28/02/2017 Points West

Our headlines tonight. for the news where you are.

Billionaire businessman Sir James Dyson's new plan.

The tycoon buys up a former RAF airfield to expand his empire

Why detectives in Gloucestershire are to review the case of a man shot

A meteorological spring starts tomorrow but it's more likely to

feel like winter in the next few days.

Sir James Dyson wants to build a new multi-million pound research

and development centre in Wiltshire which he says will create

world class jobs at the heart of our region.

His new technology campus will be built on a 517 acre

The company has also said it is is looking

to double its workforce to around 7,000 in the next

That's on top of investing ?250 million on expanding

Here's our Business reporter Robin Markwell.

He's the billionaire inventor who always dreams big.

A backer of Brexit, Sir James Dyson insisted we'd thrive outside the EU.

Now he's made the scale of his optimism abundantly clear.

He already has bases in Chippenham, Malmesbury and Bristol.

Today, for an undisclosed sum, he added the old airfield

at Hullavington in Wiltshire to that list.

This is to become a campus for pioneering research.

Planning applications have already been submitted to turn two

Second World War air hangars into high-tech labs

To win in the world stage, you have to develop new technology,

and develop great products, and that's what we're doing here.

And because we do that, I think, successfully,

we're able to export our products all around the world,

and enjoy the really fast expanding markets that exist in the Far East.

This is Dyson's headquarters in Malmesbury, where staff were told

Four years ago there were 900 people working here,

They've simply outgrown this place, and that's why they're moving

to an airfield that's ten times the size of here.

In town, for the only shop licensed to stock his wares,

this latest investment was warmly received.

I think it'll be good for the area, because the town is getting

bigger all the time, there's always houses going up

So we need expansion of jobs, especially for the kids

who are leaving school this year and things.

Those who work at Dyson were also pleased.

We've got vacuum cleaners, we've got fans, hairdryers...

We've got five or six categories, and we are always

The future is extremely bright for Malmesbury, as well as Dyson

There's been no word on precisely what will be

developed at Hullavington, but plenty of speculation.

There's lots of talk about what's going on.

He bought a battery company a couple of years ago,

so it's highly likely that it will involve some sort

of battery production, or vehicle production that

So, my gut feeling is he's probably going to go with the electric car.

Whether it's cars or planes, air purifiers or air blades,

Dyson's determination remains stronger than ever.

While soaring sales in the Far East are fuelling his firm's march

ever-onwards, the brains of his operation remained

Robin Markwell, BBC Points West in Malmesbury.

The MP for the area, James Gray, told me earlier

It's great news for the local area, a lot of local people will be

It's great news for the wider area, for Britain as a whole,

James Dyson, by this news, will be making a contribution

to training the very highly qualified engineers we need in this

Do you think there may be a problem in the future,

that we might not be able to get enough engineers in this country

and he ends up having to bring in engineers?

That's precisely the point, we are going to be 640,000 engineers

short by the year 2030, I think it is.

This college is designed precisely to deal with that problem.

We are saying, actually, let's get some really good training

going in this country, let's encourage people to be

engineers, let's pay them while they are being trained,

and by that means we can fill that gap that we can foresee coming

Are you confident as well that James Dyson himself

He has, after all, gone overseas for work before.

Listen, if I wanted to back a winner in industrial terms or design terms

or scientific terms, I wish I'd done it 25 years ago

90 employees originally in Malmesbury, he's now got 3,500.

A huge business employing people around the world, and opening

He's a huge success story for Britain Plc,

and we in North Wiltshire should be extremely proud of the fact he's

chosen to have his business, and now this college,

So you don't reckon that Theresa May has had to give him

No sweeteners involved, James Dyson doesn't need sweeteners.

He's a successful businessman because he makes things people

around the world want to buy, and he sells them at a fair price.

You certainly do a good PR job for him.

Detectives are to review the case of a man from Gloucestershire

who was shot dead more than a quarter of a century ago.

Tony Alliss died in July 1990 in woodland near Stroud.

Our Gloucestershire reporter Steve Knibbs has been looking back

at the night when the murder was first reported.

REPORTER: Shortly before 10 o'clock last night,

residents reported hearing gunshots in the woods above the hamlet

This was Penn Wood in July 1990, and those shots killed Tony Alliss.

It followed a dispute with his neighbours over a boundary fence.

The police investigation led to them being charged with murder,

but the trial collapsed, with the judge telling the jury.

For 27 years, Tony's family haven't stopped campaigning for the case

to be looked at again, and have sought help, advice

and examination of the evidence from their own experts.

A commander from the Met, a homicide detective of 30 years,

a ballistics expert, who is a court expert

They all said this case needed reinvestigation.

The sticking point used to be the double jeopardy law,

that prevented people being tried for the same crime twice,

Now a fresh prosecution can happen, if new evidence is uncovered that

wasn't available at the time of the original trial.

Bob Alliss believes their own forensic evidence raises questions

What we listened to in the court, that Tony was struggling

with a man on the floor, and he had his arms by his side.

Our evidence says, and this is the evidence of our three exerts,

Tony was shielding his face with his arms, in what is known

as the "pugialistic stance", and the wounds substantiate this.

It's what you call indelible evidence, it's there,

the evidence is there, and I want this properly

This latest review into Tony's death has come about due

to a new scheme to support families in cases of acquittal.

It will be led by DCI Richard Ocone, one of the senior officers in charge

of the Becky Watts murder investigation in Bristol.

His team will look for any new evidence or information

that could be presented to the Crown Prosecution Service.

We feel that it needs reinvestigation, rather than just

a review of that same old evidence all the time.

As long as the person doing the review looks at it, like,

from a blank piece of paper, hopefully they'll agree with us.

Gloucestershire Constabulary said today in a statement that a review

of the case five years ago, which included revisiting

the forensic and ballistic issues, didn't meet the threshold

It is news that the Alliss family have got used to over the years,

but they say that every chance to look at the case again

Steve Knibbs, BBC Points West, Gloucester.

Sir David Hempleman-Adams collected his knighthood

The Wiltshire explorer was honoured for his services to the Duke

Also recognised today was Sir Roger Bannister,

the first person to run a mile in under four minutes.

Football now, and several of our teams have been in action tonight.

In the Championship, Bristol City lost 2-0

In League 1, Bristol Rovers drew 1-1 away at Bolton.

Better news for Swindon, who beat Gillingham 3-1,

and for Cheltenham who beat Carlisle 1-0.

Not so good for Yeovil, who failed to score at home to Mansfield.

That's it from us tonight. We are back tomorrow but for now I'll say

forecast. Some of our hills this forecast. Some of our hills this

morning started with a bit of snow. We won't see that tomorrow morning

because we've got largely clear skies. We might see a touch of frost

but we are generally dry overnight. Ground frost to start us for some,

maybe some early brightness towards Gloucestershire but cloud pushing in

from the south and west. It is bringing some rain with many of us

through the afternoon seeing heavy bursts at times. The winds will pick

up as that starts to pull away, particularly through tomorrow

evening. 7-8 , not feeling like it. It is the strength of the wind

tomorrow that really concerns us. You will see that squeeze starting

to develop on the ice baths which means we are in for a windy night.

At the moment no weather warnings are in force but we are watching it

quite carefully. Those winds are easing, and Thursday should be a

largely fine day. A lot of sunshine through the first half of the

morning, later we start to see more cloud moving in. That's bringing

rain and it is that rain we will see over into Friday. Friday will be

something of a wash-out for you. Wet and windy once more. Into the

weekend, staying unsettled as is the nicest day of the next view,

otherwise chilly and unsettled. Good evening. We are about to head

into March, the days are getting longer, but are they getting any

warmer? Not really. We will get there in the end, but we will have

to be patient, not very springlike at the moment. Some showers

scattered around across England and Wales will tend to diminish in

number, a few left behind, wintry showers across the north of

Scotland, snow at low-level is, ice