british steel has around a500 employees at its scunthorpe and teesside sites with a further 20,000 people working in the supply chain. many of whom have rallied to save the firm. i feelthe many of whom have rallied to save the firm. i feel the steelworks is the firm. i feel the steelworks is the life of the town. basically, it's the heart of the town and if the heart stops beating, services, retail, everything else around it will be affected massively. jingye group says it plans to up the production but also cut costs, so although the news brings hope for those working for british steel, uncertainty overjobs continues. james dunn, bbc news. well, as employees arrived for work this morning they were asked for their reaction to the news. yeah, the majority has been told. we've been told by managers and stuff like that, yeah. everyone's happy, like, because obviously we're still in a job. it's been a big concern, nobody knowing what's going to be happening, if they've got a job, pay their mortgages, feed their families. it's great news. how much of a worry has it been? yeah, it has been. you

scunthorpe and lincolnshire, are completely flooded. there is a big holler, a dip in the line here. that is filled with water. very, severe travel disruption if you are intending to go by rail. the answer today, if you are travelling in this direction, don't. check. there are a lot of warnings out there on social media, and local radio. listen to those in terms of road closures, travel disruption to rail and buses. this will take some time to clear. 0bviously everyone is nervously looking the sky wondering whether there will be further rain. the a nswer to there will be further rain. the answer to that question, for the moment in this part of the world, not severe. there may be showers but there is further rain threatening in there is further rain threatening in the west. the risk isn't over, although i must say enclosing that the evacuation the red alert in this area and along this stretch of the river don, has been lifted in the last hour. robert hall. we can talk to robert cramp, who was stranded in chesterfield yesterday because of