hywel griffith there — community. hywel, thank you. hywel griffith there at _ community. griffith there at port talbot. - griffith there at port talbot. apologies for the slight break—up of the picture there. the half sister of two—year—old bronson battersby has told the bbc she doesn't blame social services for his death. the toddler, who was found in a flat in skegness last week, is believed to have starved to death after his dad kenneth suffered a fatal heart attack. melanie battersby, who's 37, says she believes social services and the police did what they could "within the powers they had." she's been speaking exclusively to our midlands correspondent navtej johal. bronson! come on, then. every time i saw him, you know, were happy, he were smiley, he were... he learned to walk. he were learning to speak. he were just a really beautiful, sweet—natured little boy. my dad was a character. he were born to be wild. he was funny, hilarious sometimes. he were stubborn. he really, really loved his children. and i know how proud he were of every single one of us. he absolutel

hywel griffith reports.ot is a place dominated by one industry. the site sprawls over three miles. at its heart, two coal—fired blast furnaces, which produce liquid iron. both will be switched off — replaced eventually by one new electric furnace, which recycles scrap steel. it's a cleaner, greener way to make metal, that needs far fewer workers. sean fears his part of the plant will close. a lot of anger, frustration. disappointment is probably the biggest word. and disbelief. it's just been handled absolutely appallingly, in my opinion. but the news is out now, so we've just got to deal with it. britain's second biggest steelworks, in scunthorpe, is also going electric. it may mean the uk will no longer produce its own so—called "virgin steel" from scratch. steel's important because it has a place in all our lives. from construction to cars, from coins to tin cans, it all starts here. but it's an industry with a pollution problem. this site in port talbot is one of the uk's biggest emitters of greenhouse g

hywel griffith, bbc news, port talbot. 0ur chief economics correspondent, dharshini david, is 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, accounts forjust no .1% of economic activity yet provides 2.5% of greenhouse gas emissions punter on paper, a plant which makes that more competitive and reduces emissions in wales but a perhaps uplift sounds great, doesn't it? but spreadsheets are not the real world and there are caveats, notjust the loss as we heard of those highly skilled jobs which underpin local communities and indeed the idea that we will have to import more steel in the interim which could be more environmentally dirty punter on top of that, steel is what is known as a strategic good which means that it underpins our economic of the bedrock of things like construction, aerospace, things that make our economy run. and if what the only major eco

hywel griffith has the story.dominated by one industry. the site sprawls over three miles. at its heart, two coal—fired blast furnaces, which produce liquid iron. both will be switched off — replaced eventually by one new electric furnace, which recycles scrap steel. it's a cleaner, greener way to make metal, that needs far fewer workers. sean fears his part of the plant will close. a lot of anger, frustration. disappointment is probably the biggest word. and disbelief. it's just been handled absolutely appallingly, in my opinion. but the news is out now, so we've just got to deal with it. britain's second biggest steelworks, in scunthorpe, is also going electric. it may mean the uk will no longer produce its own so—called "virgin steel" from scratch. steel's important because it has a place in all our lives. from construction to cars, from coins to tin cans, it all starts here. but it's an industry with a pollution problem. this site in port talbot is one of the uk's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, responsi

hywel griffith reports.el making, port talbot is a place dominated by one industry. the site sprawls over three miles. at its heart, two coal—fired blast furnaces, which produce liquid iron. both will be switched off — replaced eventually by one new electric furnace, which recycles scrap steel. it's a cleaner, greener way to make metal, that needs far fewer workers. sean fears his part of the plant will close. a lot of anger, frustration. disappointment is probably the biggest word. and disbelief. it's just been handled absolutely appallingly, in my opinion. but the news is out now, so we've just got to deal with it. britain's second biggest steelworks, in scunthorpe, is also going electric. it may mean the uk will no longer produce its own so—called "virgin steel" from scratch. steel's important because it has a place in all our lives. from construction to cars, from coins to tin cans, it all starts here. but it's an industry with a pollution problem. this site in port talbot is one of the uk's biggest emit

hywel griffith, bbc news. now take a look at this.oes advise folks to stay away from flood water if you can. yes, pretty adventurous chap. how is the weather looking, chris? i reckon if we tried that, we would be straight in the drink! as far as the weather goes, we still have flooding concerns across parts of the country. this was the scene in nottinghamshire earlier on. we have 142 flood warnings currently in force.

hywel griffith, bbc news, port talbot.a university's school of management. gareth, thank you forjoining us. a really difficult time, isn't it, for the 3000 or so staff who will be affected by this? as we said, expected to be officially announced tomorrow. but there is an economic reality too. we will come onto that decarbonisation in a second, but the company say it is losing £1 million a day on its uk operations. something had to change, didn't it coachella thank you, ben. i something had to change, didn't it coachella thank you, ben.- coachella thank you, ben. i think this is been _ coachella thank you, ben. i think this is been a _ coachella thank you, ben. i think this is been a long-standing - this is been a long—standing challenge notjust this is been a long—standing challenge not just for this is been a long—standing challenge notjust for this site but the industry as a whole since the 2016 steel crisis which showed a lot of... it really is a dark day for port talbot and the communities, the individual workers, the

hywel griffith, bbc news, port talbot.rom tata, i am joined by karina robinson, a business consultant and ceo of redcliffe advisory, who looks at how technology has changed the way we work. welcome to the programme. when you look at what happens in the last day, this announcement from tata, do you thinkjob losses were inevitable? i you thinkjob losses were inevitable?— you thinkjob losses were inevitable? ., , inevitable? i fear they were inevitable. _ inevitable? i fear they were inevitable. we _ inevitable? i fear they were inevitable. we keep - inevitable? i fear they were inevitable. we keep on - inevitable? i fear they were - inevitable. we keep on throwing inevitable? i fear they were _ inevitable. we keep on throwing good money after bad money, and it is just, in the end we won't be able to save these jobs. the just, in the end we won't be able to save thesejobs. the uk just, in the end we won't be able to save these jobs. the uk will become a manufacturing hub again. ithink save these jobs. the uk will become a man

our wales correspondent hywel griffith is there for us now.nges yesterday. this morning came the cold reality, about just how manyjobs will go and how soon. within 18 months, the 4000 strong workforce of this plant will be more than halved. it will not be until at least 2027 that that newcomer greenaway of making steel is put in place, that leaves several questions, but one thing is certain, this part of the country looks set for a very different future. the chancellor _ for a very different future. the chancellor of _ for a very different future. the chancellor of the _ for a very different future. tie: chancellor of the exchequer for a very different future. tue: chancellor of the exchequer comes to open the largest steel plant in europe. heavy industry on a staggering scale. for decades with these works have dominated the landscape and defined the local economy. tt landscape and defined the local econom . , ., , , ., economy. it is a place where several generations — economy. it is a place where several generations of _ economy. it is a pla

hywel griffith reports.ver a century of steel making, port talbot is a place dominated by one industry. the site sprawls over three miles. at its heart, two coal—fired blast furnaces, which produce liquid iron. both will be switched off — replaced eventually by one new electric furnace, which recycles scrap steel. it's a cleaner, greener way to make metal, that needs far fewer workers. sean fears his part of the plant will close. a lot of anger, frustration. disappointment is probably the biggest word. and disbelief. it's just been handled absolutely appallingly, in my opinion. but the news is out now, so we've just got to deal with it. britain's second biggest steelworks, in scunthorpe, is also going electric. it may mean the uk will no longer produce its own so—called "virgin steel" from scratch. steel's important because it has a place in all our lives. from construction to cars, from coins to tin cans, it all starts here. but it's an industry with a pollution problem. this site in port talbot is one of t

hywel griffith, thank you.hit terrorist hideouts. iran state tv says women and children were amongst nine people killed. the two countries share a border and they have long accused each other of having militant groups along the frontier. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies is in the capital islamabad. is their nervousness that this situation could escalate? {th is their nervousness that this situation could escalate? of course that is the concern, _ situation could escalate? of course that is the concern, but _ situation could escalate? of course that is the concern, but if - situation could escalate? of course that is the concern, but if you - situation could escalate? of course that is the concern, but if you look| that is the concern, but if you look at this, pakistan, despite having done these strikes, has said it's not looking for a fight. look at the back drop. pakistan's economy is weak, there is political instability in the run—up to a general election and it had this bad relations with india and

hywel griffith, bbc news. now take a look at this. chap enjoying a spot of wakeboarding in cookham in berkshire. now, cookham was badly hit by flooding after storm henk last week. the environment agency does advise folks to stay away from flood water if you can. yes, pretty adventurous chap. how is the weather looking, chris? i reckon if we tried that, we would be straight in the drink! as far as the weather goes, we still have flooding concerns across parts of the country. this was the scene in nottinghamshire earlier on. we have 142 flood warnings currently in force. the flooding situation hasn't resolved itselfjust yet but it will improve i think as we go through the next few days, the weather largely dry. today it is cold and across parts of east anglia and south—east england, the chance of a few flurries. we saw some landing on iain watson earlier. not very exciting snow, most of it is just big chunky flakes, not settling. worse case scenario, you could see a covering, an odd centimetre and the hazard with that is things could tu

found to have pushed him, thenjumped into the river to try to save him. 0ur wales correspondent hywel griffithmother described him as a boy who is cheeky and full of laughter and broughtjoy to other people's life. he would have turned 18 earlier this month, but his death has left the family in anguish and feeling like they have been failed. it was in the summer of 2019 when christopher and schoolmates went down to the river to play neil where he lived. none of them knew whether he lived. none of them knew whether he could swim probably or not, but one of the children pushed him from the ledge of the bridge into the water and he fell down and didn't return up. when they saw he was struggling, some of the children including the boy who pushed him, jumped in to try to help, but he could not be rescued. the police did investigate and concluded it was a tragic accident. they didn't bring any charges, a decision reinforced by the high court and today's coroner's conclusion. he said there was no malice or racism behind this event. however, christopher's family have always felt that there was somethin

hywel griffith, bbc new port talbert.istian: ben thompson as he stayed on to guide this -- thank you, after your program. you are the expert on some of this. the question i was asking, is there a future for steelmaking in britain? ben: the government would say yes, and that is why the u.k. government put 500 million pounds into tata steel last year. he wants to safeguard the future of that site. port talbot has two blast furnaces. only one other site has a blast furnace and that is due to close, too. the three blast furnaces used to make steel in the u.k. are now set to close. the plan is to move to a greener sort of generation of steel that uses electricity rather than traditional: gas that is -- traditional coal and gas that is hugely polluting and emits carbon emissions. but it speaks to the wider decline of steelmaking in the u.k. back in 1971 there was 25 million tons of steel made in the u.k. that is fallen to about 6 million. the u.k. is increasingly lion on imports of steel from elsewhere, used of course in indust

hywel griffith, bbc news, port talbot. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. a boat accident in western india. the group was travelling to a picnic organised by their school, when the vessel capsized. about 5% of poor novel sympathy tower was generated by chat gdp. , , , ., gdp. oppenheimer is leaning the nominations _ gdp. oppenheimer is leaning the nominations for _ gdp. oppenheimer is leaning the nominations for this _ gdp. oppenheimer is leaning the nominations for this year - gdp. oppenheimer is leaning the nominations for this year after i nominations for this year after the awards, the uk version of oscar. christopher nolan's epic 0scar. christopher nolan's epic about the creation of atomic bomb has 13 nominations. discharged and preparing for glory, is this the year director christopher nolan wins his first ever after. 0ppenheimer has 13 nominations, including best actorfor including best actor for cillian murphy, as the theoretical physicist behind theoretical physicist behind the atomic bomb. this theoretical physicist behind the atomic bomb.— theore

hywel griffith was at the court.his month, but his death four and a half years ago left the family in anguish and feeling like they've been failed now. it was in the summer of 2019 when christopher and some schoolmates went down to the river to play near where he lived. none of them knew whether or not he could swim properly, but one of the children pushed him from the ledge of the bridge into the water and he fell down. he didn't return up. when they see that he was struggling, some of the children, including the boy who pushed on him, jumped in to try and help, but he couldn't be rescued. the police did investigate and concluded it was a tragic accident. they didn't bring any charges, a decision reinforced by the high court and by today's coroner's conclusion. he said that there was no malice or racism behind this event. however, christopher's family have always felt that there was something more at play. they feel like they've been the victims of institutional racism. an independent investigation into the police's

hywel griffith reports.rkforce. so the impact here, for example, at wales's biggest hospital in cardiff, is cancelling three quarters of the appointments and 80% of the planned operations. urgent and emergency care is continuing, but otherwise patients have been told to think twice before coming to the hospital over these three days. the doctors here say they have to strike because they simply can't accept the 5% pay rise given to them by the welsh labour government, saying it's the worst on offer in any part of the uk. it certainly is lower than the combined almost 12% pay rise on offer tojunior doctors in england. in scotland, junior doctors have accepted a pay rise of almost 12.5%. for its part, the welsh government says it simply doesn't have enough money to offer any further pay rise. it would have to come by cutting another part of the welsh nhs budget. so for the moment there's no sign of a resolution, and this disruption looks set to continue. the price of potholes is soaring with hundreds of thousan

first — let's speak to our wales correspondent, hywel griffith, whojoins us from port talbot.bot. knew this was coming. it has on we knew this was coming. it has been on the cards for quite awhile. we knew it was losing on its uk operations. none of that will be an consolation for the thousands of people and families affected today. absolutely and it is hard, really, to take on the scale of this announcement because while it is almost 3000 jobs for tata steel employees, the knock—on impact for the community of port talbot could be seismic. there are so many contractors, cafe is depend on money flowing out of the steelworks as well so it is a body blow, really, for the community here. the workers taking on the news from the past hour or so but they know now that those two coal—fired blast furnaces which make liquid iron virgin and steel will be shutdown at the end of this year. all employment which results from that will go. and there are questions about how long it will bring into —— take to bring in the new furnace. they have said it will not be until 2027 but far fewer worke

and our co—respondent hywel griffith is in port talbot in south wales and sent this update.ast furnaces behind me will be shut down. that means thejobs and behind me will be shut down. that means the jobs and keeping those furnaces going 2a hours a day, feeding them with coal and iron orbit also working with liquid iron, turning that into steel, all those posts will close. where will workers go? there are no immediate options in the port talbot or south wales area. we know the other major steel is moving towards an electric arc furnace so there is concern as to where the skills, where that work will move in the future. also the money that comes from this steel plant helps fund many otherjobs in terms of suppliers, shops and cafe is in town. i was at one cathy earlier on he said after 13 years more than likely they will have to close their doors in a few months as well. this has brought real anxiety to a community which was brought up alongside the steel community and whilst there is talk of a freeport coming here, maybe a jet aviation plan in the future there is nowhere imme

our wales correspondent hywel griffith is outside the university of wales hospital in cardiff. biggest hospital in wales. _ strike have? this is the biggest hospital in wales. the - strike have? this is the biggest hospital in wales. the local i strike have? this is the biggest i hospital in wales. the local health board tell as they have had to cancel 75% of the appointments, 80% of planned operations, so while emergency care continues, it will have a knock—on effect on outpatients in particular. some people who have been waiting months or years for a procedure might not do wait a few days longer. we are only a few minutes into the strike here, doctors here say they do not want to take this action but they feel compelled to do so because they think of the last 15 years their pay has not been keeping up with the cost of living. so far there has been no agreement between them and the welsh government. thank been no agreement between them and the welsh government.— been no agreement between them and the welsh government. thank you very much. hamas has released a video featuring t