The government has got a proper defense industrial strategy there s a stop start approach now it s really important that we have the technological advantage that s important for our security as well as for the future of our industry and once you lose the skilled workers it s impossible really to restart and get back up to that level again the independent Office for Budget Responsibility says it expects to significantly downgrade its forecasts for U.K. Productivity growth over the next five years the F.B.I. Says low interest rates could be allowing weaken indebted firms to survive to reason Mable say later that society must explain or change significant differences in life outcomes for different ethnic groups in Britain the prime minister is unveiling a race audit which is compiled figures that are expected to show inequalities in areas such as health education and criminal justice funk a embryo lawyer is a lawyer and diversity campaigner and says class is still a big factor in people
It s B.B.C. Three Counties radio. It s twelve o clock am twenty fish the headlines Bedford man sentence for knife attack two still in custody for the underground bomb attack and Bedford comedian John all of our wins at the Emmys C.B.C. Three counties radio a man from Bedford who attacked for people with a knife has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison Mr Ahmed from Hurst Grove use the knife during a fight last year reports Luton crown coolth was told the thirty two year old left for people with life changing injuries on the eleventh of December last year despite denying the attack the jury found him guilty of slashing three people across their face hands and bodies the judge branded augmented dangerous offender and ruled that on his release he will spend an additional four years on license police are continuing to search a number of properties in connection with Friday s attack on the London Underground in which thirty people were injured two men are in custody there thought to b
No cold and though cool because then it s hot and this is b.b.c. 3 counties radio. It s 12 o clock I m trying to fish the headlines merger between Bedford and Luton and danceable hospitals confirmed unemployment at 42 year low and Spurs star Champions League campaign tonight c.b.c. 3 counties radio in the last Aspin confirm the Bedford Hospital will merge with the Luton and Dunstable the boards of both hospitals have met this morning to rubber stamp the proposal to form a single foundation trust our political reporter and Holmes has more in the proposals the accident and emergency units maternity and paediatrics services will be retained at both sites under a single management team the 2 hospitals already work closely together and it s hoped this merger will save 2.5 percent of their current costs by the end of the 5th year after years of uncertainty the plan is now to move this forward as quickly as possible with a full business case expected by the end of the year and a joint board
B.b.c. 3 counties radio. It s 12 o clock I m Jane Killick the headlines minute s silence held in Spain motorcyclists killed in Hitchin and more tourists visiting the u.k. B.b.c. 3 counties radio Spain s King Philippe has joined thousands of people in holding a minute s silence for the 13 people killed when a van was driven into pedestrians in Barcelona 3 days of national mourning of been declared the suspect a driver a 17 year old Moroccan escaped police say they shot dead 5 suspected terrorists who killed one woman and wounded 6 other people in a similar incident in the nearby holiday resort of can breeze Spain s former security secretary Francisco Martinez Vikas says it s impossible to stop this type of attack from ever happening if we are looking for absolute security for absolute safety it s very difficult cheap that we need to try to protect ourselves we have not only in Spain but in all of our European countries we have very professional law enforcement agencies and very profess