off. Elsewhere, we start | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
with heavier showers to north Wales and the north of the Midlands. Most | :08:42. | :08:46. | |
will fade away. Our focus for showers through Saturday afternoon | :08:47. | :08:51. | |
will be across eastern areas. West getting the best of the | :08:52. | :08:52. |