the bulk of them here in scunthorpe. with me now is alan davies from the community union. a huge relief for you and your members. since the 22nd of may la st your members. since the 22nd of may last year there has been uncertainty around the business and it is good to see it now finally start to relax done. we are starting to see some more details of this rescue package, £1.2 billion invested over the next decade. but there will be did redundancies as well questioning the investment is huge and that is only a positive thing to come in for this dillinger site. the steel industry is all in terminal at the moment. getting stability is great, but we cannot forget the people who have not been given jobs. cannot forget the people who have not been givenjobs. we will be working with jingye to hopefully offer people'sjobs, positions in the future as the investments come in. this huge investment package, but would that entail? what kind of things will be seen here in terms of upgrading and modernisation? everything is around making it a greener place to work, so there will be thin

scunthorpe in the north—east. they are good highly paid and highly skilled job each of which supports at least another two jobs locally. we have to see this through to the conclusion. we are talking about families, middle of november and thinking about christmas, after months of worry, what does an announcement like this do? it feels everyone with confidence. we are not done yet and we need to keep our eye on the ball and see it through to the conclusion whatever government is in power but it will give everyone a huge boost. we know jingye are serious and we look forward to working with them to make sure we get the right outcome for the people of scunthorpe and the community is related to british steel and the uk economy because it isa steel and the uk economy because it is a strategic business. a quick word on what the government have done because it is their action that perhaps ease this through, isn't it? that is right. the learnt lessons from 2015 when ssi went into liquidation, that did not have to happen and

here in scunthorpe, its main plant dominates the landscape and provides most of the work. today, news of a tentative deal to rescue the business. it's a move forward from may when we were in a period of extreme uncertainty and obviously concern, to now where we have a preferred bidder and an announcement from the official receiver that they are entering into more detailed discussions with the hope of a purchase by the end of october, is extremely positive. the scunthorpe steelworks and its other assets in the north—east, are an important strategic asset for the uk. british steel employs around 11,500 workers, the vast another 800 on teeside. 20,000 jobs in the supply chain also depend on it. steel production in an industry that's been feeling the heat. this loss—making business was bought by greybull capital for a pound three years ago, but it collapsed. the government's official receiver took control and the search for a buyer began. ataer, the investment arm of turkey's military pension fund, has now clinched a provisional deal. sources told the bbc it was the best o

scunthorpe scunthorpe, many more in the supply chain. scu nthorpe is scunthorpe, many more in the supply chain. scunthorpe is a huge supplier of steel, someone knows someone who works there in the town, it would be devastating for the town. the beds are on sunday, anybody interested in buying british steel. some potential buyers have emerged, some as far as away from france and russia. 0ne company, called gsw, one of india's leading steelmakers. british steel is important, one of their biggest customers is network rail. 95% of all railtrack v travel on in this country supplied and made in scunthorpe. a country supplied and made in scu nthorpe. a lot country supplied and made in scunthorpe. a lot ofjobs rest on finding new buyer. one steel expert has said today, i don't see a saviour on the horizon. let's hope he's wrong. lets hope indeed. we'll be thinking of everybody in scunthorpe over weekend. so, naomi, why have chimney sweeps been making the news? for many, they might conjure up images of dick van dijk in the classic film mary poppi

areas like hull, scunthorpe, grimsby north—east. areas like hull, scu nthorpe, grimsby have north—east. areas like hull, scunthorpe, grimsby have felt far fewer benefits and have felt a little overlooked. five years on, transport links getting to and from these dolls, travelling across the north generally, remains the biggest challenges for businesses. from coast—to—coast, hull to liverpool, the idea was to produce a powerful economy to rival london. but some business leaders are now increasingly sceptical about what difference the northern actually made. a lot of people still see the north as manchester centric. the north exist 20 miles past manchester, we are here, we are ready to do business. poor transport links are still the biggest challenge for many businesses here, especially for hauliers. we have very few arterial routes. they are clogged, they are not wide enough, traffic doesn't flow enough. if you look at the rail line, we are not electrified into hull even now with electric trains dare not come into hull. we do no

the steel plant in scunthorpe dominates the landscape. it also dominates life, with 3000 people from the town working in the plant. today, their future, like the company's is unclear. it's notjust this town that gets affected, it's everywhere around it. that's a lot of people's lives up in the air. if it goes, the town will disappear, really. there is all your little businesses, there will be nothing here. i feel that the steelworks is the lifeblood of the town. basically, it's the heart of the town. if the heart stops beating, services, retail, everything else will be affected massively. british steel employs 5000 people across the uk and abroad, but it's thought the company supports a further 20,000 jobs in its supply chain. it's notjust the people directly employed by the contractors that rely on the steelworks forjobs, house prices, people aren't going to be able to buy houses if they haven't got a regular income. today's news is the latest blow in the long decline of steel—making, which was once the bedrock of british engineering.

we are talking about 4000 jobs, most employed here at the works in scunthorpe at some across teeside and cumbria. it‘s crunch time here for british steel, a lot of factors coming together at once for them as a company. they had an unexpectedly big bill from the eu to do with carbon emissions and they weren‘t expecting to have to pay that because the eu —— the uk should have left the eu, that‘s what they were planning for. they had a significant drop in the amount of orders on their books because a lot of companies that buy from them aren‘t sure what tariffs they will have to pay in the future when the uk leaves the eu. because of that reduction in orders on their books a lot of the lenders are very worried here at british steel and that‘s what hearing today, that those lenders may well get too concerned and pull the plug, essentially, calling in administrators into the company u nless administrators into the company unless the government steps in. that‘s what british steel are hoping for, they asked for a loan of up to 75 million, we believe they reduce that request t

but in additional financial support, but in a context of the employment story, british steel and at scunthorpe plant employs around 5000 people directly, around four times that indirectly so there is a fairly significant degree of employment components in the story. jeremy stretch, thank you. egon, take me to the markets. the footsie turned out because of those reports, world dutch shell is also doing well because there has been positive news about its cash flow, vodafone lost £6.6 billion last year so no surprise on their losses, brent crude on the way up. are you here tomorrow? i am not. then i will not see you. see you soon. every year hundreds of ex—servicemen and women receive help at the defence and national rehabilitation centre. it provides expert care for people suffering serious physical or mental trauma. last year the centre relocated from headley court in surrey — to a much bigger site at stanford hall near loughborough. and today cameras were allowed inside for the first time. phil mackie reports. an early morning run on the new track at stanford hall. and for the patients tr

and british steel shows its metal, after it decides to invest £50 million in a scunthorpe mill. the firm says it's the biggest single investment in the industry for a decade. let's start with the inflation figure — it was a surprise for some? that;s right — some analysts were expecting inflation to rise but for the third month in a row it has stayed at 2.4% — these latest figures are forjune. this is important because the next opportunity for the boe to change the interest rate is in august — curretnly at 0.5% — we were expecting a rise but with inflation staying put that could weaken the argument for an increase. it is at 0.5%, it was down 72% the last time i checked. also today we had that major fine for google £3.9billion for freezing competitors out of its android operating system. the european commission says the american tech giant unfairly favoured its own internet search service. google says it will appeal. also today we had that major fine for google £3.9billion for freezing competitors out of its android operating system. the european commission says the am

we have spoken to parents in scunthorpe, students. we have spoken to parents in scu nthorpe, and students. we have spoken to parents in scunthorpe, and the parents have very strong views, many of them saying today that many seem to be blaming parental control or lack of pretend —— parental control at home. it has to be said that scunthorpe has one of the highest rates of exclusion in the country. it is unusualfor exclusion in the country. it is unusual for 0fsted to talk out like this, and it is not a reputation that they particularly want. but as you know, some very bright and sassy people do eventually emerge from scunthorpe! they certainly do, and they end up marrying equally sassy people down south! he is talking about my wife before anyone gets any ideas! beta, thank you very much. and mary, thank you. if you would like to see more on any of those stories, you can access them on the bbc i player, and we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm. getting started in the world of work is difficult, but if you also have to

iam i am marriage to a scunthorpe lass and her father was a i am marriage to a scunthorpe lass and herfather was a manager in british steel, so we are watching that closely. let's cross now to salford and speak to annabel tiffin, as former england captainjimmy to annabel tiffin, as former england captain jimmy armfield's funeral was held today in blackpool. paying tribute to one of their own. we often speak about footballing legends but no exaggeration to say thatjimmy armfield was one, particularly, in his blood at blackpool. the town did come out to him, lovely, the funeral could charge passed through blackpool's ground, bloomfield road stadium, where he had played all his career, 17 years, many fans in the south stand named after him, and alongside the pitch, members of the current first—team, the youth team, and some of the former players for the club. fans gathered outside the ground and laid where was at his statue. the funeral corsage went on to a private church service at st petersburg on which was his family church, he even played the organ there. the service was private, friends