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The future of helicopter manufacturing in Somerset could be | :00:12. | :00:15. | |
put at risk by a plan to move vital machinery to Poland, | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
according to the former liberal Democrat Leader Lord Ashdown. | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
His claims comes as aerospace company GKN closes its site this | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
month - with the loss of more than 200 jobs. | :00:26. | :00:28. | |
In a matter of days, this factory will close. | :00:29. | :00:34. | |
The company GKN saying it's simply no longer viable. | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
But it is what happens to the manufacturing | :00:39. | :00:40. | |
equipment inside there which is now at the centre of a political storm, | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
with the former Liberal Democrat leader arguing that if it's shipped | :00:46. | :00:47. | |
to Poland, and that is one option, then it could signal the | :00:48. | :00:52. | |
beginning of the end for helicopter manufacturing here in Somerset. | :00:53. | :00:59. | |
GKN make airframes for the Royal Navy's | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
new Wildcat helicopter under license to Leonardo Helicopters next door. | :01:03. | :01:08. | |
When Leonardo, formerly Augusta Westland, decided to take | :01:09. | :01:11. | |
that work back in-house, that effectively | :01:12. | :01:14. | |
Now the company is considering moving the | :01:15. | :01:21. | |
manufacturing kit to a factory it ends in Poland. | :01:22. | :01:29. | |
Lord Ashdown says the government could and | :01:30. | :01:30. | |
Not least because the kit is actually owned by the Ministry | :01:31. | :01:38. | |
I think we are in danger of undermining the long-term viability | :01:39. | :01:41. | |
of the Yeovil site, which has served the nation for 100 years, | :01:42. | :01:44. | |
in being able to make our own aircraft, in this case helicopters. | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
But Lord Ashdown has been accused of exaggerating the threat. | :01:48. | :01:49. | |
The local Conservative MP says he too is | :01:50. | :01:52. | |
lobbying the company to keep the manufacturing kit in the UK. | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
He says no final decision's been made. | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
But it's the government's job to tell | :02:00. | :02:00. | |
It is worth remembering also that unless there | :02:01. | :02:19. | |
are Wildcat borders, then there is no Wildcat | :02:20. | :02:21. | |
And what the government has been working | :02:22. | :02:23. | |
really hard on is working with the company to help garner | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
those export orders in all different parts of the | :02:27. | :02:28. | |
So far, the company has refused to comment. | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
Now, there are rumours it may enacting a new | :02:32. | :02:34. | |
foreign order for the Wildcat in January. | :02:35. | :02:35. | |
If that is true, where the airframes will be made clearly is | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
A Devon mother who has stage four breast cancer says she's overwhelmed | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
by the kindness of people who have raised money to help fund private | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
Kim Jenkins from Christow hopes it will put her cancer | :02:46. | :02:48. | |
Kim Jenkin's daughter was just three months old when she learned she had | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
It is a rare and aggressive form that can have a high | :02:54. | :03:00. | |
And it has come back and spread into her spine and ribs. | :03:01. | :03:06. | |
Having run out of options for NHS treatment, they learned | :03:07. | :03:09. | |
of pioneering work in Germany which could help, but at | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
Friends, family and complete strangers have come to their aid. | :03:15. | :03:22. | |
Over two thirds of the money has been raised, enabling Kim | :03:23. | :03:29. | |
You kind of have to try and get used to it, | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
but you feel overwhelmed a lot, really. | :03:36. | :03:37. | |
And obviously walking around the village knowing that everyone | :03:38. | :03:39. | |
It has just given me hope, really, that we can do this. | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
It was great to get over to Germany as quickly as we did do as well. | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
And early signs are that the treatment is working. | :03:50. | :03:51. | |
In the heart of the village, you can see the support | :03:52. | :03:54. | |
the family are getting from the local community. | :03:55. | :03:57. | |
It's really important for us to raise money for people | :03:58. | :04:01. | |
within the community and Kim has got quite a drastic need, | :04:02. | :04:05. | |
so we decided the pub is the perfect place to raise money. | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
I would just like to say a really massive thank you to everyone that | :04:09. | :04:11. | |
has helped support us and raise money for us and all of the really | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
And now a round up of some of the other stories | :04:16. | :04:24. | |
Bird flu has been found in a dead wild bird in Somerset. | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
It was found in a Wigeon, and is the same strain | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
found at a poultry farm in Lincolnshire last week. | :04:33. | :04:34. | |
Public Health England says the risk to public health | :04:35. | :04:36. | |
Local authorities in the South West are getting 20 million pounds | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
to tackle the problems caused by second home ownership. | :04:41. | :04:42. | |
The government says holiday homes stop first time buyers getting | :04:43. | :04:45. | |
on the property ladder, but Labour says the money | :04:46. | :04:47. | |
A 28-year-old former bar worker from Cornwall has won Germany's | :04:48. | :04:51. | |
Angel Flukes from Saltash won Supertalent 2016, | :04:52. | :04:58. | |
On to sport, and there's a big head-to-head contest on Boxing Day | :04:59. | :05:08. | |
between Somerset based horses Cue Card and Thistlecrack. | :05:09. | :05:11. | |
Trainer Colin Tizzard has entered them both into the King George | :05:12. | :05:15. | |
Cue Card is hoping to complete the second part of a big-race treble | :05:16. | :05:22. | |
But stable-mate Thistlecrack could jeopardise those chances. | :05:23. | :05:29. | |
We have to treat both horses as individuals. | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
People bring in the ?1 million bonus and we might be the | :05:34. | :05:47. | |
people that take that opportunity with Thistlecrack, | :05:48. | :05:49. | |
with individual separate owners and they have to be treated fairly. | :05:50. | :05:53. | |
Now for a look at the weather over Christmas. | :05:54. | :05:56. | |
The weather is making news across the | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
But for us, I think the weather is going | :06:01. | :06:03. | |
It is quite windy at times this Christmas. | :06:04. | :06:06. | |
Generally feeling mild, and there will be a few showers around. | :06:07. | :06:09. | |
This was the rain that we saw earlier today. | :06:10. | :06:12. | |
There were some quite heavy bursts of rain. | :06:13. | :06:14. | |
That's now gone, and what is left behind is | :06:15. | :06:16. | |
Another area of low pressure arriving in the same sort of track | :06:17. | :06:22. | |
up towards Iceland during the course of the Christmas weekend. | :06:23. | :06:24. | |
We will see the winds fresh and again on | :06:25. | :06:27. | |
Christmas Day, and this weather front perhaps producing some | :06:28. | :06:29. | |
Until then, I think for much of the next 24 hours, | :06:30. | :06:33. | |
As I mentioned, a few showers overnight tonight. | :06:34. | :06:40. | |
In between, though, some clear skies and | :06:41. | :06:41. | |
temperatures between three and six degrees. | :06:42. | :06:43. | |
Tomorrow, Christmas eve, there will be a few showers. | :06:44. | :06:45. | |
Generally bright and dry with some sunshine. | :06:46. | :06:47. | |
Ten, maybe 11 degrees the maximum temperature. | :06:48. | :06:49. | |
More cloud through the evening giving some | :06:50. | :06:51. | |
A few spots of rain or drizzle and not | :06:52. | :06:58. | |
much chance of seeing any brightness. | :06:59. | :07:00. | |
But at least it remains generally mild right | :07:01. | :07:02. | |
Into next week, it is colder for Boxing Day | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
Wild and wet Christmas ahead us. That's it from us, our next bulletin | :07:08. | :07:27. | |
just after finally tried, from all of us have a great evening. | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
big day? Christmas Day. It will stay mild and temperatures could reach | :07:32. | :07:35. | |
14, 15. He is down bet that the national | :07:36. | :07:37. |