Michael Derek Eves, 24, from Halewood, Liverpool, was cleared following a trial at Chester Crown Court.

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But operations manager at Halewood, Colin Tivvy, said the move underlines the plant's reputation for productivity and quality.

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Plants at Halewood, Southampton and Dagenham are among seven centres that will be affected by the strike action.

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Labour MP for Garston and Halewood Maria Eagle called for News International to disclose who had briefed The Sun on its story.

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Prince Charles visited the Jaguar Land Rover production plant at Halewood, marking the start of the former Ford plant's 50th anniversary celebrations.

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The group, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire, produces Land Rovers in Solihull and Halewood while Jaguars are produced at the Castle Bromwich plant in Birmingham.

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The other 350 job losses will be spread across Ford's remaining UK sites in Basildon, Brentwood and Dunton, in Essex, Daventry in Northamptonshire, Halewood on Merseyside and Bridgend in south Wales.

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"It's really good for Jaguar at Halewood, " he said.

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They will also work at Halewood, Merseyside.

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Even though significant actions have already been taken to reduce surplus Ford assembly capacity with the removal of Scorpio in Cologne, majoring restructuring in Genk, the imminent transfer of Halewood to Jaguar and the closure of the Plonsk plant in Poland, the Minsk plant in Belarus and the sale of the Azambuja plant in Portugal, there remains a significant overcapacity problem.

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