BBC NEWS 24 108 17 Sep 13:39/16 ************ ************** ****** * *** *** ** ************** ****** ************ ************************** JOBS AXED AS VICKERS SHUTS TANK FACTORY Defence company Vickers has announced the loss of 700 British jobs. The cuts will follow the closure of a tank factory in Leeds, with production of the Challenger 2 tank concentrated in Newcastle. Around 450 jobs will go in Leeds and 200 in Newcastle, with a further 50 redundancies in Wolverhampton. The firm says a £1.5bn order for the Challenger 2 ends in 2001, with work slowing down next year. Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Newsreel 152
