:00:00. > :00:08.After hundreds of thousands of pounds from the Welsh Government,
:00:09. > :00:10.a Pembroke Dock engineering company is in administration.
:00:11. > :00:12.Spy planes targeting Isis - a multi-million-pound deal
:00:13. > :00:14.for military surveillance aircraft secures jobs in Flintshire.
:00:15. > :00:18.Hopes it could lead to more contracts.
:00:19. > :00:20.And the family of Miriam Briddon from Ceredigion -
:00:21. > :00:22.who was killed by a drink-driver - are in Downing Street,
:00:23. > :00:44.An engineering company based at Pembroke Dock has
:00:45. > :00:48.Main Port Engineering opened a new manufacturing site last March,
:00:49. > :00:53.with support worth ?650,000 from the Welsh Government.
:00:54. > :00:55.The aim was to create 30 jobs and safeguard
:00:56. > :00:59.David Grundy joins us from our Carmarthen newsroom now.
:01:00. > :01:18.Well, Lucy, Main Port Engineering has been a significant employer in
:01:19. > :01:21.West Wales for over 25 years. The company provides engineering
:01:22. > :01:26.services to the chemical, power and water treatments industries. The
:01:27. > :01:31.company's new building opened in June at the cost of ?1.8 million.
:01:32. > :01:35.Around ?650,000 of that came from the Welsh Government and that money
:01:36. > :01:43.was to create 30 new jobs but also to secure jobs. That was a 150
:01:44. > :01:47.people in the workforce at the time. Today, though, the site is closed,
:01:48. > :01:51.all calls going to voice mail with a simple message saying the
:01:52. > :01:57.administrators have been called in. The night it emerged HMRC revenue
:01:58. > :02:01.Customs -- HMRC have forwarded a winding-up petition. That is to go
:02:02. > :02:13.to Government on Monday morning. One of the company's suppliers was Murco
:02:14. > :02:15.oil refinery. They told us 95 jobs had to go.
:02:16. > :02:17.A lot of them were my personal friends before
:02:18. > :02:20.they became my employees so, yes, it was very very upsetting.
:02:21. > :02:22.It was a worrying time - to lose that much of your
:02:23. > :02:28.So what will happen now, David? That is the big question. The company
:02:29. > :02:32.says it has called in administrators and will reopen on Monday morning.
:02:33. > :02:37.Also on Monday morning the High Court is due to your HMRC's request
:02:38. > :02:42.to wind up the company. This is a big employer in Pembroke Dock,
:02:43. > :02:46.contributing to the local economy every year. It will be a tense few
:02:47. > :02:49.days for staff. But tonight the Welsh Government has issued a
:02:50. > :02:53.statement saying it is an unsettling time for the company, its employees
:02:54. > :02:57.and their families, and should the company be wound up next week they
:02:58. > :02:59.will be looking to offer support to those employees. David Grundy, thank
:03:00. > :03:03.you for that. The UK Government says it's looking
:03:04. > :03:06.at whether there should be a change in the law in the wake
:03:07. > :03:09.of the Ched Evans case. The Welsh footballer,
:03:10. > :03:11.who now plays for Chesterfield, was cleared of rape in a retrial
:03:12. > :03:13.earlier this month. Labour has condemned the decision
:03:14. > :03:16.to allow the jury to hear the sexual The Attorney General says this
:03:17. > :03:19.isn't "routinely used", Ministry of Defence experts oversaw
:03:20. > :03:27.a controlled explosion at Swansea University this afternoon
:03:28. > :03:29.following concerns about the safe Emergency services were also
:03:30. > :03:35.at the scene, as parts of the Singleton Campus
:03:36. > :03:37.was evacuated to ensure staff A 23-year-old man has
:03:38. > :03:40.denied murdering his Xixi Bi, who was 24,
:03:41. > :03:44.died at a property on Ely Road Jordan Matthews, who's
:03:45. > :03:56.from Llandaff, was remanded in custody and is due to stand
:03:57. > :03:59.trial in February. Ms Bi grew up in China,
:04:00. > :04:02.and had moved to the UK to study. They are the spy planes at the front
:04:03. > :04:05.line of surveillance against so-called Islamic State
:04:06. > :04:07.in Syria and Iraq. Tonight a ?130 million deal
:04:08. > :04:09.has secured Welsh jobs, Raytheon, based at Broughton
:04:10. > :04:16.in Flintshire, says North Wales is now well placed for further
:04:17. > :04:17.expansion into intelligence Keeping an eye on Isis -
:04:18. > :04:25.this is a view from the cockpit of the Raytheon Sentinel,
:04:26. > :04:28.the RAF's eye in the sky The plane can fly for nine hours
:04:29. > :04:32.at a time at 40,000 feet, surveying the land below
:04:33. > :04:34.using high-tech radar equipment, and it's helping pinpoint
:04:35. > :04:45.terrorists in the Middle East. And it's here in North East Wales
:04:46. > :04:48.that engineers maintain the planes which have their instruments
:04:49. > :04:50.and electrics installed The fleet of five Sentinel were due
:04:51. > :05:05.to be scrapped but in last year's UK Government Strategic Defence Review
:05:06. > :05:07.the aircraft was given a reprieve, a decision that has secured 40
:05:08. > :05:10.highly skilled jobs here and around It's great to be here in North Wales
:05:11. > :05:15.at Broughton, to announce a ?131.5 million contract to sustain
:05:16. > :05:18.the Sentinel here at Reece Dean, and to ensure that this
:05:19. > :05:20.really capable aircraft which provides an eye in the sky
:05:21. > :05:23.for our Armed Forces is going to be Raytheon have been in business
:05:24. > :05:41.here in Broughton for 20 years. The company took over
:05:42. > :05:43.the Hawker jet company, and moved production
:05:44. > :05:45.to the United States, but bosses were so impressed
:05:46. > :05:47.with the quality of the workforce that the company set up
:05:48. > :05:49.this service centre. Engineers here are in the process
:05:50. > :05:52.of servicing one of the fleet Today's news means that staff
:05:53. > :05:56.of all ages can have some job We are going to be here for how
:05:57. > :06:00.long, I can still learn everything, move around different areas
:06:01. > :06:03.and really get to know the aircraft. And Shannon and her colleagues
:06:04. > :06:05.could see their workload increase if the company can sell its
:06:06. > :06:08.high-tech services around the world. The market itself I think is a very
:06:09. > :06:11.strong market for ISR, the intelligence surveillance
:06:12. > :06:12.reconnaissance type platforms. There is a strong market
:06:13. > :06:18.across the world for that type of capability,
:06:19. > :06:20.and I think we are well placed here in North Wales
:06:21. > :06:22.to provide that capability. This entire area is controlled
:06:23. > :06:41.by Islamic State, so... Last year the BBC gained exclusive
:06:42. > :06:44.access on board one of the Sentinel planes as it flew a nine-hour
:06:45. > :06:46.mission over Iraq and Syria looking Today's investment will ensure these
:06:47. > :06:51.planes are fit for the skies above the Middle East for years
:06:52. > :06:54.to come, thanks in no small part to a highly skilled workforce some
:06:55. > :07:03.2000 miles away in Wales. The family of a young
:07:04. > :07:06.woman from Ceredigion, killed by a drink-driver,
:07:07. > :07:08.have taken their 100,000 name petition to Downing Street
:07:09. > :07:10.to call for tougher sentences. The motorist who killed
:07:11. > :07:12.Miriam Briddon will spend just The Government say they will hold
:07:13. > :07:16.a review into driving offences From Downing Street,
:07:17. > :07:23.Aled Scourfield reports. It's been a long painful journey
:07:24. > :07:26.for the family of Miriam Briddon since she was so tragically killed
:07:27. > :07:29.near Ciliau Aeron in March 2014. Today their journey took them
:07:30. > :07:31.from their home in Ceredigion all the way to the gates
:07:32. > :07:34.of Downing Street, in their battle for tougher penalties
:07:35. > :07:36.for drivers that kill Not only have we been fully
:07:37. > :07:39.supported by our local community, which has kept us going for the last
:07:40. > :07:42.two and a half years, but we have been supported
:07:43. > :07:45.across the whole of the UK. And we are very proud to be
:07:46. > :07:48.here to present this petition on behalf of ordinary
:07:49. > :07:58.families like ourselves. Miriam was just 21 when her
:07:59. > :08:02.Fiat Punto was struck by a car being driven by Gareth Entwistle,
:08:03. > :08:04.seen here hiding his face outside He pleaded guilty to causing death
:08:05. > :08:08.by careless driving whilst under He was sentenced to five-and-a-half
:08:09. > :08:17.years in prison but his sentence He'll serve just
:08:18. > :08:25.two-and-a-half years in jail. Miriam 's family have led a campaign
:08:26. > :08:34.for tougher sentences for drink-drivers and almost
:08:35. > :08:36.110,000 people have now signed a petition supporting them,
:08:37. > :08:38.which was handed in to Prime A spokesperson for the Ministry
:08:39. > :08:42.of Justice told me the Government is determined to make sure that
:08:43. > :08:45.sentencing fits the crime for people who kill or seriously injure
:08:46. > :08:47.others on our roads. A consultation on road offences
:08:48. > :08:50.and penalties will be launched Miriam's family told me
:08:51. > :08:58.they are hopeful there will be It's very hard to put into words the
:08:59. > :09:07.feeling of being here today. We have worked hard for 11 weeks now and we
:09:08. > :09:11.are handing this over today in Miriam 's memory. There has to be a
:09:12. > :09:15.change. Quite frankly, we have to get a point where a sentence that is
:09:16. > :09:19.a crime. People to understand and driving is not an accident in itself
:09:20. > :09:24.but is a choice people make with tragic implications. I think
:09:25. > :09:27.government are mindful. Those of us campaigning on this issue with the
:09:28. > :09:35.family need to hold them to account... The Britton family say
:09:36. > :09:38.they need to fight for tougher sentences, alongside their daily
:09:39. > :09:52.battle to deal with their own devastating loss.
:09:53. > :09:56.There's concern tonight that relaxing food hygiene rules around
:09:57. > :09:58.serving rare beef burgers could lead
:09:59. > :10:00.to an increased risk of an E.coli outbreak.
:10:01. > :10:01.Demand for gourmet or premium burgers
:10:02. > :10:03.served rare or medium has increased, and the Food
:10:04. > :10:06.Standards Agency has been looking at how meat can be made safer
:10:07. > :10:10.But experts say while the risks are low, serving under-cooked
:10:11. > :10:15.One of my concerns with rare burgers is that someone could get E.coli
:10:16. > :10:17.food poisoning and someone could die in consequence.
:10:18. > :10:19.Right now we can't stop people offering rare burgers.
:10:20. > :10:21.If the business can absolutely guarantee that there is no risk
:10:22. > :10:23.at all from the burgers that it serves rare,
:10:24. > :10:33.My concern, and the concern of the Chartered Institute
:10:34. > :10:35.of Environmental Health, is that nobody can guarantee that.
:10:36. > :10:38.The Food Standards Agency says serving burgers less than thoroughly
:10:39. > :10:40.cooked is unacceptable, unless a business can
:10:41. > :10:42.prove to their local authority their procedures
:10:43. > :10:46.A group of dentists and doctors from South Wales is going
:10:47. > :10:48.to the so-called Jungle in Calais this weekend, to give medicine
:10:49. > :10:51.and clothing to people who've been living at the camp.
:10:52. > :10:53.French officials said they've cleared the site this week,
:10:54. > :10:55.and migrants have been moved to other facilities
:10:56. > :10:58.But activists on the ground say many people,
:10:59. > :11:06.including children, are still in desperate need of help.
:11:07. > :11:12.I'm not really concerned with the politics of who wants to come to the
:11:13. > :11:18.UK are not. Ultimately these people are all deserving of basic care, and
:11:19. > :11:24.unfortunately in the Jungle that is not being provided. Refugee centres
:11:25. > :11:27.will tell you that the living conditions there are very poor, so
:11:28. > :11:28.you just want to help your fellow man, basically, and that is my
:11:29. > :11:30.philosophy. Overnight, some clear
:11:31. > :11:42.spells further south, but cloud thickening -
:11:43. > :11:43.patchy rain pushing into North Wales,
:11:44. > :11:45.mist and fog forming - The rain further north comes
:11:46. > :11:54.from this cold front, also bringing thicker cloud
:11:55. > :11:56.tomorrow, but it retreats back northwards as high pressure starts
:11:57. > :11:59.to build in from the south later Some mist and fog patches
:12:00. > :12:03.first thing tomorrow - dry to the south, mainly patchy rain
:12:04. > :12:07.and drizzle Across the UK, thicker
:12:08. > :12:14.cloud and patchy rain where the cold front lingers -
:12:15. > :12:17.drier and milder to the south of it and to the north of it brighter,
:12:18. > :12:24.breezy but colder - highs of just 11 Celsius
:12:25. > :12:26.across the north of Scotland - in the high teens
:12:27. > :12:29.where we see some brightness For Wales, any rain eventually
:12:30. > :12:33.peters out - often cloudy - Just a light breeze,
:12:34. > :12:35.allowing mist and fog Mild for late October at 13 Celsius
:12:36. > :12:48.in Denbighshire, 15 in Newport. Some improvements into the weekend
:12:49. > :12:52.as that high pressure continues to build from the south, keeping things
:12:53. > :12:58.relatively settled. Quite a gloomy high with a lot of cloud around.
:12:59. > :13:01.A misty, murky start to Saturday - quite cloudy - but where we get
:13:02. > :13:03.the breaks in the cloud - southerly winds will
:13:04. > :13:05.make it feel quite mild in any sunshine -
:13:06. > :13:11.quite mild in any sunshine - 13-15 Celsius.
:13:12. > :13:17.So often overcast but mild as we head into the weekend. It did feel
:13:18. > :13:19.chillier and under the clear skies mist and fog will be re-forming.
:13:20. > :13:21.Lucy, thank you very much. We're back at around
:13:22. > :13:24.6.25 in the morning. From all of us here,
:13:25. > :13:28.goodnight.