22/08/2014 BBC Points West


22/08/2014

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Two American companies are going to manage the MOD's annual budget which

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will pay for everything from forklift trucks to nuclear

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submarines. The unions fear it could lead to senior managers losing their

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jobs. More than 10,000 people work here buying military equipment for

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the MOD. Now, two American companies are being brought in to oversee

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their work. The Government says it wants the billions of pounds spent

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on ships and weapons to be done more efficiently. The Union which

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represents scientists and engineers at Abbey Wood says it is concerned

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about what this will mean for the workforce. There are fears

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throughout about what the important of a senior management tier for the

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organisation might mean. That has implications for members. They might

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find themselves replaced. It also has invitations for others. It

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potentially cuts of career development opportunities. Under the

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contract, the US company, Bette Chell, will look after the RAF and

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Navy while CH2M Hill will look after army procurement. `` Bechtel. There

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has been criticism of contracts coming in late and massively over

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budget. The American companies are said to want to bring up to 200 of

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their own experts to manage the MOD contracts. It is a staggering

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decision taken by somebody, God knows who, I've only learned about

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in the last 12 hours, like many people... I think it poses a huge

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number of questions. Not only is it a question of who and why, also how

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many of the staff at Abbey Wood will be affected further down the line?

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The MOD had earlier declined to be interviewed and told us that nobody

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at Abbey Wood is in danger of losing their jobs, saying the 200 jobs are

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additional staff. They said no decision has been yet made as to who

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will be awarded the contracts. Detectives in Bristol have released

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CCTV footage of a man they'd like to speak to in connection with a sexual

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assault. A 20`year`old woman was attacked in the early hours of

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Sunday morning near Park Row. Officers want anyone who was in the

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area at the time or recognises the The Home Office has taken over an

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investigation into how illegal immigrants travelled to Somerset on

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a lorry. The group was discovered earlier this week in Ilminster. The

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police arrested and bailed a 50 rope man and have handed the case over to

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the Government to find out more. The Environment

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Agency's told the BBC its dredging operation on the Somerset Levels is

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on schedule ` and past the half way mark. It brings reassurance for

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flood victims ` who want the work finished before the winter.

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Scott Ellis reports. NEWSREEL: Millions of tons of

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good earth are being excavated from the river... On the Levels

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they have been digging for years, but major dredging stopped in the

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mid`60s. After two years of serious floods `

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the dredgers are back ` the likes of David Broster shifting

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600 tons of silt a day from the Tone When they said I was coming here,

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I was proud to help the community. The Environment Agency says dredging

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of an 8 km stretch of rivers 80,000 tons of silt has been dug

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up ` and spread on nearby fields. A ?6 million operation `

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demanded by flood victims. It is marvellous to see it. We have

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had 20 years of neglect. To see the silt coming out of the

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river, I am enjoying every bucket. The dredgers are using computers to

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return the river to its original shape. The basin will be a third

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larger. We have been given

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the 1960s profile and are able to What do you say to someone who says

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it is not as good as the old days? It will be the same as

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the old days when we're finished. Before dredging each section `

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checks are made to protect wildlife It's meant a few surprises

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for water voles. We have a license to trap them

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and move them to new areas. They are going to Hampshire

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and Cornwall. Maintaining the river will cost

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?100,000 a year in future. No one's sure yet where

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that money will come from. The South West is becoming a tourist

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hotspot, with Bath being the most visited city. International visitors

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to the city spend more and stay longer. That is good for jobs and

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the economy. The people are very helpful and

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kind. So, I love it here. It's really nice. There are many

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picturesque spots. It is beautiful. That's it from us tonight.

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Newsnight's starting over on Two. Hello, a very good evening to you.

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We'll see a fair amount of sunshine around during the course of

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Saturday. Largely dry conditions are expected. It will be decidedly

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chilly to get Sunday under way. Cloud increasing and eventually

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bring outbreaks of rain, which will still be with us through the start

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of Bank Holiday Monday. Thereafter, brighter and blustery, with some

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showers around. Tonight, temperatures dropping as low as six

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or seven Celsius in some parts of the countryside. Largely dry

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tomorrow. Maybe just one or two showers in the far South ` Somerset,

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Dorset ` elsewhere, dry. That sets the tone through the rest of the

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day. One or two showers just about clipping the north of

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Gloucestershire, elsewhere remaining dry into the evening. Thereafter, it

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will turn chilly overnight into Sunday. Temperatures tomorrow will

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be lower than today. Sunday will cloud over, leading to an unsettled

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Holiday Monday. That's it from me. cloudier with outbreaks of rain on

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Bank Holiday Monday. Good evening. The weekend is upon

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us. For many, it is an extended weekend w a bank holiday on Monday.

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The weekend itself not looking too bad weather wieds. A good deal of --

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weather wise. A good deal of dry weather around. Bank Holiday Monday

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could see the weather on the turn for some of us. It will be worth

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keeping up-to-date with the forecast. More on that in a moment.

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Through tonight, still some showers to come in the east in the next few

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hours. Many will fizzle out towards the end of the night. Heavier ones

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across Wales and into the north Midlands. Generally though

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wide-spread clear skies. The wind lighter. Rural areas seeing

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temperatures down into single figures. A chilly feel to Saturday

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first thing. Through the day we will keep the north-westerly breeze over

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northern Scotland and a few showers here on and off. Elsewhere, we start

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with heavier showers to north Wales and the north of the Midlands. Most

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will fade away. Our focus for showers through Saturday afternoon

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will be across eastern areas. West getting the best of the

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