are carbon energy and labour intensive. the plan is to shut those two in scunthorpe and open to electric arc furnaces, they work at lower temperatures, less carbon intensive and less labour intensive. the company and the uk government says this will put the uk steel industry on a greener and more financially stable footing, these are losing footing however, unions are losing footing however, unions are worried about the labour—intensive and they think that this means a time when the headcount of british steel would go from something like 4000 to around 2000 and they want to scrutinise these plans in detail. in addition, the unions warned that if they close these blast furnaces, along with plans by another steel—maker, to close their blast furnaces they would lose their ability to create new steel and rely on imports from other countries such as india, china and elsewhere. they say that would be a strategic mistake. these plans

will be scrutinised. the government is providing support to british steel owned by the firm thought to be between three and £500 billion, they are taking a big chunk of that one and a quarter billion pounds. everyone is recognising that the steel industry needs to carbon eyes, unions say that they are doing it too fast with too much of a heavy toll on the workforce. just too fast with too much of a heavy toll on the workforce.— toll on the workforce. just very cuickl , toll on the workforce. just very quickly. what _ toll on the workforce. just very quickly, what now— toll on the workforce. just very quickly, what now happens - toll on the workforce. just very i quickly, what now happens next? toll on the workforce. just very - quickly, what now happens next? what the company — quickly, what now happens next? what the company have _ quickly, what now happens next? wiagt the company have agreed to quickly, what now happens next? wiat the company have agreed to do is submit these plans to an external panel of experts that look at the feasibility of it, the necessity of doing it. ithink feasibility of it, the necessity of doing it. i think you will find that what the government in the industry would say is that if we don't do this, wejeopardise would say is that if we don't do this, we jeopardise the future of uk steel—making industry, what the unions will say that if we do this too quickly, we take an unreasonably harsh toll on a workforce in areas where these are very serious employers. thank you very much indeed. just to

let you know, there is plenty more on the story that can be found on the bbc news website. we will be following this throughout the day as well. a former metropolitan police officer has been convicted of sending a grossly offensive racist message. michael chadwell, alongside five co—defendants, all also former met officers, last month admitted sending grossly offensive racist messages are due to be sentenced this afternoon. the charges follow an investigation by the bbc�*s sima kotecha on newsnight last year. live now to our correspondent graham satchell. live now to our correspondent graham satchell. he is in central london for us. just remind us about this case. yes. he is in central london for us. just remind us about this case. yes, this centre is around _ remind us about this case. yes, this centre is around six _ remind us about this case. yes, this centre is around six former - centre is around six former metropolitan police officers all now retired in their 60s who served together in the metropolitan police

and in one unit in particular, the diplomatic protection group which was set up to protect members of parliament in the house of commons. when they retired, they set up a whatsapp group which they set up in 2018 and that whatsapp group had a whole range of people, more than 30 people in it and then messages were sent back in fourth. 0ne people in it and then messages were sent back in fourth. one of the people in that group never posted but kept a record of all of the messages and eventually sent them to our colleague at bbc newsnight and from there a police investigation followed. what we have heard in court today are some of the details of those messages that were sent between the former metropolitan police officers described in court is vile, deplorable, racist and grossly offensive. as you say, five of the officers had previously admitted the charge of sending racist messages but one michael chadwell denied the charge that he had his trial today. he was charged

with sending one grossly offensive message which he denied. he said that he wasn't his message, he had forwarded from someone else and he'd it as a joke and that it was never intended to be offensive. but the prosecution said that there was no doubt that it was racist and that it was offensive and that in his adjudication, thejudge was offensive and that in his adjudication, the judge agreed with the prosecution and said that it was a restless message —— racist method. so there we have five who were found guilty of sending these messages and they will be sentenced in the next half an hour or so. i they will be sentenced in the next half an hour or so.— half an hour or so. i had what you said about _ half an hour or so. i had what you said about the _ half an hour or so. i had what you said about the fact _ half an hour or so. i had what you said about the fact that _ half an hour or so. i had what you said about the fact that they - half an hour or so. i had what you j said about the fact that they were retired met officers but what have the metropolitan police said about this particular case? 50. the metropolitan police said about this particular case?— this particular case? so, the metropolitan _ this particular case? so, the metropolitan police, - this particular case? so, the metropolitan police, as - this particular case? so, the metropolitan police, as you | this particular case? so, the i metropolitan police, as you will know have been dealing with a whole range of different instances of their officers either currently

serving or former, their officers either currently serving orformer, involved in this kind of thing. sending racist, homophobic, misogynistic messages. there was a big investigation from offices at charing cross police station and of course there is the wider culture as we know of metropolitan police officers being found guilty of all sorts of offences, not the least rain and murder. so the match toll doesn't —— metropolitan police chief said he is doing with his best to stamp this out and get the bottom of this but what is happening court today is further evidence, i think of a problematic culture in the metropolitan police that is currently and will need to be addressed.— currently and will need to be addressed. ., . ., addressed. graham satchel in central london, addressed. graham satchel in central london. thank _ addressed. graham satchel in central london, thank you _ addressed. graham satchel in central london, thank you very _ addressed. graham satchel in central london, thank you very much - addressed. graham satchel in centralj london, thank you very much indeed. by now you must�*ve heard about the bbc�*s 500 words short story writing competition. if your children want to take part, the deadline is fast approaching — this is the last week

to submit entries. jon kay has been to meet the pupils at shirehampton primary school in bristol, to see how they've been getting on. once. upon. a. i time. there. was. i a... oh, i've got to get back to the beginning. there was a? um, a. big. scary. wolf. a game to spark their imaginations before the writing begins. so to be the winner of the 500 words competition, you will need to...? all: write a story that you would love to read. once upon a time, there was an 11—year—old kid named billy. as usual, he woke up one day and walked downstairs to breakfast.

although, as soon as he entered the living room, his mother appeared and herface instantly split in half. 0ne dark, gloomy night, there was a bright, shiny star. that's fantastic. what do you think might happen next? she's going to go off on an adventure and make loads of friends. there is a bird who is called barry, who is a zombie, and he's basically the person who sticks everything back together. once upon a time, there was a unicorn named strawberry. named strawberry? now, why have you decided to call a unicorn strawberry? ijust wanted to because it's pink. there's no limit in writing. you can write anything. in this competition, spelling, punctuation and grammar don't really matter. it's just about the story, an original idea. what do you think of that? i think it's just amazing that

you don't have to worry too much about all that. you just write. just get everything down. just be creative. and handwriting doesn't matter, either, because entries are uploaded on the 500 words website, and grown—ups can help kids with the typing if needed. i really do like typing on the computers, because when i write in the book, my hand hurts. yeah, this time, it's really easy when i write on the computer. suddenly. there. is. a. big. fat. pig. standing. 0n. mud. eating. cabbages. earlier this year, queen camilla came here to shirehampton primary to share her love of literacy. so the queen drew this when she came to your school? yes.

she also signed it. she signed it camilla there, as well. so that's a very special thing you're carrying, isn't it? yes. what was she like? she was nice, caring and into art. she's into art. what do you think of her picture? and books. she's into books, as well. and the 500 words grand final will be hosted by queen camilla at buckingham palace on world book day next march. last month, breakfast had a sneak preview with guestjudge sir lenny henry. and we're going to be the judges. i can't wait. it will be an incredible experience. you know, a child of any age, whether that's a five—year—old, 11—year—old or anywhere in between — to visit such a special place, to be part of such an amazing competition that any child can enter to use their imagination, i think will be something they will remember for ever. so i tell you a secret? it doesn't have to be 500 words. yeah, i know it says 500 words or less. and strong.

i don't know what to say! the great thing about this competition is it's not like normal school, right? so it can be crazy ideas. it can be the funniest, silliest... toilet paper is fine. i'm just imagining queen camilla, buckingham palace, looking through all the entries, and there's one from bristol written by you about somebody eating toilet paper! i think the story behind that is who are the teachers because they have done an amazing job with those children. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. the weather this week is much quieter than it was last week. the most, notjust today but

for much of this week we're looking at sunny spells and scattered showers. some of the spells will be heavy on the nry particularly in the west and wednesday we will see some rain crossing from west to east. what we have this afternoon are a lot of showers in the west, some of them spreading into the midlands but in between and ahead of them we will see some sunshine. especially in north—east scotland, parts of eastern england and the south—east. the temperatures today ranging from nine to about 14 degrees. feeling fresh if you are out and about. through this evening and overnight, the breeze will tend to ease a touch in the english channel, there still be some showers in the west and four parts of north—east england in the midlands, clearskies parts of north—east england in the midlands, clear skies the temperatures will follow into around freezing in the north—east of scotland. so there will be a touch of frost. they will be a chilly start the day where ever you are. during the course of tuesday, again, we start off with all the showers in the west, some of them could still be heavy. then we've got this ridge

of high pressure building and so things will ease, the showers will ease as we go through the course of the afternoon. with temperatures nine in the north to about 13 as we push further south. moving on into tuesday evening and overnight, and through wednesday, we've got this clutch of weather fronts pushing in from the atlantic bringing in some rain. you can and isobars about selby strengthening winds with it two. work starts to the day, parts of western scotland and north—west england could have as much as 20 to 30 millimetres of rainfall and that will continue to push eastwards, lingering across this far south east and also in the northern isles, behind some sunshine but also some showers with temperatures eight in aberdeen, ten in belfast and 13 in cardi. moving towards the latter part of the week you can see how that rain moves quite quickly, low pressure starts to dominate the weather, squeezing the isobars and weather, squeezing the isobars and we will look at the direction the wind is coming from, it's coming from the north—west. low

temperatures will be similar to what we were looking at during the week, with that change in wind direction, it will feel that bit fresher than it will feel that bit fresher than it has done and then the weekend will be looking at some more rain coming our way.

live from london. this is bbc news. with continued even more witnesses in london. it did conclude, or rather breakfor lunch in london. it did conclude, or rather break for lunch five minutes late, which is why the scheduled time of tpm has been put back to

five past two, when we will be hearing from doctor ben weiner. now, just to remind you who he is, he is a former downing street adviser and earlier we heard from a former adviser to the treasury. also, speaking earlier, was a former civil servant on it the prime minister's team. you will remember him because he featured in one of those pictures that many of us are familiar with now with the tinsel, the green tinsel hanging around his neck. so, thatis tinsel hanging around his neck. so, that is who we are going to be hearing from later. just to bring you a little bit more, the former chief economic adviser who is currently an economist, she was also the government's chief economist adviser for five years, she actually left the treasury earlier this year.

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