:00:13. > :00:14.Our headlines tonight. for the news where you are.
:00:15. > :00:17.Billionaire businessman Sir James Dyson's new plan.
:00:18. > :00:22.The tycoon buys up a former RAF airfield to expand his empire
:00:23. > :00:27.Why detectives in Gloucestershire are to review the case of a man shot
:00:28. > :00:40.A meteorological spring starts tomorrow but it's more likely to
:00:41. > :00:44.feel like winter in the next few days.
:00:45. > :00:48.Sir James Dyson wants to build a new multi-million pound research
:00:49. > :00:50.and development centre in Wiltshire which he says will create
:00:51. > :00:53.world class jobs at the heart of our region.
:00:54. > :00:58.His new technology campus will be built on a 517 acre
:00:59. > :01:03.The company has also said it is is looking
:01:04. > :01:05.to double its workforce to around 7,000 in the next
:01:06. > :01:10.That's on top of investing ?250 million on expanding
:01:11. > :01:20.Here's our Business reporter Robin Markwell.
:01:21. > :01:22.He's the billionaire inventor who always dreams big.
:01:23. > :01:25.A backer of Brexit, Sir James Dyson insisted we'd thrive outside the EU.
:01:26. > :01:30.Now he's made the scale of his optimism abundantly clear.
:01:31. > :01:33.He already has bases in Chippenham, Malmesbury and Bristol.
:01:34. > :01:35.Today, for an undisclosed sum, he added the old airfield
:01:36. > :01:39.at Hullavington in Wiltshire to that list.
:01:40. > :01:43.This is to become a campus for pioneering research.
:01:44. > :01:46.Planning applications have already been submitted to turn two
:01:47. > :01:49.Second World War air hangars into high-tech labs
:01:50. > :01:55.To win in the world stage, you have to develop new technology,
:01:56. > :01:57.and develop great products, and that's what we're doing here.
:01:58. > :02:01.And because we do that, I think, successfully,
:02:02. > :02:03.we're able to export our products all around the world,
:02:04. > :02:10.and enjoy the really fast expanding markets that exist in the Far East.
:02:11. > :02:13.This is Dyson's headquarters in Malmesbury, where staff were told
:02:14. > :02:17.Four years ago there were 900 people working here,
:02:18. > :02:24.They've simply outgrown this place, and that's why they're moving
:02:25. > :02:29.to an airfield that's ten times the size of here.
:02:30. > :02:32.In town, for the only shop licensed to stock his wares,
:02:33. > :02:35.this latest investment was warmly received.
:02:36. > :02:38.I think it'll be good for the area, because the town is getting
:02:39. > :02:41.bigger all the time, there's always houses going up
:02:42. > :02:44.So we need expansion of jobs, especially for the kids
:02:45. > :02:47.who are leaving school this year and things.
:02:48. > :02:50.Those who work at Dyson were also pleased.
:02:51. > :02:56.We've got vacuum cleaners, we've got fans, hairdryers...
:02:57. > :03:00.We've got five or six categories, and we are always
:03:01. > :03:05.The future is extremely bright for Malmesbury, as well as Dyson
:03:06. > :03:09.There's been no word on precisely what will be
:03:10. > :03:13.developed at Hullavington, but plenty of speculation.
:03:14. > :03:15.There's lots of talk about what's going on.
:03:16. > :03:17.He bought a battery company a couple of years ago,
:03:18. > :03:20.so it's highly likely that it will involve some sort
:03:21. > :03:22.of battery production, or vehicle production that
:03:23. > :03:28.So, my gut feeling is he's probably going to go with the electric car.
:03:29. > :03:31.Whether it's cars or planes, air purifiers or air blades,
:03:32. > :03:35.Dyson's determination remains stronger than ever.
:03:36. > :03:37.While soaring sales in the Far East are fuelling his firm's march
:03:38. > :03:41.ever-onwards, the brains of his operation remained
:03:42. > :03:46.Robin Markwell, BBC Points West in Malmesbury.
:03:47. > :03:49.The MP for the area, James Gray, told me earlier
:03:50. > :03:54.It's great news for the local area, a lot of local people will be
:03:55. > :03:58.It's great news for the wider area, for Britain as a whole,
:03:59. > :04:02.James Dyson, by this news, will be making a contribution
:04:03. > :04:05.to training the very highly qualified engineers we need in this
:04:06. > :04:10.Do you think there may be a problem in the future,
:04:11. > :04:13.that we might not be able to get enough engineers in this country
:04:14. > :04:17.and he ends up having to bring in engineers?
:04:18. > :04:20.That's precisely the point, we are going to be 640,000 engineers
:04:21. > :04:23.short by the year 2030, I think it is.
:04:24. > :04:27.This college is designed precisely to deal with that problem.
:04:28. > :04:29.We are saying, actually, let's get some really good training
:04:30. > :04:31.going in this country, let's encourage people to be
:04:32. > :04:34.engineers, let's pay them while they are being trained,
:04:35. > :04:37.and by that means we can fill that gap that we can foresee coming
:04:38. > :04:43.Are you confident as well that James Dyson himself
:04:44. > :04:50.He has, after all, gone overseas for work before.
:04:51. > :04:54.Listen, if I wanted to back a winner in industrial terms or design terms
:04:55. > :04:57.or scientific terms, I wish I'd done it 25 years ago
:04:58. > :05:06.90 employees originally in Malmesbury, he's now got 3,500.
:05:07. > :05:08.A huge business employing people around the world, and opening
:05:09. > :05:15.He's a huge success story for Britain Plc,
:05:16. > :05:18.and we in North Wiltshire should be extremely proud of the fact he's
:05:19. > :05:20.chosen to have his business, and now this college,
:05:21. > :05:25.So you don't reckon that Theresa May has had to give him
:05:26. > :05:30.No sweeteners involved, James Dyson doesn't need sweeteners.
:05:31. > :05:32.He's a successful businessman because he makes things people
:05:33. > :05:37.around the world want to buy, and he sells them at a fair price.
:05:38. > :05:39.You certainly do a good PR job for him.
:05:40. > :05:45.Detectives are to review the case of a man from Gloucestershire
:05:46. > :05:48.who was shot dead more than a quarter of a century ago.
:05:49. > :05:53.Tony Alliss died in July 1990 in woodland near Stroud.
:05:54. > :05:55.Our Gloucestershire reporter Steve Knibbs has been looking back
:05:56. > :06:01.at the night when the murder was first reported.
:06:02. > :06:03.REPORTER: Shortly before 10 o'clock last night,
:06:04. > :06:05.residents reported hearing gunshots in the woods above the hamlet
:06:06. > :06:12.This was Penn Wood in July 1990, and those shots killed Tony Alliss.
:06:13. > :06:15.It followed a dispute with his neighbours over a boundary fence.
:06:16. > :06:18.The police investigation led to them being charged with murder,
:06:19. > :06:34.but the trial collapsed, with the judge telling the jury.
:06:35. > :06:37.For 27 years, Tony's family haven't stopped campaigning for the case
:06:38. > :06:39.to be looked at again, and have sought help, advice
:06:40. > :06:44.and examination of the evidence from their own experts.
:06:45. > :06:47.A commander from the Met, a homicide detective of 30 years,
:06:48. > :06:51.a ballistics expert, who is a court expert
:06:52. > :06:58.They all said this case needed reinvestigation.
:06:59. > :07:01.The sticking point used to be the double jeopardy law,
:07:02. > :07:03.that prevented people being tried for the same crime twice,
:07:04. > :07:09.Now a fresh prosecution can happen, if new evidence is uncovered that
:07:10. > :07:13.wasn't available at the time of the original trial.
:07:14. > :07:15.Bob Alliss believes their own forensic evidence raises questions
:07:16. > :07:24.What we listened to in the court, that Tony was struggling
:07:25. > :07:27.with a man on the floor, and he had his arms by his side.
:07:28. > :07:30.Our evidence says, and this is the evidence of our three exerts,
:07:31. > :07:33.Tony was shielding his face with his arms, in what is known
:07:34. > :07:36.as the "pugialistic stance", and the wounds substantiate this.
:07:37. > :07:40.It's what you call indelible evidence, it's there,
:07:41. > :07:42.the evidence is there, and I want this properly
:07:43. > :07:48.This latest review into Tony's death has come about due
:07:49. > :07:51.to a new scheme to support families in cases of acquittal.
:07:52. > :07:55.It will be led by DCI Richard Ocone, one of the senior officers in charge
:07:56. > :07:57.of the Becky Watts murder investigation in Bristol.
:07:58. > :08:00.His team will look for any new evidence or information
:08:01. > :08:05.that could be presented to the Crown Prosecution Service.
:08:06. > :08:07.We feel that it needs reinvestigation, rather than just
:08:08. > :08:09.a review of that same old evidence all the time.
:08:10. > :08:18.As long as the person doing the review looks at it, like,
:08:19. > :08:24.from a blank piece of paper, hopefully they'll agree with us.
:08:25. > :08:26.Gloucestershire Constabulary said today in a statement that a review
:08:27. > :08:28.of the case five years ago, which included revisiting
:08:29. > :08:32.the forensic and ballistic issues, didn't meet the threshold
:08:33. > :08:38.It is news that the Alliss family have got used to over the years,
:08:39. > :08:40.but they say that every chance to look at the case again
:08:41. > :08:46.Steve Knibbs, BBC Points West, Gloucester.
:08:47. > :08:47.Sir David Hempleman-Adams collected his knighthood
:08:48. > :08:52.The Wiltshire explorer was honoured for his services to the Duke
:08:53. > :08:56.Also recognised today was Sir Roger Bannister,
:08:57. > :09:00.the first person to run a mile in under four minutes.
:09:01. > :09:07.Football now, and several of our teams have been in action tonight.
:09:08. > :09:09.In the Championship, Bristol City lost 2-0
:09:10. > :09:14.In League 1, Bristol Rovers drew 1-1 away at Bolton.
:09:15. > :09:17.Better news for Swindon, who beat Gillingham 3-1,
:09:18. > :09:25.and for Cheltenham who beat Carlisle 1-0.
:09:26. > :09:32.Not so good for Yeovil, who failed to score at home to Mansfield.
:09:33. > :09:38.That's it from us tonight. We are back tomorrow but for now I'll say
:09:39. > :09:42.forecast. Some of our hills this forecast. Some of our hills this
:09:43. > :09:45.morning started with a bit of snow. We won't see that tomorrow morning
:09:46. > :09:50.because we've got largely clear skies. We might see a touch of frost
:09:51. > :09:55.but we are generally dry overnight. Ground frost to start us for some,
:09:56. > :09:59.maybe some early brightness towards Gloucestershire but cloud pushing in
:10:00. > :10:03.from the south and west. It is bringing some rain with many of us
:10:04. > :10:08.through the afternoon seeing heavy bursts at times. The winds will pick
:10:09. > :10:13.up as that starts to pull away, particularly through tomorrow
:10:14. > :10:17.evening. 7-8 , not feeling like it. It is the strength of the wind
:10:18. > :10:25.tomorrow that really concerns us. You will see that squeeze starting
:10:26. > :10:29.to develop on the ice baths which means we are in for a windy night.
:10:30. > :10:41.At the moment no weather warnings are in force but we are watching it
:10:42. > :10:45.quite carefully. Those winds are easing, and Thursday should be a
:10:46. > :10:48.largely fine day. A lot of sunshine through the first half of the
:10:49. > :10:53.morning, later we start to see more cloud moving in. That's bringing
:10:54. > :10:58.rain and it is that rain we will see over into Friday. Friday will be
:10:59. > :11:00.something of a wash-out for you. Wet and windy once more. Into the
:11:01. > :11:01.weekend, staying unsettled as is the nicest day of the next view,
:11:02. > :11:12.otherwise chilly and unsettled. Good evening. We are about to head
:11:13. > :11:16.into March, the days are getting longer, but are they getting any
:11:17. > :11:20.warmer? Not really. We will get there in the end, but we will have
:11:21. > :11:24.to be patient, not very springlike at the moment. Some showers
:11:25. > :11:29.scattered around across England and Wales will tend to diminish in
:11:30. > :11:33.number, a few left behind, wintry showers across the north of
:11:34. > :11:34.Scotland, snow at low-level is, ice