:00:00. > :00:15.More than 100 workers are f`cing redundancy after a County Dtrham
:00:16. > :00:19.factory making a famous brand of crisps was earmarked for closure.
:00:20. > :00:22.Unions say the proposed loss of the KP plant in Consett `
:00:23. > :00:25.which makes Phileas Fogg sn`cks ` is devastating.
:00:26. > :00:28.But the company says it plans to expand its Teesside base.
:00:29. > :00:34.Our correspondent Peter Harris reports.
:00:35. > :00:38.Pay attention, Phileas Fogg authentic snacks made in Consett.
:00:39. > :00:42.It's a factory famous for its advert as well as the crisps it produces.
:00:43. > :00:46.KP's Phileas Fogg plant helped put Consett on the map.
:00:47. > :00:55.Everyone remembers the advert where the plane comes down the ro`d.
:00:56. > :00:59.It's devastating for the whole Consett area.
:01:00. > :01:03.At the moment the company is stating it is just proposals,
:01:04. > :01:06.but as you can appreciate, this is a big employer within the area.
:01:07. > :01:09.People are devastated for themselves, for the famhly
:01:10. > :01:15.The factory employs more than 100 people.
:01:16. > :01:17.It is thought the bad news here could be tempered
:01:18. > :01:22.by expansion at KP's centres at Stanley and Billingham on Tdeside.
:01:23. > :01:25.KP Snacks is now owned by a German company.
:01:26. > :01:28.It's carried out a rationalisation programme.
:01:29. > :01:31.It says this factory is underutilised
:01:32. > :01:38.The closure of the crisp f`ctory will be a poignant blow for Consett
:01:39. > :01:42.though, because this factorx was the firstinvestment in the town after
:01:43. > :01:48.Some of those who work here are couples.
:01:49. > :01:54.The local authority is award of the potential damage of the job losses.
:01:55. > :01:58.Our first thoughts are trying to support those 100 people who will
:01:59. > :02:02.lose their jobs and help thdm to get back into employment or whatever
:02:03. > :02:06.Workers were told to say nothing today.
:02:07. > :02:14.If confirmed, the factory is set to close early next year.
:02:15. > :02:18.A man who died after falling on a B oil platform in the North Sda has
:02:19. > :02:23.been named as Sean Anderson, from the Tyne and Wear area.
:02:24. > :02:25.The 43`year`old was working on the Unity rig,
:02:26. > :02:30.97 miles off Aberdeen, when the incident happened just after 4: 0am
:02:31. > :02:33.He was carrying out routine maintenance at the time.
:02:34. > :02:35.Police Scotland is carrying out a joint investigation with
:02:36. > :02:42.A drink`driver who crashed his car ` killing one passenger
:02:43. > :02:45.and injuring two others ` has been jailed for five ye`rs.
:02:46. > :02:49.Dominic Loftus, who was 22, died when the car driven by
:02:50. > :02:52.Ryan Glendinning came off the road near Penrith last xear
:02:53. > :02:58.The court heard that Ryan Glendinning had been drinking
:02:59. > :03:02.in the evening on the fateftl night that Dominic Loftus dhed.
:03:03. > :03:05.The court was told he'd drunk five pints of lager and two glasses
:03:06. > :03:10.He said he was determined to drive that night and was driving from
:03:11. > :03:14.the pub to the village of Greystoke when the accident happened.
:03:15. > :03:17.Dominic Loftus had not been drinking, but working in thd pub
:03:18. > :03:23.The car came off the road on the way to Greystoke,
:03:24. > :03:25.crashing through a hedge and a stone wall before coming to rest
:03:26. > :03:32.Two other passengers were seriously injured.
:03:33. > :03:36.Cumbria Police said they wotld not tolerate drink`driving.
:03:37. > :03:39.Once you hold a driving licence that is a highly
:03:40. > :03:46.You must remember that at all times drink`driving and drug`drivhng, even
:03:47. > :03:50.when it seems a moment of ftn, can lead to absolute tragic consequences
:03:51. > :03:53.and the message is that drink and drug driving will not be tolerated
:03:54. > :03:56.and it does have devastating effects, as we have seen today.
:03:57. > :04:00.Sentencing Ryan Glendinning to five years in prison, the judge said
:04:01. > :04:03.the sentence would seem wholly inadequate to a grieving falily
:04:04. > :04:07.He told Glendinning that through your actions you have left
:04:08. > :04:16.a close`knit family inconsolable and totally bereft.
:04:17. > :04:19.The North's reservists are helping to fill the gap left by Govdrnment
:04:20. > :04:23.cuts to the regular army ` but there are fears there won't be
:04:24. > :04:28.20,000 personnel are being `xed and they're supposed to be replaced
:04:29. > :04:33.Damian O'Neil has been with a North East Army Reserve reghment,
:04:34. > :04:42.For the last fortnight, 5th Battalion Royal Regiment
:04:43. > :04:44.of Fusiliers have been training for war in Europe alongside
:04:45. > :04:50.These volunteers are in the main impossible to disthnguish
:04:51. > :04:54.from full`time soldiers, most of whom say they'd be happy to
:04:55. > :05:00.We've both been to Afghan whth reserves, so we've had reserves
:05:01. > :05:05.Once they are up and running they are just as good
:05:06. > :05:09.But while few would question the skill and commitment of the
:05:10. > :05:12.individual Army reserve soldiers, there are not enough of thel.
:05:13. > :05:16.Like most regiments the 5th Fusiliers faced major
:05:17. > :05:23.I've been in the reserve forces and the regular forces and
:05:24. > :05:28.the last time I was in with the TA, we had a fully recruited colpany.
:05:29. > :05:31.I think this time around I'l finding there are far fewer people here
:05:32. > :05:35.and it has been a challenge to try to get the numbers into
:05:36. > :05:41.The Ministry of Defence needs 30,000 trahned
:05:42. > :05:53.In the year to April 2014, the total figure rose from 19,230, to 19, 00.
:05:54. > :05:59.But between April and July, the figure fell to 19,290.
:06:00. > :06:02.But there are hopeful signs beginning to emerge,
:06:03. > :06:08.In the year to the end of Fdbruary, they took on 24 new recruits,
:06:09. > :06:14.But in the last six months or so they've already taken on more of
:06:15. > :06:21.We have a good number of recruits, more
:06:22. > :06:29.And they are attending and passing the courses that we require.
:06:30. > :06:34.If you're taking part in thd Great North Run, best of luck.
:06:35. > :06:37.You'll be hoping for decent weather, so let's see what Paul Moondy can
:06:38. > :06:50.Cloud and rain feature for lost of us overnight tonight. One or two
:06:51. > :06:52.heavy bursts. Temperatures stay in double figures, with a light
:06:53. > :06:58.northerly breeze. Tomorrow lorning, the remnants of the rain will clear
:06:59. > :07:03.away south and east. Things start to dry up and brighten up. Bright or
:07:04. > :07:07.sunny spells. One or two afternoon showers, especially in the West
:07:08. > :07:14.Temperatures fresher. 17 Celsius is about the best tomorrow aftdrnoon.
:07:15. > :07:19.Cooler than that if you are in the breeze. On Sunday and into Londay,
:07:20. > :07:24.for most of us it is a dry, bright picture. The fresher feel to things
:07:25. > :07:29.continues. The National weather forecast shortly, but first the
:07:30. > :07:32.route for the Great North Rtn and how the weather is shaping tp on
:07:33. > :07:42.Sunday. Dry, bright Hello. I am sure you cannot wait to
:07:43. > :07:43.find