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tata steel will push ahead with plans to close both blast furnaces in its south torbert plant in walesand it is expected to lead to the loss of over 3000 jobs —— talbot. the gmb union says it has alternative proposals aimed at saving jobs. a reminder of what we are saying, the bbc understands that tata steel is going to press ahead with plans to close blast furnaces at its plants at port talbot in south wales and that threatens the loss of more than 3000 jobs. the decision follows a meeting between tata steel executives and the wider community and unions in the meeting happened at a hotel in london today. —— and the meeting. the company will replace blast furnaces which produced new steel from iron or with a modern electric arc furnace which will produce usable steel from scrap metal, and it will be more environmentally friendly to operate but crucially it will require a smaller workforce. but crucially it will require a smallerworkforce. last but crucially it will require a smaller workforce. last year the government said it would support the £1.25 billion plan with up to £500 million

tata steel has previously said it was losing £1 million a day.cial pressure as well as a green transition which is driving the changes. the uk government has given tata steel half a billion pounds to help it build an electric arc furnace here, while also managing a £100 million fund to support workers affected by the changes. it can be used for training people. it may be used to change infrastructure — to bring other companies in. but the most important thing for me is that if 3,000 people are going to lose theirjobs, the uk government is not going to walk away and not turn their backs on those people or that community. tata's plans ripple beyond the steelworks, and have caused concern right across the community. there's thousands of people on the supply chain and the contractors, who work for tata, who actually work in businesses that supply those businesses. it's a huge impact upon our communities and this will see a huge loss of employment in a time when people are going to be struggling financially anyway. we have the cost—of—living crisis an

our biggest steelworks, owned by tata . the steelworks, owned by tata.ey make so—called virgin steel . steel from iron virgin steel. steel from iron ore. you need coking coal for that process . and coking coal that process. and coking coal emits lots of carbon. tata say that they're going to use instead so—called arc furnaces. they can only rely on scrap steel, recycled steel. so we lose our strategic ability to make steel from scratch. we become increasingly reliant on imported steel and of course, importing steel from elsewhere. that means we import the carbon that's embodied in that steel, plus the diesel to ship the steel and move it, and all the carbon emissions that that involves. the trade unions have been making that point very, very coherently for months and even years in my view. and yet it hasn't swung the argument within government or within tata. tata the indian conglomerate, say they're spending two, £2.5 billion converting these blast furnaces to arc furnaces saving a thousand or so of the 4000 jobs that are here. the alternative give, as

tata said in a statement: "tata steel today announced, it will commence statutory consultation, as partthan a decade of losses and transition from the legacy blast furnaces to a more sustainable, green steel business." following the confirmation, the general secretary of steelworkers�* union community, says tata�*s announcement is "unacceptable" and claimed the uk�*s primary steel—making capacity will be �*decimated�*. but a government spokesperson said the uk is determined to secure a sustainable and competitive future for its steel sector. the government has committed 500 million pounds towards the cost of the new, electric arc furnace. here�*s tata steel ceo and managing director speaking about the cuts a short time ago. it's it�*s not something we would have liked to happen i think we tried very hard over the years to preserve the site and keep it going despite all of the challenges over the last 15 years i think we have even invested something like £5 billion to keep the business going. so it is not that we have given up in a hurry it�*s not that we have not tried hard enough. i th

tata has known for years it was to clean up its act.ctric arc furnace is our one way to do that. >> arc furnaces should rece less than half emissions. it depends on the material you put in the arc furnace, and where your electricity is coming from. reporter: getting enough renewable energy will be a challenge. trade unions say the plan is decarbonization othe cheap, and they are unhappy that thousands of workers will lose their jobs. at a local schoo they fear what that will mean for the next generation. they already run a food bank from here, and expted demand to rise. >> i think the community will have a huge impact, because a lot of our pupils' parents and families work within tata, but the knock on with the contractors as well. demand i presume will go up threefold, really. reporter: tata is expected to make a formal announcement tomorrow and start closing posts in april and move towards a greener future, clearly coming at a cost. hywel griffith, bbc new port talbert. christian: ben thompson as he stayed on to guide this -- thank yo

tata has known for years it needs to clean up its act.at. so, an electric arc furnace should produce less than half the emissions of a blast furnace. there are a lot of things that will depend on, it will depend the material you put in the arc furnace, how much processing that material needs, and also where your electricity is coming from. getting enough renewable energy will be a challenge. trade unions say the plan is decarbonisation on the cheap and are unhappy that thousands of workers will lose theirjobs. at the local school, they fear what that will mean for the next generation. they already run a food bank from here and expect demand to rise. i think, as a community, it's going to have a huge impact. because not only do a lot of our pupils�* parents and families work within tata, but the knock—on with the contractors as well. so demand, i'm presuming, isjust going to go up to threefold, really. tata's expected to make a formal announcement tomorrow and start closing posts in april. a move towards a greener future clearly coming at

tata said in a statement...sform and restructure its uk business. "this plan is intended to reverse more than a decade of losses and transition from the legacy blast furnaces to a more sustainable, green steel business. following the confirmation, the general secretary of steelworkers' union, community, says tata's announcement is "unacceptable" — and claimed the uk's primary steel—making capacity will be "decimated". but a uk government spokesperson said... "we are determined to secure a sustainable and competitive future for the uk steel sector". the government has committed £500 million towards the cost of the new electric arc furnace. here's tata steel ceo and managing director tv narendran speaking about the cuts. it is not something we would have liked to happen. i think we tried very hard over the years to conserve the site, keep it going despite all the challenges over the last 15 years, i think we have invested something like £5 billion. to keep the business going. it is not as if we have given up, it i

news coming to us from bbc sources, rather than confirmed by tata steel themselves. the unfolding issues around attacks on cargo ships by houthi rebels from yemen, warning from the world trade organization that it could affect developing countries the hardest. today the us has launched a fourth round of air strikes against the rebels, the us military said it targeted missiles that could be intended for attacks on ships. as this diverted away from the red sea to longer and more costly routes that avoid the area, supply chains have been disrupted and economists have warned it could add to inflation. the world trade organization's director—general has been speaking to our economics editor at the world economic forum in switzerland. obviously people are concerned about the fluidity of trade given these big geopolitical challenges and the physical blockages we are seeing in the red sea, what is the situation? first let me see that trade is very resilient, and if you look at the ups and downs of that, trade has been resilient because it enables you to find different channe

tata said in a statement: "tata steel today announced it will commence statutory consultation as part plan to transform and restructure its uk business. "this plan is intended to reverse more than a decade of losses and transition from the legacy blast furnaces to a more sustainable, green steel business. following the confirmation, the general secretary of steelworkers' union community, says tata's announcement is "unacceptable" — and claims the uk's primary but a uk government spokesperson has said they are determined to secure the future of the uk steel industry. uk prime minister rishi sunak has been asked about this — lets listen to what he had to say. well, i know first of all that it will be a worrying time for everyone affected. and because it is a commercially sensitive matter, i hope people will appreciate there is a limit to what i can say. but what i can tell you is we are absolutely committed to steel—making in the uk, and that is why the government provided half a billion pounds to support tata steel. the alternative, by the way, was that the entire plant would be closed

by tata. it's a crazy decision. by tata.rnace should be kept open till the end of life, which is 2032. the plan it should be kept the plan is it should be kept open 2032. and when producing open to 2032. and when producing electric in 2029 and electric arc steel in 2029 and then up make something then ramp up and make something else. carbon else. yeah, if that's carbon emission is wrong, fine. but close it down at this end of life and then put something in then which isn't carbon . then which isn't carbon. >> now rishi sunak's government has given tata , of course, has given tata, of course, a huge indian multinational conglomerate , half £1 billion, conglomerate, half £1 billion, £500 million in order to in order to help them finance the closing of those blast furnaces and the creation of those arc furnaces. uh, tata say that they're putting in about £2 billion. there's lots of money at stake. what do you think of the tory party's judgement ? what the tory party's judgement? what do you think when you hear the tory welsh le

and there have been last minute changes of tack by tata in the past.h this information last november and instead decided to sit down and look at the unions' proposals more closely. but what we do know is that tata has been very focused on cost here. its uk operations are loss making, losing about £1 million a day. and it wants those losses to stop, to make steel production in this country economical going forward. the unions' proposals would have kept morejobs in place for longer, but they would also have come at a cost. i believe that cost is somewhere around the £600 million mark over a number of years. so tata wants to get the business onto a more even economic footing. it believes that keeping the blast furnaces open is fundamentally unsustainable. to keep them open, they require maintenance. that costs money, and therefore it's decided to cut its losses, close the furnaces down and move on to the next generation of steel making sooner rather than later. if you do want more on that developing story, we have plenty more details including a live page

steel to adopt— government and on tata steel to adopt our— government and on tata steel to adopt ourhe jobs in south wales — safeguarding the jobs in south wales. the gmb and the other trade unions _ wales. the gmb and the other trade unions will_ wales. the gmb and the other trade unions will be using all tools at our disposal to make sure we are safeguarding steel—making... we our disposal to make sure we are safeguarding steel-making. .. interrupting that to take you live to uvalde, texas, where we can listen to the us attorney general, delivering that verdict on how the police handled the 2022 school shooting. let's have a listen in. $5 shooting. let's have a listen in. as i told shooting. let's have a listen in. is i told families and survivors shooting. let's have a listen in. sis i told families and survivors last night, the department's review of, concluded that a series of major failures, failures in leadership, in tactics, in communications, in training and in preparedness, were made by law enforcement and others responding to the mass shooting. as a result, 33 students and

tata said in a statement: "tata steel today announced it will commence statutory consultation as parten steel business. following the confirmation, the general secretary of steelworkers' union community, says tata's announcement is "unacceptable" and claimed the uk's primary steel—making capacity will be "decimated". but a uk government spokesperson said: "we are determined to secure a sustainable and competitive future for the uk steel sector". the government has committed 500 million pounds towards the cost of the new, electric arc furnace. uk prime minister rishi sunak has been asked about this — let's listen to what he had to say. earlier we spoke to national officer for steel at community union, alun davies who's at port talbot outside the steel works. earlier we spoke to national officer for steel at community union, alun davies who's at port talbot outside the steel works. workers are struggling with this news. mental health affecting a lot of people. people not knowing how they will pay mortgages. the uncertainty is wrecking the workforce. uncertainty is wrecking the workforce

tata steel has confirmed it is cutting up to 2800 jobs here in the u.k.t workers affected in the next 18 months. the majority of the job losses will be at the steelworks in port talbot south wales. indian-owned tata plant to close two blast furnaces, replacing them with more efficient electric production, involving fewer harmful emissions and fewer people to operate it. our correspondent has this report. >> the chancellor of the exchequer comes to open the largest steel plant in europe. >> heavy industry on a staggering scale. for decades, these works have dominated the local landscape, defined the local economy. it's a place where several generations of the same family have found work. but all that may now change. mark followed his uncles here 42 years ago. he is now one of five in his family who work here. most around the blast furnaces, where the jobs will go. >> this town was built on the steelworks, built around it. it is the community. over the years from the heyday when there were 20,000, it is the heartbeat of the local community. >> nicole-fired

tata has known for years it needs to clean up its act.aces are one way of doing that. so, an electric arc furnace should produce less than half the emissions of a blast furnace. there are a lot of things that will depend on, it will depend the material you put in the arc furnace, how much processing that material needs, and also where your electricity is coming from. getting enough renewable energy will be a challenge. trade unions say the plan is decarbonisation on the cheap and are unhappy that thousands of workers will lose theirjobs. at the local school, they fear what that will mean for the next generation. they already run a food bank from here and expect demand to rise. i think, as a community, it's going to have a huge impact. because not only do a lot of our pupils�* parents and families work within tata, but the knock on with the contractors as well. so demand, i'm presuming isjust going to go up to threefold really. tata's expected to make a formal announcement tomorrow and start closing posts in april. a move towards a greener

in the last few minutes, the tata steel ceo has been speaking about the cuts.ing we would have _ the cuts. it's not something we would have liked _ the cuts. it's not something we would have liked to _ the cuts. it's not something we would have liked to happen, i i the cuts. it's not something we i would have liked to happen, i think we try very hard over the years to preserve the site, keep it going, despite all the challenges over the last 15 years we've invested something like £5 million to keep the business going, so it's not that we've given up in a hurry, it's not that we haven't tried hard enough, but i think we reach the stage where the question is how we create a future which is sustainable, how we create a future where we are not always so fragile and standing at the edge of a cliff in some sense of the edge of a cliff in some sense of the term, and with a future of the steel—making in port talbot, because you need to have low carbon steel—making, the world over companies are shifting to it, so why should we not do it? and we felt its the best way for

and then that official announcement from tata —— tata steel.orkers but they have said they will consider industrial action as workers and the local community here wait to hear what their future holds. ., ~' , ., charlie, we heard the shocking news over the last few days, the tragic death of a two—year—old after his father died of a heart attack. more details from the family. let's take you through what we're hearing today. the sister of the two found dead alongside his father says she doesn't blame social services the death. 60—year—old kenneth battersby suffered a heart attack, and its thought two—year—old bronson starved to death a few days later. melanie battersby spoke exclusively to our midlands correspondent navtej johal. bronson! come on, then. every time i saw him, you know, he were happy, he were smiley. he were... he learned to walk, he were learning to speak. he was just a really beautiful, sweet—natured little boy. my dad was a character. he was born to be wild. he was...funny, hilarious sometimes, he was stubborn. he really, really

tata steel in a statement said that...overnment spokesperson said the uk is determined to secure a sustainable and competitive future for its steel sector. the government has committed £500 million towards the cost of a new electric arc furnace. here's the tata steel ceo speaking about the cuts. it’s furnace. here's the tata steel ceo speaking about the cuts.— speaking about the cuts. it's not something _ speaking about the cuts. it's not something we — speaking about the cuts. it's not something we would've - speaking about the cuts. it's not something we would've liked - speaking about the cuts. it's not something we would've liked to | speaking about the cuts. it's not - something we would've liked to have happen. i think we've tried really hard over the years to preserve the site and keep it going despite all the challenges over the last 15 years, i think we've invested something like £5 million to keep the business going. so it's not that we've given up in a hurry or would not tried hard enough — but i think we've rea

tata hopes to have a new, greener electric furnace in place sometime in 2027.s are shut down, the company will import steel here from abroad to finish off. which raises the question whether this decision is really driven by environmental concerns or economic ones. steel made overseas still causes carbon emissions, theyjust don't count towards the uk stats. tata admits it's several years of financial pressure which has brought this change. we've tried very hard over the years to preserve the site, keep it going, despite all the challenges. over the last 15 years, i think we've invested something like £5 billion to keep the business going. so it's not that we've given up in a hurry, it's not that we've not tried. the company secured half a billion pounds from the uk government to build the new furnace. trade unions feel that money should have gone to supporting a much slower transition. they're giving out the money to make 3,000 people redundant. that is not a good way to spend taxpayers money. we have a plan which would have cost a few more hundred million, but

of work after tata steel out of work after tata steel confirmed plans to close the blast furnaces at its port talbot plant , and the leader of talbot plant, and the leader of reform , richard tice, says he reform, richard tice, says he knows how to stop the boats. you don't want to miss this heated exchange with our political edhon exchange with our political editor, richard tice . editor, richard tice. >> instead of bringing them to dover , you take them to dunkirk dover, you take them to dunkirk and calais, which we're entitled to do. >> you can't do returns with france. >> you're asking questions with the completely false premise here. the answer . chris hope the completely false premise here. the answer. chris hope v ties one to watch. >> and there's the alarming admission from the head of ofsted, the new head that some schools have got no go areas for teachers. and that's all coming in your next hour. teachers. and that's all coming in your next hour . as usual, in your next hour. as usual, want to hear from you. do you think reform richard tice is the answer at the next electio

up to 3,000 ukjobs to go at tata steel, the bbc understands, as it pushes ahead with plans to shut down the blast furnaces at port talbot. frustration, disappointment is probably the biggest word. disbelief. it'sjust been... handled absolutely appallingly in my opinion. also coming up: are pre—election handouts ahead? taxes in his march budget. when i look around the world to america and asia, when i look around the world to america iwith sia, when i look around the world to america iwith lower when i look around the world to america i with lower taxes countries with lower taxes have more dynamic, faster growing economies. that's and a sweet business that ran out ofjuice. we look at the rise and fall of the original indian steel giant tata is expected to confirm up to 3,000 jobs will be cut from its british operations. the bbc understands tata is to go ahead with plans to shut down both blast furnaces at its port talbot site in south wales — which is the uk's biggest steel plant. the company is intending to replace the furnaces with an electric version which is more environmentally—frie

tata match that with three quarters of £1 billion.here. what is their view on this?— is their view on this? the welsh labour government _ is their view on this? the welsh labour government has - is their view on this? the welsh labour government has made . is their view on this? the welsh i labour government has made clear is their view on this? the welsh - labour government has made clear it is unhappy with this and it believes the uk government hasn't done right by these workers, saying that steel is a an asset so it is essential to have the

they're giving tata money to make 3,000 people redundant.spend taxpayers' money. we have a plan which would have cost a few more hundred million, but it would have secured the majority ofjobs here. it's not just at the works where the impact is being felt. for 13 years, the docks cafe has been feeding workers. tiffany fears they may be closed within months. pretty bad, to be honest with you. you get people, just the worry of losing theirjobs, or not being able to fund fortheirfamily, losing their houses, losing everything, really, isn't it? a place reinforced by one industry now feels fragile — its fate decided by forces far beyond its control. hywel griffith, bbc news, port talbot. 0ur chief economics correspondent, dharshini david, is here. lots of factors at play here, environmental and economic. what's your assessment of what's going on? indeed, 200 years ago we led the world in making steel and it has been all change as the likes of china could produce it more cheaply. 0ur industry employs attempts of the work as it did 50 years ago, ac

tata has known for years it needs to clean up its act.doing that. so, an electric arc furnace should produce less than half the emissions of a blast furnace. there are a lot of things that will depend on, it will depend the material you put in the arc furnace, how much processing that material needs, and also where your electricity is coming from. getting enough renewable energy will be a challenge. trade unions say the plan is decarbonisation on the cheap and are unhappy that thousands of workers will lose theirjobs. at the local school, they fear what that will mean for the next generation. they already run a food bank from here and expect demand to rise. i think, as a community, it's going to have a huge impact. because not only do a lot of our pupils' parents and families work within tata, but the knock on with the contractors as well. so demand, i'm presuming isjust going to go up to threefold really. tata's expected to make a formal announcement tomorrow and start closing posts in april. a move towards a greener future, clearly comi

our correspondent is outside the tata steel plant in port talbot. thank you for speaking to us.we know what they have been told? ~ ., �* ~ ., ., been told? well, we don't know how much news — been told? well, we don't know how much news has _ been told? well, we don't know how much news has filtered _ been told? well, we don't know how much news has filtered through - been told? well, we don't know how much news has filtered through to i much news has filtered through to the workers inside the steelworks. what we understand however is that tata steel will push ahead with its plan to close the two big blast furnaces behind me, which are coal—fired, admit huge mass of carbon dioxide and eventually will replace them with an electric green furnace. however cutting emissions but also huge cuts to job numbers, potentially up to 3000 workers we understand, the first of those job losses could come as soon april, and the majority of those losses to be made by september. of the 4000 workers at the steelworks, thousands of those will potentially be involved in those redundancies. double be

tata has known for years it needs to clean up its act.lectric arc furnace should produce less than half the emissions of a blast furnace. there are a lot of things that will depend on, it will depend on the material you put in the arc furnace, how much processing that material needs, and also where your electricity is coming from. getting enough renewable energy will be a challenge. trade unions say the plan is decarbonisation on the cheap and are unhappy that thousands of workers will lose theirjobs. at the local school, they fear what that will mean for the next generation. a new freeport has been promised for port talbot. there are plans for a jet fuel plant. but all are years away. at the school's food bank, they know demand will rise. they are not aligning in terms of the timing, so some of these are not going to be implemented for three, five, ten years�* time, but people are losing theirjobs today, so where do they go? where do they work? tata�*s expected to make its formal announcement tomorrow. many here already know they�*ll nee

tata has known for years it needs to clean up its act.rnace should produce less than half the emissions of a blast furnace. there are a lot of things that will depend on, it will depend on the material you put in the arc furnace, how much processing that material needs, and also where your electricity is coming from. getting enough renewable energy will be a challenge. trade unions say the plan is decarbonisation on the cheap and are unhappy that thousands of workers will lose theirjobs. at the local school, they fear what that will mean for the next generation. a new freeport has been promised for port talbot. there are plans for a jet fuel plant. but all are years away. at the school's food bank, they know demand will rise. they are not aligning in terms of the timing, so some of these are not going to be implemented for three, five, ten years' time, but people are losing theirjobs today, so where do they go? where do they work? tata's expected to make its formal announcement tomorrow. many here already know they'll need to retrain and

tata hopes to have a new, greener electric furnace in place sometime in 2027.s are shut down, the company will import steel here from abroad to finish off, which raises the question whether this decision is really driven by environmental concerns or economic ones. steel made overseas still causes carbon emissions, theyjust don't count towards the uk stats. tata admits it is several years of financial pressure which has brought this change. we pressure which has brought this chance. ~ , ., ., change. we tried very hard over the ears to change. we tried very hard over the years to preserve — change. we tried very hard over the years to preserve the _ change. we tried very hard over the years to preserve the site, - change. we tried very hard over the years to preserve the site, keep - change. we tried very hard over the years to preserve the site, keep it l years to preserve the site, keep it going despite all the challenges, over the last 15 years i think we have invested something like £5 billion to keep the business going so it is not that we have given up in

>> well, i mean, firstly for wales , uh, tata is something wales, uh, tata is something like , uh, atak was about like, uh, at its peak was about 0.3% of the british economy. uh, and obviously rather more in wales. so the local effects are going to be very, very significant. but but, uh, this is the direction that steel has been going in much of, uh, europe. uh, we only have four blast furnaces left, two in port talbot, two in, uh, scunthorpe, which are run by the chinese company jingye . uh, they are company jingye. uh, they are very large carbon emitters, uh, andifs very large carbon emitters, uh, and it's very difficult to do anything about that with new steel, because the carbon you're using just source of using isn't just a source of energy. it's also needed to grab the oxygen from the iron ore. uh, that you're using to free the iron that you can then make the iron that you can then make the steel out of. uh, so they are going to replace it with electric arc furnaces, but that will only be appropriate for recycling steel. that's already been made. you can't really do fresh steel.

staff at the uk's biggest steelworks, tata steel, are expecting to hear aboutjob losses according to port talbot, which employs 4,000 people. our wales correspondent hywel griffith is there. jane, that meeting is key, it could potentially decide the fate of this site, the fate of this community. and at the heart of it, these two big blast furnaces you might be able to see behind me, they are powered tjy to see behind me, they are powered by coal, that is the conventional way of making steel, and they emit amounts of carbon dioxide, this plant is actually one of the biggest single emitters of greenhouse gases in the uk, responsible for 2% of carbon emissions in the uk. for a long time the steel industry has known it needs to become cleaner and greener. late last year tata pushed forward a plan potentially to replace these with electric arc furnaces, using renewable energy, recycling old scrap steel. however, while it cuts carbon emissions, it also dramatically cuts the workforce, potentially losing up to 3000 jobs in tata uk. it was vigorously opposed by the trade unions, who came up

tata steel officials will meet with union representatives on thursday. whether it will proceed with plans to cut thousands ofjobs from its port talbot site, or adopt alternative plans to reduce job losses. our correspondent has the latest. this could decide the fate of the site and the fate of this community and at the heart of it, these big blast furnaces behind me, they are powered by coal and they are the conventional way of making steel and they emit huge amounts of carbon dioxide. this plant is one of the biggest single emitters of greenhouse gases in the uk, responsible for 2% of carbon emissions, and for long time the steel industry has it needs to become cleaner and greener and late last year tata steel pushed forward a plan to replace these with electric furnaces using renewable energy and recycling old scrap steel, but while it cuts carbon emissions it also dramatically cuts the workforce, potentially losing up to 3000 jobs at tata steel uk and it was vigorously opposed by the trade unions who came up with alternative plans and they have raised

we understand from tata a bit more detailfrom the too.afternoon. they say around 2500 jobs in its uk workforce will go within the next 18 months, and i understand the vast majority majority of that will go from what is known as the heavy end here. speaking to steelworkers here, this is clearly disappointing news, the news they have been dreading since the middle of last year first news came to when us that a plant creating a cleaner and greener electric steel was going ahead, with the uk government putting on half £1 billion to that. however, the trade union here think they have a better plan that would see things being scaled down here, a more gradual transition from coal to dream. so far there is some shock at this announcement, some may be able to go for redundancy, but others will have families and mortgages to worry about, and there are no other alternative options available in a community like this, for it so much depends on the traditional steel—making and all the money that flows from this works into the local community. flows fro

tata has known for years it needs to clean up its act.lectric arc furnace should produce less than half the emissions of a blast furnace. there are a lot of things that will depend on, it will depend on the material you put in the arc furnace, how much processing that material needs, and also where your electricity is coming from. getting enough renewable energy will be a challenge. trade unions say the plan is decarbonisation on the cheap and are unhappy that thousands of workers will lose theirjobs. at the local school, they fear what that will mean for the next generation. a new freeport has been promised for port talbot. there are plans for a jet fuel plant. but all are years away. at the school's food bank, they know demand will rise. they are not aligning in terms of the timing, so some of these are not going to be implemented for three, five, ten years' time, but people are losing theirjobs today, so where do they go? where do they work? tata's expected to make its formal announcement tomorrow. many here already know they'll need t

now it's of course, the tata works 1960.mployed 18,000 people within a decade , 18,000 people within a decade, the town had become the biggest producer of steel in europe. its workforce was 18,000 people. uh, 18 1989 4000 people employed . 18 1989 4000 people employed. but after a series of ownership changes at just over 4000 people, by then it became tata steel. in two thousand and seven. uh, of course you'll be familiar with that is an indian company. uh, in 20 20, 16 and company. uh, in 20 20,16 and 19, you had lots more job losses. uh, we fast forward, of course, to 2023. the government announces, um , £500 million. announces, um, £500 million. it's going to help with, uh, green production , basically. and green production, basically. and today, here we are . uh, 2500 today, here we are. uh, 2500 jobs. put at risk. now, this is all because basically , uh, what all because basically, uh, what they're going to do is they're going to close down these two blast furnaces where they make virgin steel at the moment, and then th

what if tata steel suddenly announces redundancies and speeds up the process?rs _ have been a plan? the unfortunate thing is the main levers available l thing is the main levers available are from the uk government, the welsh government has minimal resources available to support the investment in the transition to green steel. the uk white labour party has committed itself to £3 billion of investment and i hope the next labour government coming in might be able to talk to tata steel to reverse the closure of the second blast furnace to continue steelmaking for me transition. the prime minister said the government has provided £500 million to support tata steel but let me bring up the idea of nationalisation. the welsh nationalists calling for that but do you support that? it is nationalists calling for that but do you support that?— you support that? it is a red herring. _ you support that? it is a red herring. the _ you support that? it is a red herring, the reality - you support that? it is a red herring, the reality is - you support that? it is a red - herri

what if tata steel suddenly announces redundancies and speeds up the process?overnment, the welsh government has minimal resources available to support the investment in the transition to green steel. the uk wide labour party has committed itself to £3 billion of investment and i hope the next labour government coming in might be able to talk to tata steel to reverse the closure of the second blast furnace to continue steelmaking while we transition. the prime minister said the government has provided £500 million to support tata steel but let me bring up the idea of nationalisation. the welsh nationalists calling for that but do you support that? it is a red herring, the reality is investment and we need to make sure that comes from the government. the government could make sure, like the labour party indicated, that the large amount of money required for green steelmaking in the uk will take place but let's be honest. the uk government has decided there will be no longer a primary steel maker in the uk, they made the decision the only tgo country that will no

the prime minister, rishi sunak, said government has provided £500 million to support tata. the reality is investment and we want to ensure the investment comes from the government. now, the government could look at how can we make sure, like the labour party has indicated that the large amount of money required for green steel making in the uk will take place. let's be honest about this. the uk government has now decided that there will be no longer primary steel—making in the uk. they have taken the decision that the only g20 country that will not be making its own steel from raw materials. we will be recycling steel effectively on electric arc furnaces. the only g20. and we're giving up sovereignty. and our steel is such a crucial element in our economy across the uk. talbot, we'll suffer the hardships, but the whole of the uk is going to lose its steel—making powers. and the unions warning thatjust in relation to these current announcements, there could be strikes. do you support them? the unions are reflecting the anger that in the workforce, we are seeing people now be

or i can tata power and say, partner with colleagues at tata power and say, let's build -- i can partnerh colleagues at tata power and say, let's build 10,000 rural mini grids and move 25 million people out of power, out of energy poverty. those types of solutions, in my view, happen when you dream big. ♪ david: let's talk about your background. so your parents came from where? dr. shah: my parents are from india. david: where did they settle? dr. shah: they started in pasadena, california. my dad was an engineer who was working on the apollo programs for a company called bendix that was designing components on apollo missions. but they quickly moved to detroit, michigan, and my dad had a 30 year career at ford motor company. and your mother? dr. shah: dr. shah: my mom's in early childhood education specialist and she started a montessori school and ran that throughout my childhood, right? david: you were a superstar student, is that right? dr. shah: i was a pretty good student and i grew up in an indian american community that that was pretty focused on being a good student. david: you

tata has known for years it needs to clean up its act.the emissions of a blast furnace. there are a lot of things that will depend on, it will depend on the material you put in the arc furnace, how much processing that material needs, and also where your electricity is coming from. getting enough renewable energy will be a challenge. trade unions say the plan is decarbonisation on the cheap and are unhappy that thousands of workers will lose theirjobs. at the local school, they fear what that will mean for the next generation. a new freeport has been promised for port talbot. there are plans for a jet fuel plant. but all are years away. at the school's food bank, they know demand will rise. they are not aligning in terms of the timing, so some of these are not going to be implemented for three, five, ten years' time, but people are losing theirjobs today, so where do they go? where do they work? tata's expected to make its formal announcement tomorrow. many here already know they'll need to retrain and seek work elsewhere. for them, a gre

to tata.'re saying need enough. they're saying they need 3 keir 3 billion. and actually keir starmer has promised to pledge that 3 billion if there's a labour obviously that 3 billion if there's a labothat obviously that 3 billion if there's a labothat to obviously that 3 billion if there's a labothat to obv seen/ that 3 billion if there's a labothat to obv seen . that that remains to be seen. but at the meanwhile we have this sort stalemate this absolute sort of stalemate situation really, where the local community is in crisis. the workers are in crisis. and remember, it's not just the workers who are being sacked, it's issues it's the whole issues with regards jobs the regards to the jobs in the supply and jobs in the supply chain and the jobs in the local community, that that that strong , burgeoning local community, that that that strong, burgeoning industrial community supports. but community actually supports. but ultimately and very sadly, this is the end of british steel making from s

and in business: up to 3,000 uk jobs to go at tata steel — the bbc understands — as it pushes ahead withns to shut down the blast furnaces at port talbot. hello. i'm lukwesa burak. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says he has told the united states he opposes the establishment of a palestinian state once the conflict in gaza comes to an end. in a news conference, mr netanyahu said israel must have security control of all territory west of the riverjordan, which would include the territory of any future palestinian state. there's been a critical response from washington — a us state department spokesman said there was no way to ensure israel's long—term security without a two—state solution. many nations, including the us, have long called for a two—state solution, in which a future palestinian state would sit side—by—side with an israeli one. mr netanyahu, however, has spent much of his political career opposing palestinian statehood. let's have a listen to what he told thursday's news conference. trans: in any arrangement in the foreseeable future, with a settlement or wi

tata says it's not financially sustainable.as a know a right wing politician , understands that we politician, understands that we cannot support a dying industry like that. however, what they are doing, the electric arc , is are doing, the electric arc, is actually creating 5800 green jobs because at the moment we are exporting almost all of our scrap metal to turkey, a really dirty economy , and we're dirty economy, and we're importing it back when we could be doing it here. and that is a green jobs positive jobs, protecting them for the future . protecting them for the future. >> but scrap metal isn't good enough for all sorts of purposes. you need original metal for battleships and for our defence, for and nuclear power stations and things like that. scrap metal has certain purposes , but it doesn't do purposes, but it doesn't do everything absolutely. >> but actually, we're already importing 40% of our steel, and that could be replaced by the steel that's being recycled . and steel that's being recycled. and it's a green g

tata says it's not financially sustainable.w a right wing politician , understands that we politician, understands that we cannot support a dying industry like that. however, what they are doing, the electric arc , is are doing, the electric arc, is actually creating 5800 green jobs because at the moment we are exporting almost all of our scrap metal to turkey, a really dirty economy , and we're dirty economy, and we're importing it back when we could be doing it here. and that is a green jobs positive jobs, protecting them for the future . protecting them for the future. >> but scrap metal isn't good enough for all sorts of purposes. you need original metal for battleships and for our defence, for and nuclear power stations and things like that. scrap metal has certain purposes , but it doesn't do purposes, but it doesn't do everything absolutely. >> but actually, we're already importing 40% of our steel, and that could be replaced by the steel that's being recycled . and steel that's being recycled. and it's a green green. an

the union unite has described as "shameful" tata steel's plans to cut nearly 3,000 jobs at its welshsh industries rely on steel, and a future trade war or conflict could hit supplies and jeopardise national security. tata plans to spend more than £1 billion replacing its blast furnaces with a greener electric arc furnace, but it would require fewerjobs. that is it for all of your business news. east of eastbourne, the remains of fort fun. 0nce east of eastbourne, the remains of fort fun. once a big attraction, but since the summer of 21, it has been shut. it is a site defiant sports wanted to revive. their place is too small and not suitable. so wanted to revive. their place is too small and not suitable.— small and not suitable. so this is our sports _ small and not suitable. so this is our sports court _ small and not suitable. so this is our sports court and _ small and not suitable. so this is our sports court and as _ small and not suitable. so this is our sports court and as you - small and not suitable. so this is our sports court and as you can l small and not suitable. so th

tata steel has government.upport package to help workers retrain , package to help workers retrain, rain or find new jobs as it plans to close furnaces at its port talbot site. >> up to 2800 jobs will be affected over the next 18 months as the company transitions to a greener way of working . however, greener way of working. however, unions are warning the move will be devastating for the economy and steel industry . a and indeed the steel industry. a european spacecraft . has arrived european spacecraft. has arrived at the international space station with crew members from italy, turkey and sweden. they docked about 37 hours after taking off from nasa's space centre in florida. they're currently orbiting the globe at the hypersonic speed of around 17,500 miles. an hour. >> smooth, smooth is fast and supersonic . supersonic. >> bulletin for you there, and we'll have more coming up a little bit later. now it's back to . nana. to. nana. >> well, thank you very much, aaron. coming up, its political spotlight and j

the deal tata steel has deal that the tata steel has done the government is the done with the governmenteal. they should back the compelling multi—union back multi—union deal and back labour's £3 billion clean steel fund, which would work in partnership with our steel makers to get us to a bridge to a future rather than a cliff edge. >> although very, very quickly, we find that your green prosperity plan now, labour insiders are saying, don't mention the 28 billion because you're not able to commit to that pledge. >> i don't know where those lines have come from. we are committed ramping up to committed to ramping up to 28 billion the half of billion in the second half of our our labour first labour our of our labour first labour terme. it takes some terme. of course, it takes some time to identify the right projects and in the right projects and invest in the right way. and a big part of the way. but and a big part of the 28 billion, of course, is the three, the £3 billion clean steel one example of what steel fund. one example of what we terms of driving we will do in terms of driving

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