it has been a turbulent two—and—a—half years for tata steel's uk workforce. 00 jobs that were cut across wales, the majority at the port talbot steel production plant. then it looked like the whole of tata's british business was at risk as it put its uk operations up for sale. but then current and former employees agreed to a cut in their pension package to try to secure jobs and tata offloaded the old pension responsibility in the process. in the background, tata has been working on negotiations with german steel giant thyssenkrupp and in securing the pension agreement with workers, a key milestone was reached in the next stage of this mega steel deal. tata's port talbot plant has been seen as the flagship for the business. it employs almost half of the company's 8000—strong workforce. both tata and thyssenkrupp have said they are committed to the south wales factory. unions have been seeking reassurances about the site, including a potential refit of one of the blast furnaces. this deal would bring together a few large steel production plants across europe a

tata steel employs 7000 people in wales, most of whom work in port talbot. for sale two years ago, when steel prices had plunged, but this merger has avoided that. however, 4000 jobs between both companies will have to go, though none of them will be compulsory. although this merger will secure the immediate future of the port talbot plant, global events could shake things up again. president trump's 25% tariff on all steel being sold in the us has created fears that steel from china or elsewhere might be diverted or dumped in europe, undercutting steel from uk factories. and then there's brexit. what sort of deal does tata steel need? we want free access to our movement of material and also being able to employ people across nationalities within the eu and uk. when asked what might happen if there's no deal with the eu, mrjha said it would be a sorry state of affairs. so while there is some relief from the workers at this megamerger, events on both sides of the atlantic may yet dilute the benefits. joe lynam, bbc news. water companies across the uk are warn

two years ago we had a total collapse in steel prices and that caused that problem and tata steel decideds donald trump imposes 2596 to merge. as donald trump imposes 25% tariffs on steel going into the us. it puts a moat around the companies to prepare them well, but it does not mean they will create single newjobs. it does not mean they will create single new jobs. voluntary redundancies will be required for the deal to go ahead, half in the uk and half in germany and the netherlands. it will have job losses but it is a safeguard measure. will much change in the way the business operates, or will it be distinct, port talbot does its stuff and germany it is? they have to get rid of overla ps. germany it is? they have to get rid of overlaps. management call it synergy. if you have management in the uk and germany and netherlands, a lot will be scrapped and they will be based in amsterdam. they will have a bv, a dutch company entity that helps for tax reasons but it is also halfway between germany and the ukfor also halfway between germany and the uk for political reasons. the boss of tata

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tata steel and the german industrial group thyssenkrupp have agreed a merger that will create europe'scomed the agreement, saying it ensures production will continue at britain's largest steel plant at port talbot in south wales until at least 2026. tata employs around 4,000 people there. tomos morgan reports. jobs have been cut, pension terms reduced, but now it seems the steelworkers have some security. port talbot is home to almost half of tata's british workforce, and today's news is most welcome to scott, who along with several family members has worked in the steelworks all his adult life. morale has been really low over the past few days, i think today has given is clear future and weight off our shoulders. thyssenkrupp tata steel bv will be the third biggest steel—maker in europe. they will have a workforce of around 118,000 workers. the 50/50 joint venture anticipates cost savings of between 350 to £440 million a year. due to the increased size of the new company, the annual sales will be about £13 billion. within the merger is a commitment to invest in extending the life of t

tata steel, which owns britain's largest steel—making plant at port talbot, has confirmed merger plansthe german industrial group, thyssenkrupp. one of the uk's largest water firms warns people to conserve supplies as it makes emergency deliveries during the heatwave. the army will extend its stay in saddleworth on the edge of manchester to help keep control of moorland blazes which have been burning for six days. new figures obtained by the bbc show there's been a big rise in the number of uk citizens taking on the nationality of another eu country since the eu referendum. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. this week on the show: i'm in bulgaria to get an exclusive look inside one of the most extraordinary abandoned buildings in the world. dora, it's... it's incredible. i discover an unusual way to go shopping in sofia. i'll take blue. and uncover treasures near the black sea coast. 0h! we are starting off this week in bulgaria's beautiful capital, sofia. this vibrant european city is the perfect place for a break, laid—back, affordable, and picturesque. with its roman, b

two major steel producers, thyssenkrupp of germany and india's tata steel, have agreed to merge, in thedeal in europe for more than a decade. the new company will be the second largest steel manufacturer in the region, employing almost 50,000 people. the two firms have been in negotiations for more than a year. they had previously warned that about 4,000 jobs could go as a result of the merger. tomos morgan reports. jobs have been cut, pension terms reduced, but now it seems the steelworkers have some security. port talbot is home to almost half of tata's british workforce, and today's news is most welcome to scott barmsey, who along with several family members, has worked in the steelworks all his adult life. morale has been really low over the past few years. i think today has given us some sort of clear future and a bit of a weight off our shoulders. thyssenkrupp tata steel bv will be the second biggest steel—maker in europe. together, they will have a workforce of around a8,000. the 50/50 joint venture anticipates cost savings of between £350 to £440 million a year. due to the incre

tata steel, which owns britain's largest steel—making plant at port talbot, has confirmed merger plansgerman industrial group thyssenkrupp. one of the uk's largest water firms warns people to conserve supplies, as it makes emergency deliveries during the heatwave. the army will extend its stay in saddleworth, on the edge of manchester, to help keep control of moorland blazes which have been burning for six days. thank you for your company throughout the morning. more news at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, it's time for witness. hello and welcome to witness, with me, rebecca jones. i'm here at the british library to guide you through another five extraordinary moments from recent history. we'll meet a survivor of an australian town which was devastated by asbestos. we'll talk to an architect tasked with replacing the twin towers after 9—11. we have the colonel who fought for gay rights in israel's military. and we'll hear how the world cup disappeared in 1966, and how it was found by one man and his dog. but we start with a spy scandal and a diplomatic row between london and mosc

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tata steel, which owns britain's largest steel—making plant at port talbot, has confirmed merger plansrman industrial group, thyssenkrupp. thousands of people turned out to applaud military personnel at the main celebration of armed forces day, in north wales. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello, i'm olly foster live in moscow, this is sportsday at the world cup. a world cup or argentina are heading home. they suffer a kylian blow. mbappe takes france through to the quarterfinals. will this be messi's last world cup? next up it will be the or portugal. uruguay have to lead in sochi. that game under way right now. england play columbia next tuesday night, we'll have an update from the training camp. i'm azi farni at the bbc sport centre with the rest of the day's sport including valterri bottas takes his first pole of the year. he'll start ahead of mercedes team—mate lewis hamilton on the front row at the austrian grand prix. and a century for rilee rossouw and a record score for hampshire sees them beat kent by 61 runs to win the one day cup final. good evening — we have our

tata steel, which owns britain's largest steel—making plant at port talbot, has confirmed merger plansith the german industrial group, thyssenkrupp. one of the uk's largest water firms warns people to conserve supplies as it makes emergency deliveries during the heatwave. the army will extend its stay in saddleworth on the edge of manchester, to help keep control of moorland blazes which have been burning for six days. those are your headlines. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline. hello, and a very warm welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill. this week, what do my guests make of the deal struck by european leaders around migration? how are relations between britain and the eu as we approach very difficult cabinet talks? and we'll discuss the direction of the us supreme court, as its longest serving justice announces his retirement. my guests: the british conservative commentator alex deane, the irish times correspondent, suzanne lynch, the guardian columnist, nesrine malik, and the american writer, and host of the frdh podcast, michael goldfarb. at the eu summit this week, leade

tata steel has confirmed merger plans with a german industrial group. thousands of people turned out to applaud military personnel at the main celebration of armed forces day in north wales. now on bbc news, it is time for sports day. hello i'm olly foster live in moscow, this is sportsday at the world cup, these are our headlines. don't cry, 4—3 argentina. they suffer a killian blow. mbappe takes france through to the quarter—finals. will this be messi's last world cup? england play columbia next tuesday night. right here in the capital. we'll have an update from the training camp. i'm azi farni at the bbc sport centre — with the rest of the day's sport including... valterri bottas takes his first pole of the year. he'll start ahead of mercedes team—mate lewis hamilton on the front row at the austrian grand prix. and a century for rilee rossouw sees hampshire set kent a record chase at lord's in the one day club final. good evening we have our first quarterfinalist at the world cup. we had been arrested but it is up and running. whata we had been arres

become clearer this morning, after the german firm thyssenkrupp approved a merger with its owner tata steelurope's second largest steel—maker and follows a year of negotiations. but the firms have previously warned that thousands ofjobs could be lost. unions hope the announcement will bring an end to uncertainty for its workers. there's been a big rise in the number of uk citizens taking on the nationality of another eu country since the brexit referendum. new figures obtained by the bbc, reveal almost 13,000 britons claimed citizenship of one of the 17 member states which responded to a freedom of information request. fewer than 2,000 did so in 2015. the figures don't include most people who are already entitled to an irish passport, as our political correspondent chris mason reports. it is two years since this moment, the eu referendum and victory for the leave campaign. since then, there has been a big rise in the number of uk citizens getting a new nationality. the figures obtained by the bbc were collected from the european union and individual national interior ministries or statistic

tata steel, which owns britain's largest steel—making plan at port talbot, has confirmed merger planstrial group, thyssenkrupp. now on bbc news, it's time for talking books. hello, and welcome to talking books, from the hay festival in wales. alexander mccall smith is one of the best—loved and most prolific authors working in britain today. he burst onto the scene 20 years ago with the no i ladies‘ detective agency, after leaving edinburgh university. now, he has published over 100 books. so what makes him write so well, and so much? alexander mccall smith, welcomed to talking books. thank you very much indeed. applause now, you are truly extraordinarily prolific. as a child, were you a childhood scribbler? did you write all the time? yes, i think many children write when they're small, when they're children, and i remember writing stories when i was a little boy. and i sent off my first story to a publisher at the age of eight, which was a very presumptuous thing to do. and i do remember the title of it, which was he's gone. but who "he" was, and where he went, and why he went, i don

it will see tata steel's uk plants merged into a pan—european venture with annual sales of about £13ree months of 2018, according to the office for national statistics. not 0.1% as was originally estimated. services output rose by 0.3% on the month in april — its fastest growth since november 2017, and a 1.6% rise from the same period in the previous year. 0ur our main story is a c02. a shortage. we're going to talk about the c02 shortage now, as we've been hearing all week various food and drink businesses have been disrupted by the shortage. c02 is widely used in the food processing and drinks industries. it puts the fizz into beer, cider and soft drinks, and is used in food packaging to extend the shelf life of salads, fresh meat and poultry. several uk and mainland european producers of carbon dioxide closed for maintenance or scaled down operations which has been rather disruptive to business. business as you would not have imagined would have been affected. the latest business to report production problems is warburton's, the uk's biggest producer of crumpets. it said it has be

and just briefly tata steel and a close to finalizing terms on a budget of the german companies whose income supervisory board is expected to give the go ahead for formal negotiations with its indian prospect of patna the merger will create europe's second biggest. analysts expect the new giant would optimize capacity yet it still works in germany the netherlands and britain that could help cut costs by several hundred million viewers a year. of course that is just the topic of tariffs to talk about there something that's hit both india and europe thanks to the u.s. is trade well that's another story that's doing business with you i'll see you again very soon here on the dell for you oh boy. oh. boy and. car culture. hair. superman. superfood stylish style icon. led a. lifestyle during. the moment. on. crimes against humanity. civilians becoming witnesses to come over. their recorded images travel around the globe via social media. what is flowing down the fiction and what is fact. digital investigators combing through the flood of images and they combine sources trying to reconstruct

tata steel, which owns britain's largest steel—making plant at port talbot — has confirmed merger plansgerman industrial group, thyssenkrupp. tens of thousands of people have protested in america against president trump's immigration policies. the largest demonstrations were in washington, new york and los angeles. on meet the author this week is the historian and novelist alison weir, who has written a book about jane seymour. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are nigel nelson, who's the political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people. and the political commentator, jo phillips. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the observer leads with coverage of a study which indicates that recent education reforms appear to have fuelled inequality in the schools system. the sunday mirror reports that prince william has vowed to make "a just and lasting peace" in the middle east his life's mission — after a five day trip to the region. the independent on sunday claims that the eu's brexit negotiators have abandoned al

tata steel and thyssenkrupp are close to agreeing terms on a merger that will create europe's second—biggestin the city of london have told the bbc that the deal, which has been under negotiation for more than a year, could be concluded in the next few days. amazon has said it is buying online pharmacy pillpack for an undisclosed sum, confirming speculation it's expanding into healthcare. the news has sent shares of pharmacy chains plunging on fears of competition from the online retail giant. cvs health and walgreens boots alliance were down around 10%. british defence giant bae systems has won a share of a $25 billion warship contract with the australian navy, beating italian and spanish rivals. the nine frigates will be based on the type 26 design bae is building for the royal navy, but will be built in australia. cement giant lafargeholcim says its french subsidiary is under formal investigation in france over claims it funded a terrorist group in syria. last year, lafarge admitted paying armed groups in the country in order to keep a factory operating in northern syria as violence mount

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german industrial giant to india's tata steel have signed a deal to much they european steel operations if approved by regulators it will create europe's second largest steel company off the awesome it turns out it will employ about forty eight thousand workers in germany britain in the netherlands but it is expected to lead to several thousand job cuts. canada is imposing more than ten billion dollars worth of reciprocal tariffs on us good starting on the first of july the country's foreign minister announced the move which comes in retaliation to president trump's decision to slap tariffs on steel an aluminum in the us from trading partners including neighboring canada. two sets of viking remains in northern germany have been declared unesco world heritage sites had to be was once the most important trading hub in northern europe it was added to the prestigious list together with defense fortifications known as the danger back they are among the best preserved viking age sites in the world. well the first knockout game all of the world cup is over and the s. from sports joins me in th

it will see tata steel's uk plants like port talbot merged into a pan—european venture with annual saless originally estimated. the reason it's revised its numbers is because services output rose had its fastest spurt of growth in aprilfor six months. the beauty of this job is that we get to talk about all sorts. not least c02. it is in simony things. refrigeration, making beer, plastic trays, stunning animals before they are killed. -- so many things. you did not know how it is made? no, i must have missed that this on the won “— must have missed that this on the won —— that lesson. must have missed that this on the won -- that lesson. the big angle is that we would have enough beer for the world cup. we spoke to one beer maker at a water school brewery and she explained the problems she has —— and stowe brewery. it affected us mostly on the bottling side and this week i had 2000 litres of beer which was meant to be sent off bottling and then i had a phone call saying they can't ta ke had a phone call saying they can't take it because they have no c02, so thatis take it because they hav

tata steel, which owns britain's largest steel—making plant at port talbot — has confirmed merger planse german industrial group, thyssenkrupp. thousands of people turned out to applaud military personnel at the main celebration of armed forces day, in north wales. and now on bbc news, it's time for witness. hello and welcome to witness, with me, rebecca jones. i'm here at the british library to guide you through another five extraordinary moments from recent history. we'll meet a survivor of an australian town which was devastated by asbestos. we'll talk to an architect tasked with replacing the twin towers after 9—11. we have the colonel who fought for gay rights in israel's military. and we'll hear how the world cup disappeared in 1966, and how it was found by one man and his dog. but we start with a spy scandal and a diplomatic row between london and moscow. sound familiar? well, this one took place in the 19705, in the midst of the cold war, and resulted in 90 soviet officials being expelled from britain. we've been hearing an inside account of the affair from george walden, who wa

tata steel, which owns the port talbot plant, has confirmed merger plans with germany's thyssenkrupp.ce across the united states. tens of thousands of people applauded military personnel at the main celebration of armed forces day in llandudno, in north wales.

tata steel and the german industrial group thyssenkrupp have agreed a merger that will create europe'sgether, they ll have a workforce of around 48,000, with the merged group anticipating costs savings of £350 million to £440 million a year. unions have welcomed the agreement as it will ensure britain's largest steel plant, at port talbot in south wales, stays operational until at least 2026. tomos morgan reports. over a shroud of uncertainty, sacrifices have been made over the past two and a half years — sacrifices to ensure tata remains operational in the uk. jobs are being cut, pension terms reduced, but now it seems the steelworkers have some security. port talbot is home to almost half of tata's british workforce, and today's news is most welcome to scott bamsey, who along with several family members has worked in the steelworks all his adult life. morale has been really low over the last five years. i think today has given us some sort of clear future, and a bit of a wait for shoulders. within the merger is a commitment to invest in extending the life of the blast furnace — a key

two major steel producers thyssenkrupp of germany and india's tata steel have agreed to merge in the company will be the second largest steel manufacturer in the region, employing almost 50,000 people. the two firms have been in negotiations for more than a year. they had previously warned that about 4,000 jobs could go as a result of the merger. tomos morgan reports. jobs have been cut, pension terms reduced. but now it seems the steelworkers have some security. port talbot is home to almost half of the british workforce, and today's news is most welcome to scott barclay, who along with severalfamily scott barclay, who along with several family members, has worked in the steelworks all his adult life. morale has been really low. today has given us a clear future and a wake—up. today has given us a clear future and a wake-up. they will be the second—biggest steel maker in europe. together, they will have a workforce of around a0 8000. the 50— 50 joint venture anticipates making cost savings up to £aao million the year. due to the increased size of this new company, the annual sales wi

tata steel, which owns the port talbot plant, has confirmed merger plans with germany's thyssenkrupp.gency deliveries during the heatwave. the army will extend its stay in saddleworth to continue to tackle moorland blazes which have been burning for six days. also coming up — the world cup moves into the knockout stages. france prepare to take on argentina for a place in the quarterfinals and portugal will meet uruguay later.

tata steel and thyssenkrupp are close to agreeing terms on a merger that will create europe‘s second—biggestave told the bbc that the deal, which has been under negotiation for more than a year, could be concluded in the next few days. amazon has said it is buying online pharmacy pillpack for an undisclosed sum, confirming speculation it‘s expanding into healthca re. the news has sent shares of pharmacy chains plunging on fears of competition from the online retail giant. cvs health and walgreens boots alliance were down around 10%. the chinese government has decided to open up its economy, by easing foreign investment rules. the sectors which are likely to benefit from the new ruling karishma vaswani is in singapore for us. ona bit on a bit of an opening! this certainly looks like some sort of small but significant step from china this week on the trade front. it appeared to ease restrictions on foreign investments in the sectors you mention, including agriculture and banking, two of the big sectors that foreign investors have been looking at for many decades now. this is part of a response

tata steel are close to agreeing terms on a merger that will create europe's second burqas still makebe included in the next few days it will see tata steel ‘s plans merger the pan—european venture with annual sales of about £13 billion. the british economy has unexpectedly grown by not point to present in the first three months of 2018 according to the office of national statistics. services output rose by an 0.3% in april, as fastest growth since november 20 17th a 1.6% rise from the same period in the previous year. it was initially estimated to be not 20%. bae systems has won a multi—billion pound contract to be sold in the ftse 100 is higher today after those revised economic growth figures from the office of national statistics. in terms of individual companies, bae systems jumped nearly 3% on news of that contract it announced with the australian government. elsewhere, european markets look a bit cheerier after eu leaders hashed out a deal on migration yesterday. the euro is slightly higher today as well. that's all the business news. a second wildfire has broken out on moorlan