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plants in scunthorpe and teesside. british steel went into liquidation in may and another proposed rescue deal with a turkish firm collapsed last month. our business correspondent theo leggett reports. this is british steel's plant in scu nthorpe. the beating heart of an industrial town. its future had been in deep doubt after the company went into liquidation earlier this year. but today, news of a lifeline. the chinese firm jingye is expected to buy the business for £70 million. it's been a big concern, hasn't it? nobody knowing what's going to be happening, whether they've got a job, pay their mortgages, feed their families. it's great news. you don't know if you're batting or bowling, do you? once it gets sorted, we can get on with it better, can't we? it's finally something positive, it's good. what are your thoughts aboutjingye? anything is better than nothing, i suppose. yeah, it's getting better. british steel employs 4,000 people in britain, at scunthorpe and at other sites in the north—east. 20,000 more are employed in the supply chain. unions sayjingye can protect tho