so they were here on our bank holiday looking after patients on teesside.he realities of seeking asylum a long way from home are also being tackled. so many things, as a migrant you face, very difficult and very challenging moment in your life. but this is been a huge because it takes our distress. much has been done here to make things work for the individuals and the wider community. the river tees has been at the heart of working life people in this town, as it was a middlesbrough artist mckenzie thorpe. he now exhibits around the world, counting the queen among those who own his works. his latest piece focused on one of middlesbrough's most iconic of middlesbrough's most iconic sites. colin paterson has bent to meet him. a special guest this afternoon. this is mckenzie thorpe and he is a famous artist. back to school. mckenzie thorpe a mile from where he grew up. so you are not going to make the transporter bridge. his art sells around the world. his inspiration — the town were he was born. i draw a heart under the bridge because i love middlebrough. so

for 60 years this mill on teesside has taken for 60 years this mill on teesside has ta ken slabs for and turned them into beams for use in construction, but this week it came perilously close to shutting as its pa rent perilously close to shutting as its parent company british steel was a p pa re ntly parent company british steel was apparently on the brink of administration, blaming brexit turmoil. it asked the government for a loan of £75 million. that didn't happen but company lenders have come to the rescue, pumping and cash while it tries to plot a long—term future which may or may not involve government help. a teesside mp who knows about the pain steeljob losses can bring, says it has every reason to invest in the industry. we have a fantastic steel industry in this country, cutting edge and innovative in developing lots of new types of steel. very efficient with a great workforce and there are many reasons why we should have a thriving steel industry but at the moment we are not competing on a level playing field with other countries and around the world. with a strategic app

teesside where those jobs are vital for —— vital for driving up by the economy and asking people tong about is targeting short—term intervention to help the business get through a particularly challenging period brought by adverse government policy and the failure to resolve brexit and the related difficulties that followed. as we head towards next year's tokyo olympic games teams are trying to do all they can to get the best out of their female athletes. there's a focus on something which has been a bit of a taboo subject. periods, and whether or not you're at more risk of injury at that time of the month. as part of the bbc‘s change the game season, natalie pirks reports. jordan would have been one of the first names on the team sheet for this summer while tapping france. instead, injury and in her dream. this summer while tapping france. instead, injury and in her dreamlj instead, injury and in her dream.” heard it pop and the first words where i'm going to miss the world cup. it was the anterior crucial ligament in or near doctor say they wa nt ligament in or near doctor say the

a teesside mp who knows about the pain that steeljob losses can bring, says it has every reason to investe've got fantastic steel industry in this country, we are cutting edge, we are innovative, we are developing loads of new types of steel, we are very efficient, we've got a great workforce, there's all the reasons why we should have a thriving steel industry in this country, but at the moment, we are not competing on a level playing field with other countries, notjust in europe, but around the world as well. with a bit more government support, and a strategic approach to support the industry, we can really do that. the company behind british steel is an investment house called, grable, buying it from tarter in 2016. it's rescued other businesses, but equally, had some failures, such as the crashed airline, monarch. 1300 people in the region, 11,500 in total across the country, are hoping it's steel investment proves to be one of its eventual winners. ian reeve, bbc north. there have been renewed calls for better access to cannabis—based medicines, for children with severe epilepsy. the

potentially have had vacancies and they were here on our bank holiday looking after patients on teesside. much has been done here to make the challenges of seeking asylu m to make the challenges of seeking asylum work for the individuals and and the wider community. danny savage, bbc news, middlesbrough. a recent poll a better return a phone that middlesbrough was the worst place to grow if you were a girl. bbc‘s steph mcgovern was born there and bred there, and she takes a very different view. this is my home town, middlesbrough. i know lots of you know that, because i bang on about it all the time on the telly. iam very about it all the time on the telly. i am very proud to be from here. it has given me my accent, a great education and some of my happiest memories. i am education and some of my happiest memories. iam independent education and some of my happiest memories. i am independent and resilient because i grew up here. so, a couple of years ago when a report can out saying this was the worst place to grow up as a girl in england and wales, i was absolutely raging. andi england a

company, which employs four and a half thousand people in scunthorpe, cumbria, north yorkshire and teesside a loan of up to 75 million to keep trading. it's already borrowed £100 million from the government to pay an eu bill. family courts are putting children at risk by ordering them to spend time alone with parents who have convictions for domestic abuse, mps and charities have warned. they've called for an independent inquiry, as an investigation by the victoria derbyshire programme reveals four children have been killed since 2014 by an abusive parent after a family court in england allowed access. the ministry ofjustice said "where there is evidence of domestic abuse, the courts are bound by law to consider potential harm to the child and this over—rides any presumption of parental involvement". pressure is growing on itv to axe thejeremy kyle show after the death of a man who appeared on the programme. downing street called the death of steve dymond, who was 63, "deeply concerning". and the commons media committee will meet today to discuss whether to order an inquiry into the running

of the valuable operations and site at scunthorpe valuable operations and site at scu nthorpe and teesside business presenterjamie robertson. what happens next to going entered receivership, advice test the receiver. this is not administration which is where you put a ring fenced and owned a company to keep the creditors away but this is a deceiver ship which basically means creditors line up with their begging bowls and say please can we have what is left of the company and the receivers get every last penny they can from the assets by selling them 01’ can from the assets by selling them or doing what they can. in theory you could sell off british steel and say that is the money we can give it to our councils but it is unlikely, the condition of the industry as such that the could sell off in one piece. what about nationalisation? that seems out of the window at the moment. it would have happened before know and you have the business minister saying that any any aid would have been illegal and thatis any aid would have been illegal and that is on competition rules, every time been a state

nobody really knows what will happen with tariffs. 3000 british steel workers at scunthorpe, 800 on teessideis is a company that has struggled to make steel profitably, it has been taken over bya profitably, it has been taken over by a private finance company which has put money into it and it is still not making a profit. its future looks very doubtful and that means theirjobs will go. is the government going to come and allot a political and economic pressure to nationalise this country? it will come under a lot of pressure to try and help it, but it was already under that pressure and it didn't provide that money to stop going into receivership today. so we expect they will have to bite the bullet and say they will do the best for the region, but they will not bail out a loss maker. labour have called on them to nationalise these companies and save jobs, but long—term prospects of steel makers in this country are not very good and the government is reluctant intellectually and politically to ta ke intellectually and politically to take over loss— making intellectually and politically to t

first, you're a teessider, does it get a bad wrap from outside.resentatives. the history of the region is vital, but it had a malaise in the 705 and 805 and is rebuilding that. with that comes problems, particularly for men, many who have lost theirjobs. once you ta ke who have lost theirjobs. once you take somebody‘s identity, be that an individual or a community, they start to struggling with a lot of other related things, their place in the family and the community, a sense of their pride goes down. what we have always inherited from our, a lot of our irish ancestors came to the region, was the sense of a good work ethic, we're full of ideas, if you give us the opportunity we will deliver, we always have and we will again. you have a three-pronged attack on this. the choir first. infa nt attack on this. the choir first. infant hercules, how did you get men interested in that to start with? yeah, well it wasn't rocket science if you live around here. if you set anything up in a pub, people will come. so, iwas anything up in a pub, people will co

for five days, bbc news has been broadcasting from this teesside town, focusing on the stories it really derby to art, the people of middlesbrough have been in charge and notjust on tv, it has been broadcast right across bbc news on radio, online and social media. so welcome to we are middlesbrough. for many in middlesbrough, it's the people that make the town. for some newer residents, the road her has not but they've adjusted to life in the northeast. the town has one of the places asylum—seekers in the uk and are sent and people are sent by the home office while they await a decision on whether they can stay. in some cases, that can take more than a decade. danny has been finding out how the locals and asylum—seekers arriving here have changed. middlesbrough, a town where many asylum—seekers have been sent to live mainly because accommodation is cheap. a lot has changed over the last two decades. when i first started life here in 18 years ago, there was not many shops compared to now, where there are lots and lots of shops from a very diverse background. this eritrean geologist was on

doctors here were from the programme so they were here on our bank holiday looking after patients on teesside from home are also being tackled. there are so many things that as a migrant you face, you know. very difficult and challenging moments in your life. but the garden has been huge therapy because it takes away the stress. much is being done here to make things work for the individuals and the wider community. danny savage, bbc news, middlesbrough. the children's author, judith kerr, best known for her book ‘the tiger who came to tea,‘ has died. she was 95. her stories delighted many adults too, and in a career that spanned half a century, she published more than 30 books. our arts correspondent david sillito, looks back at her life. excuse me. do you think i could have tea with you? the tiger who came to tea. forjudith carr, it was the beginning of a 50 year career and it's happened when she and her daughter were feeling they needed some excitement. they became very boring. we wish somebody would come. soi boring. we wish somebody would come. so i thought, why not have a tiger? then ca

other jobs put at risk, 3000 of those at scunthorpe. 0therjobs are at risk in teesside and 20,000 others steel is trading while efforts go on behind the scenes to try and find a buyer. there has been some serious interest, domestically and from foreign quarters, uk firms and international firms foreign quarters, uk firms and internationalfirms might foreign quarters, uk firms and international firms might be interested in buying it. the sunday telegraph today did report that ministers are only prepared for the government to continue supporting british steel for two more weeks and after that the plug would be pulled. government sources have confirmed to us we government sources have confirmed to us we do not recognise that timetable. they say that two weeks' timetable. they say that two weeks' time does not have to be the end. meanwhile, a lot of people are nervously watching and waiting to see if somebody comes forward. we have talked about it when the story was developing during the week that steele is in long—term decline, in terms of terms of the uk share of the market. competition fr

pursue every step to secure the future of the operations on the thoughts going in growth and on teesside the irony isn't lost on anyone that the news of the demise of british steel comes one day before european elections in which the conservative party is expected to receive a thrashing and the story of british steel plays into a much wider debate about brics it and the future of british manufacturing. has been blamed in parts for the demise of british steel just like honda decision to close its car factory in the west of england it's widely thought the so-called hard bricks it would lead to the closure of nisanit in northeastern england as well to many voters the point of the exercise was to get politicians to pay more attention to their communities it's not happening the reality is and it's an uncomfortable truth is. we wouldn't be having these difficulties in the way in which they're presenting themselves this week if it wasn't for the decision to leave the european union and perhaps the most startling statistic around british steel is that over the last 2 years alone china produced m

the business, which employs more than 3,000 people in scunthorpe, and around 800 on teesside, is on theless it receives emergency funding to weather what the company calls brexit related issues. our business correspondent colleta smith is in scunthorpe for us tonight. clive, pressure is only increasing on british steel tonight. we understand they‘ re still on british steel tonight. we understand they're still in discussions with the government in the hope of another bailout. they have already had a cash injection a couple of weeks ago here at this plant. now they want more, to cover a drop in orders that they say is caused by brexit uncertainty. it's impossible to overemphasise just how significant this plant is to the town. scunthorpe significant this plant is to the town. scu nthorpe orbits significant this plant is to the town. scunthorpe orbits around these steelworks, and that means for the thousands impacted, no news today means another sleepless night. alan's got a day off from the blast furnaces today, but work is still the only thing on his mind. we were being told one minute p

otherjobs are also at risk in locations such as teesside and 20,000 others, potentially, in the supplyle urgent efforts go on behind the scenes to try and find a buyer. and we do understand there has been a serious interest both domestically and from foreign quarters. so, perhaps uk firms and some international firms might be interested in buying it. the sunday telegraph today did report that ministers are only prepared for the government to continue supporting british steel for two more weeks — and after that, the plug would be pulled. government sources have confirmed to us that they do not recognise that timetable. they're saying that two weeks' time doesn't have to be the end at all. meanwhile, there's a lot of people nervously watching and waiting to see if somebody does comes forward. the difficulty is, as we talked about in the course of the week when this story was developing, that steel is in long—term decline, in terms of the uk's share of the market. huge competition from china. i heard simon saying a few days ago that more steel had been produced in china in a year than the

the company — which employs more than 3,000 people in scunthorpe and around 800 on teesside — is on the00 jobs in its supply chain are also at risk. our business correspondent colleta smith is in scunthorpe now. pressure continues to 91 british steel with still no word the government about a bailout. the company say they need the money because they have had a drop in their order books with customers worried about how much extra they will have to pay for goods after brexit. the company say they need the money and investors are getting nervous. that is bad news for the company has and it means that staff here are still on a knife edge. alan's got a day off from the blast furnaces today, but work is still the only thing on his mind. we were being told one minute people were losing theirjobs, then the next minute, it's not happening. it's just frustrating, obviously not knowing your future, and obviously if it happens here, what do you have to do? do you have to look to move elsewhere, to try and get a job elsewhere, or do you try and stay here and find a job and just struggle on and surviv

otherjobs are at risk in teesside and 20,000 others potentially in the supply chains.le work is going on behind the scenes to try and find a buyer. there has been a serious interest domestically and from foreign quarters. uk firms and international firms might be interested in buying it. the sunday telegraph today did report that ministers are only prepared for the government supporting british steel for two more weeks, after that the plug will be peeled. government sources have confirmed to us they do not recognise that timetable. meanwhile, there are a lot of people are nervously watching and waiting to see if somebody comes forward. the difficulty is that steel is in long—term decline, in terms of the uk's share of the market. huge competition from china. i heard simon saying that moore produced was —— make more steel was produced in china than in the british lifetime. that is right, the uk steel industry faces huge challenges and has done for years. in 2016 when british steel nearly went under then. it took a private equity firm buying it for £1 to keep it going. y

british steel's main plant is at scunthorpe, but it also has a site in teesside., which is owned by the private equity group greybull capital, has been trying to secure £30 million in financial support from the government. a business minister came to the commons to answer an urgent question. we have been in ongoing discussions with the company, and i am sure the house will understand that we cannot comment in details at this stage. we will, however, update the house when there is more information available. ican, however, reassure the house that, subject to strict legal bounds, the government will leave no stone unturned in its support for the steel industry. we recognise that global economic considerations continue to be challenging for the industry, which is why the government is working with the sector, with unions and with the devolved administrations to support a sustainable, productive and modern uk steel sector. if no deal can be reached with greybull, has the government considered any other options, such as bringing british steel into public ownership? and

most people employed here in the plant in scunthorpe by british steel but other works as well in teessidekers on tenterhooks this lunchtime because this afternoon it's crunch time for british steel. a lot of factors have come together at once for them as a company so they had an unexpectedly big bill from the eu to do with carbon emissions that they weren't expecting to have to pay because the uk should have left the eu by now or that's certainly what they as a company had been planning for. also they've had a significant drop in they've had a significant drop in the number of orders on their books because a lot of companies that buy from them are unsure exactly what ta riffs from them are unsure exactly what tariffs they are going to have to pay in the future when the uk leaves the eu. because of that reduction in orders on their books a lot of the lenders are very worried here are british steel and that's what we are hearing today, that those lenders may well get too concerned and pull the plug, essentially, call in administrators into the company u nless administrators into the company

there are also more jobs at risk in places including teesside.s continue to trade for now. meanwhile, there are urgent effo rts for now. meanwhile, there are urgent efforts to find a buyer for the business to prevent it collapsing completely. we understand there are serious interest in buying the business, and that comes from both domestic waters and from foreign quarters as well. firms potentially here and internationally might be interested. the sunday telegraph today has been reporting that actually ministers here in the uk are only prepared for the government to support british steel for two more weeks, unless the interest that has been reported turns into something more concrete, somebody does actually buy the business. however, sources close to the government have said to us they don‘t recognise the timetable. on to mark a week‘s time does not necessarily have to be the end. obviously the jobs you mention, people are going to be very worried this weekend whether they are going to have a job to turn up to and to mark a week‘s time does not n

the business which employs more than 3,000 people in scunthorpe and around 800 on teesside, is on the, unless it receives emergency funding to weather what the company calls brexit—related issues. our business correspondent colleta smith sent this report. alan's got a day off from the blast furnaces today, but work is still the only thing on his mind. we were being told one minute people were losing theirjobs, then the next minute, it's not happening. it's just frustrating, obviously not knowing your future, and obviously if it happens here, what do you have to do? do you have to look to move elsewhere, to try and get a job elsewhere, or do you try and stay here and find a job and just struggle on and survive? i don't know. you've got kids, then, in schools here? yeah. that are settled. yeah, i've got a seven—year—old, she's got a six—year—old, and obviously we've got a nine—year—old as well. that's a big impact on the family and all of them, isn't it? it is, it's a massive upheaval for everybody. but then the other thing is, do you look at working away and not see your kids? i don't

than 3000 people in scu nthorpe pretty still employs more than 3000 people in scunthorpe 8000 in teessideeel, i was blowing him more or less on the steelworks and that little place and i can't tell you how sad i am for the people there it just kills tell you how sad i am for the people there itjust kills this town if it goes. it's really sad my set my husband is at the steelworks, yeah, in february at the minute and it's really sad, a lot of people rely on that industry in this place. the whole time will go to pop in scunthorpe, it used to be a really good town, busy little town and you can takea good town, busy little town and you can take a walk around, all the shops are shacked and the steel industry is what's left. and it echoes, what is left that that town and not much. we rely on a lot of local business to support our business and etc, so it'll have a huge impact on businesses all around the area. i believe in your letter that i quit my previousjob to work here so it won't be good if i leave five weeks after being here. it's not good we all have mortgages to paying kids to feed, you

doctors here were from the programme so they were here on our bank holiday looking after patients on teessides a migrant you face, you know. very difficult and challenging moments in your life. but the garden has been huge therapy because it takes away the stress. much is being done here to make things work for the individuals and the wider community. danny savage, bbc news, middlesbrough. as if saturday night wasn't humiliating enough at the eurovision song contest, the uk's entry has now been docked five points, after the organisers spotted an error in the results process. michael rice's song "bigger than us" was already last. organisers made an error while calculating the totals, after the belarusian jury was dismissed. the miscalculation means the uk's entry only picked up 11 points from saturday's final, rather than 16. we can rely on darren. looks like the weather will change as we head into the bank holiday weekend, it will turn unsettled and cooler as well. today was warm in the sunshine and many of us had blue skies, a bit like this, patchy cloud around, too. the cloud is rolling int

so much hanging in the balance and of course on teesside as well, the other big british steel site.g about discussions to try to save those jobs? for the thousands of workers here, it's a very, very worrying time. it's a bit ofa very, very worrying time. it's a bit of a waiting game for them. they don't know what's going on. there's also a sense of, here we go again. workers have been through all this before and there are question marks over whether the uk is on the brink of another steel crisis. british steel say they need an emergency loa n steel say they need an emergency loan from the government of £30 millionjust to keep loan from the government of £30 million just to keep trading and avert collapse. they need that cash injection to keep the blast furnaces form. they blame brexit uncertainty form. they blame brexit uncertainty for some issues. they say they are worried about a no—deal brexit and the tariffs for the future. today we heard from the environment minister michael gove, who said, this is a very difficult situation and we can't pre—empt what the business minister will

but in the longer term, thousands of jobs here in scunthorpe, in teesside, in cumbria, they are now ats very difficult time. theyjust want to really show that the community is behind them and they are very much thinking about, you know, how everyone in this town is connected in some way to the steelworks. and the reality is, there are very difficult trading conditions, significant challenges for this plant, and they need a buyerfor for this plant, and they need a buyer for it to survive. it is 7:07am. the polls have opened for the european parliament elections. 73 members, known as meps, will be elected in nine constituencies in england, and one each in scotland, wales and northern ireland. results will be announced on sunday once voting has finished in all eu countries. the uk has rejected a united nations resolution demanding it gives back control of the chagos islands in the indian ocean to mauritius. the non—binding vote was supported by 116 nations, with the uk being just one of six countries opposing it. mauritius says it was forced to give up the indian ocean group, now a britis

they have sites in teesside and cumbria and they have 20,000 jobs in the wider supply chain.as a ripple effect through the entire arealj steelworks has a ripple effect through the entire area. i know you're going to be there through the morning talking to people, but thanks for the update. it's believed some british expats living in france might not get a vote in the european elections because their ballot papers have arrived late or not at all. the bbc found some councils sent them using a cheaper postal service called adare rather than the royal mail. adare said all ballots were posted in line with the election and council timetables. a partial ban on single—use plastics, including straws, drinks stirrers and cotton buds, will come into effect in england next year. the government says urgent action is needed to tackle plastic pollution but environmental groups say the measures, which will come into force in april next year, don't go far enough. a memorial service will be held this afternoon to mark the second anniversary of the manchester arena bombing. 22 people were kille

we can pursue every step to secure the future of the operations at scunthorpe, skinningrove and teessides also agreed an indemnity for the official receiver to enable british steel to continue to operate in the immediate future. there will now be attempts to find a buyer and staff will still be paid. in a region proud of its steel—making heritage, the future of the plant is about more than just money. well, we're joined now by marcel goldenberg, the markets and methodology development manager at s&p global platts, an independent information provider for prices and analytics for the energy and commodities markets. thank you forjoining us, i think a lot of people will wonder, is there is just lot of people will wonder, is there isjust a lot of people will wonder, is there is just a british lot of people will wonder, is there isjust a british problem, or is this a european problem that we are seeing manifested here? it is a european problem, but the british steel industry is being hit by the uncertainty about brexit, british steel are just the latest u nfortu nate steel are just the latest