29/03/2016 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at Ten, fresh uncertainty over the future of British

steelmaking, with claims the Indian company Tata

could sell off its entire steel business in the UK.

over the Port Talbot steelworks in South Wales,

where thousands of jobs are at risk.

If the steelworks close, it affects so many people

Everybody depends on the steelworks, really.

We'll be live in Port Talbot on this developing story.

Also on tonight's programme:

a hijacked airliner escape unharmed after the plane is diverted hundreds

The hijacker claimed he was wearing a suicide vest,

Fears of an overheating buy-to let market are forcing tougher

There are renewed concerns about the safety of boxing,

as Nick Blackwell remains in a medically induced coma

following Satruday's controversial fight.

I understand the damage that can be done, and so therefore,

He's got support here from Kyle Walker...

And despite Vardy's best efforts, Holland beat England

And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:

England's cricketers, men and women, make their final preparations

for tomorrow's semi-finals at the World T20 tournament in India.

There's fresh uncertainty tonight over the future of steel-making

at Port Talbot in South Wales, where thousands of jobs are at risk.

Sources this evening say the owner of the loss-making plant,

the Indian giant Tata Steel, is about to put its entire UK steel

It follows an attempt by unions at Port Talbot to put forward

a rescue plan at a crucial Tata board meeting in Mumbai

Our Business Editor Simon Jack is in Port Talbot tonight.

Yes, interesting developments over the last hour. We have heard union

sources claiming that Tata are putting their entire UK steel

operation up for sale. What does that mean? On the face of it, it

looks like the turnaround proposed by unions and management has been

rejected, so that means great uncertainty for the workers. On the

other hand, if it is up for sale and Tata are pointing to a couple of

potential buyers, there is a game of hope for the people who feared their

jobs here are at risk. So as I say, still uncertainty here at Port

Talbot. The future of Port Talbot's

steelworkers is still in doubt. It affects so many in the area and the

community. My son is a local plumber. Work like that will become

more scarce if the steelworks closed. Hopefully, a survival

package will be accepted by the board and we can continue. Decisions

over the planned's future are not being made in Wales or in

Westminster, but in Mumbai, where the board today rejected a rescue

plan that could have saved 3000 local jobs. That plan was ambitious.

It required turning losses of ?1 million a day into profit within two

years, and Tata applying in another 100 million. That is why Port Talbot

appealed to hearts as well as commercial heads. This video was

shown at the board meeting today. It has given us jobs. It has given us

homes. It has built our lives and our communities. But China has

drastically changed the landscape, producing millions of tonnes of

steel which its own slowing economy doesn't need and is selling

internationally on the cheap. But industry bodies say some problems

are home-grown. I think the procurement is an area where, if we

state UK steel to be used in our various projects, like High Speed

two through to nuclear, that would be a key message. And in terms of

the high energy rises, to reduce those. Union sources tonight are

saying the board of Tata heads decided to put its entire UK

business up for sale. Parts of it are already in the sale process to

turn around specialists and they business in Lanarkshire is in a

separate business of being sold to a group called Liberty, who have

indicated in the past that they are in the market for more steel assets.

We can say that the turnaround plan the unions and management presented,

which required significant investment from Tata, has been

rejected. But this potential sale is nevertheless a glimmer of hope for

the 3000 people here whose jobs looked at grave risk. This board

meeting was supposed to bring certainty for the workers where you

are, but they are still uncertain tonight? Yes, it is certainly not

the answer that the unions and management wanted to hear. They

wanted to have their ambitious turnaround plan green lighted. The

other big question is, who would want to buy a plant which is losing

?1 million a day? The list of potential buyers is not for long.

But Tata sources tell me to look for names that are already familiar. For

example, Liberty group is already buying some of its assets in

Lanarkshire. Another group is in the process of buying some of their

Scunthorpe business. So not the answer the unions wanted, so

uncertainty for workers. At a sale process is potentially in train, and

therefore a glimmer of hope for the thousands of workers who feared

their jobs were at risk. Simon, many thanks.

A man who hijacked a passenger jet in Egypt, claiming he had explosives

strapped to his waist, is tonight being questioned.

The terrified passengers and crew were eventually freed unharmed

after the man forced the pilot to divert hundreds

The EgyptAir flight, with around 60 passengers on board,

including several Britons, had taken off from Alexandria,

However, it eventually touched down at Larnaca Airport,

and after a tense stand-off, the hijacker surrendered.

The suicide belt he claimed he was wearing was fake,

but tonight more questions are being asked about security

Yolande Knell reports now from Cyprus.

EgyptAir 181 should have been a short domestic flight. Instead,

Cypriot security forces were dealing with a hijacker threatening to blow

himself up. This picture taken on board appears to show him wearing a

suicide belt, although the explosives turned out to be fake.

Early on, most people were released, leaving the plane in a surprisingly

orderly fashion. One man described what happened. TRANSLATION: We got

on board the plane and were surprised that the crew took away

all our passports. After a while, we realised the attitude was getting

higher. At first, the crew told us there was a problem with the plane.

Only later, we knew it was being hijacked. Eventually, even those

trapped in the cockpit managed to escape. The hijacker then emerged

and surrendered to the Cypriot authorities. He has been named as an

Egyptian called Seif Eldin Mustafa. His motives are thought to have been

personal. Now, as the plane remains on the tarmac, inevitably, questions

are being asked about security. After a deadly attack last year,

Egypt was good sized for its airport controls. But this appears to have

been caused by a passenger who only pretended to have a weapon. This

footage is believed to show the hijacker undergoing routine checks

at Alexandria airport. His bag, which it is thought contained the

components for the fake suicide belt, went through an x-ray machine.

Security experts say some scenarios will always be hard to plan for. It

reminds us to look at aviation security more holistically. There

are vulnerabilities in the system. It is not a total security

environment. Egypt, which relies heavily on tourism, is still reeling

from the effects of this attack on a plane late last year that killed all

224 people on board. Now, once again, the Egyptian Prime Minister

is giving assurances that his country is safe. TRANSLATION: We

conduct strict and accurate measures in our airports and sea ports. We

follow up on all fronts. I hope all will go well with the continuous

follow-up work and development of the new equipment we have. Tonight,

this aircraft flew in to take travellers back to Egypt. While no

one was harmed in today's hostage situation, it could still have a

negative effect on the tourism industry, making holiday-makers

jittery. Yolande Knell, BBC News, Larnaca.

Let's speak to our correspondent Orla Guerin, who's in Cairo

This man didn't have explosives, so the security works, but only up to a

point? Yes, there are lots of questions tonight. I should say that

flight from Larnaca has now touched down here in Cairo in the last hour.

We saw some very emotional reunion is taking place, the pilot and the

stewardesses being hugged and kissed by their families. We also got

details of how the hijacker took place. A Dutch National on-board

told us the hijacker insisted that the passports be collected. He

hand-picked the passengers who were kept behind on the plane on the

basis of nationality, and included among the final four was at least

one British person. Egypt are stressing that all international

procedures were followed. The problem for Egypt is that this comes

five months after a Russian passenger jet was blown out of the

sky in an attack by the so-called Islamic State. After that, we heard

those of repeated promises by the President, the Prime Minister and

the aviation minister that security here would be stepped up. Even

today, even after this hijacked, on two occasions, we drove into this

airport complex and on neither occasion will be asked to provide

any kind of ID, show any passport, provide any airline tickets or

explain the very large boxes of equipment that were inside our

vehicle. So as somebody who has used this airport very regularly over the

last two years, I would say I have seen no sign of any kind of step

change in the security procedures, and that is what Egypt has to

establish to reassure the international community and try to

persuade tourists that they are safe to visit this country. This may have

been the act of one individual, possibly unbalanced, but it has

again exposed the fact that there are loopholes and incidents like

this that can be carried out. Orla Guerin, thank you.

The Bank of England wants to restrict the growth

of the buy-to-let market amid fears that it's overheating.

It's to introduce new measures making it tougher for people

The sector is worth tens of billions of pounds and the tighter measures,

which include more stringent income checks on applicants,

could cut new buy-to-let mortgages by a fifth.

Here's our Economics Correspondent, Andrew Verity.

Signs of an old fear about the housing market returning

In 1988, a rush to buy ahead of tax changes caused a housing market boom

Now it's buy-to-let landlords rushing to beat a big hike in stamp

For every estate agent branch, there are 463 house-hunters,

Here is what the Bank of England's worried about.

Buy-to-let landlords borrowed more than ?40 billion just before

the crisis, and last year we were already nearly back up

to that level, and it is speeding up.

Lenders expect it to grow by 20% this year and next,

They say lenders aren't all asking the right questions before

Borrowers must be able to afford a hike in interest rates to 5.5%,

and where borrowers have to chip in their own money to cover

the mortgage, that income must be verified.

And lenders must make sure borrowers can afford not just the mortgage,

What's worrying, perhaps, is that after the boom and bust

we've had, there are still lenders who aren't doing that already.

I think lenders, our members, will broadly be happy that this

is a proportionate approach from regulators, but at the same

time, because it is a balancing act, we would want to see regulators

keeping a close eye on all these different interventions they're

making to make sure they don't overdo putting the brakes

Another blow for buy-to-let landlords was the restriction on tax

relief for the interest they pay on their mortgages,

Now it is not just the Chancellor, but the Bank of England

I feel like this is an unnecessary crackdown on buy-to-let lending

George Osborne has already seriously put

the brakes on buy-to-let with the tax changes he's brought

in, and what the Bank of England is now doing is far too late,

and most lenders already have the kind of stress tests

on lending that the Bank of England is talking about bringing in.

But the Bank of England says the biggest risk to financial

which could hit the value of the pound and reduce

the availability of credit, making mortgages more expensive,

There have been more questions about safety in boxing

after Saturday's title fight which left one of the contenders

Nick Blackwell suffered severe swelling to his eye in the bout

against Chris Eubank Junior, which was stopped

The winner's father, the former champion Chris Eubank,

has been explaining why he tried to intervene

Our Sports Correspondent Richard Conway has more.

Saturday's contest for the British middleweight title ended in defeat

for Nick Blackwell during the 10th round, but by then, a huge swelling

Doctors later revealed he had suffered a small bleed on his brain.

Today, his opponent, Chris Eubank Junior,

middleweight world champion, said they could not celebrate

their victory given the circumstances.

When I am watching him after the fight and he is lying

on the ground with an oxygen mask, that is when worry sets in.

Wow, I didn't realise this was going to happen, you know?

And I went over there, are you going to be all right,

With Blackwell's face bloodied, the swelling visible,

Eubank Senior reportedly banged on the canvas during the fight,

He then stepped into the ring to warn his son that his opponent

was hurt, questioning why the bout was continuing.

One, he's getting hurt, two, why isn't the referee

It was Eubank Senior's 1991 world title contest against Michael Watson

After a brutal exchange of punches, Watson spent 40 days in a coma,

and had six brain operations, leaving him partially paralysed.

The memory of that night still resonates.

The objective is always to advise my fighter,

or in this case my son, and also, if necessary,

From the seventh round, I told him what I told him

because it was based on an emotion I went through 25 years ago

Boxing's regulators say they are satisfied with the way

the fight was officiated, but one brain injury charity says

there are serious questions to answer.

The surgeon who operated on Michael Watson 25 years ago

believes more effort should now be devoted to minimising harm

You will never get rid of it, like you could never get rid

of injury in all sport, but the only way of bringing that

down is to stop fights earlier, and I think this has raised

Nick Blackwell remains in hospital in a medically induced coma,

but it's believed there are no plans to operate on him.

Over the weekend, his family thanked the public

They, together with the world of boxing, are hopeful he can

Syria's President Assad says recent gains by government forces will help

speed up a political solution to the country's civil war.

But his future role in any peace deal is a contentious issue,

and one of many barriers to a lasting settlement.

The conflict is now five years old, and one of the worst hit areas has

Our International Correspondent Ian Pannell covered the war

there in its early stages, and he's now returned.

A word of warning to you - his report does contain

On a cold winter's night in 2012, we crossed into Syria,

and this is what we saw, a popular uprising that

It was a movement built on the call for

democracy and dignity, fuelled by decades of fear

But the Assad regime responded with an iron fist.

Peaceful protesters were attacked and killed.

We witnessed those who had called for changes take up arms.

Weapons were smuggled in as the new rebel

By the summer of 2012, the revolution had

We saw street battles rage as the death toll rose.

Under fire and under pressure, the regime unleashed

Civilians in Syria have pleaded for foreign

There have been countless villains in this war.

Terrible crimes against humanity have been committed.

But there have also been many heroes,

those who have risked everything to help others.

We met Dr Othman in a frontline hospital in Aleppo, a young trauma

tortured by the regime for doing his job.

But it didn't stop him working round the clock to help the growing

The hospital also became home to his family.

But they also witnessed the full horrors of this war.

This is where their childhood came to an end.

Now safe from the war, living in Germany, but they are all

The sounds and screams of Aleppo haunt

The children talk of severed limbs and death.

Does it feel like you're just surviving here,

The most important thing for me now is the children.

The children must learn, must be educated and must

live far from bombing, from dying, from fear.

But this isn't normal for Dr Othman. Like many refugees, he may be here.

This is what's left of his home today.

Aleppo, five years after the revolution began.

Syria's largest city, and whole districts abandoned.

Perhaps this ceasefire will hold, but no one will forget what happened

The campaign manager for the Republican Presidential

candidate Donald Trump is to appear in court accused of assault.

Corey Lewandowski handed himself in to the police after a journalist

accused him of intentionally grabbing and bruising her arm

Well, our North America Editor, Jon Sopel, is in Washington.

One wonders how much controversy a run for the White House can stand.

Yes, every day a new unexpected twist. This one follows a Trump news

conference and if you look at the CCTV footage and now you can see a

woman by Donald Trump's side asking a question, then an arm reaches out,

grabs the woman and pulls her away from Mr Trump. The woman in

question, Michelle Fields, has posted on Twitter bruises that were

caused to her arm by this incident. As a result of this Corey

Lewandowski has been charged with simple battery or what we would say

is assault, and it comes off the back of a lot of controversy about

the violent language used by Donald Trump at the rallies. His principal

public -- Republic opponent Ted Cruz says it shows abuse. He will enter a

plea of not guilty and says he looks forward to his day in court. Does

this do the Trump campaign any damage? Nothing else has, so why

should this? Thank you. The US Justice Department says it

has got into the data stored on an iPhone that belonged to one

of the radical Islamists who shot dead 14 people in San

Bernardino last December. Here's our Technology Correspondent,

Rory Cellan-Jones. It was an attack that left 14 people

dead and then sparked a conflict between the US government

and America's killers had collaborated

with others, and demanded that Apple Now the FBI says someone else has

helped it get access to the data on the phone and the court

case has been dropped. Basically it's over

for them right now. The broader issue

is not over though. The Government and law enforcement

are going to keep wanting Tech companies are going

to keep fighting back. Apple said creating what it called

a back door to the iPhone "We believed it was wrong

and would set a dangerous The statement went on:

"This case should The FBI wanted Apple to write

software which would stop the iPhone from deleting its data if too many

failed attempts were made In the end, someone else helped it

get past the phone's defences. The problem for Apple

is that it just doesn't know So it can't be sure that hundreds

of millions of iPhone customers around the world are safe

from a similar attack. One Israeli newspaper claimed

it was a Tel Aviv-based It's already developed software

to crack Apple constantly upgrades

its software when it discovers holes One security expert told me this

time it's working in the dark. We find ourselves in the rather

ironic position where the FBI know know about a vulnerability

apparently in Apple's device, the iPhone, which Apple

themselves don't To put this in context,

not been cooperating with the FBI so far.

needs to be, then they can't fix it for their customers.

As it tries to make those customers more secure,

Apple is in an arms race with hackers probing its defences,

and this time it is the US government which is ahead

England's footballers failed to capitalise on Saturday's win

Holland came from behind to win 2-1 at Wembley.

Katie Gornall is at Wembley for us tonight.

There was a great deal of optimism after that win over Germany but this

was a much changed side, Danny Drinkwater came in, Jamie Vardy

started up front but it was in defence that England had problems in

what was England's last chance to impress Roy Hodgson before he picks

his squad for the European Championships on May the 12th.

Whatever the weather, you can always rely on the Dutch to add a bit of

colour. England's recent form has also brightened the mood, now time

for some fresh faces to try and impress the boss. The Netherlands

didn't qualify for the Euros, a favour made poignant by the death of

their recent master Johan Cruyff. In the 14th minute Wembley paid

tribute. Then the team move even Johan Cruyff would have approved of.

Jamie Vardy now makes scoring for England look easy. Reliable upfront,

England's frailties lie at the back. Danny Rose conceded a penalty at

half-time and Janssen would make him pay. Now momentum and good fortune

was with the Dutch. Narsingh manoeuvred the match away from

England despite their protests that this foul went unpunished. That's

where these players hope they will be come the summer, of course the

only opinion that matters now is his.

Scotland recorded their second single-goal win within five

days, in their friendly against Denmark, at a drenched

Matt Ritchie took advantage of a hesitant Danish skipper

Daniel Agger in the eighth minute to confidently knock the ball past

The Danes recovered from the early set-back to have the better

of the game, but were unable to equalise.

Previously unseen royal letters from the front line

in the First World War are to go on public display for the first

time, and the BBC has been given an exclusive first look.

They'll be part of an exhibition to mark the 100th anniversary

of the Battle of Jutland, when the British and German naval

fleets clashed in the largest confrontation of the conflict.

One of the young naval officers taking part was the future

King George VI, who recounted the experience of coming under fire

And on the 31st of May, 1916, the two fleets met in the historic

Fought over an intense 36 hours, the Royal Navy lost more

But historians still view the battle of Jutland

Unlike the Somme or Passchendaele, it's not imprinted

The royal letters help show how significant

Jutland was to the entire war, strategically and personally.

The future George VI wrote from on board

HMS Collingwood as a 20-year-old naval officer.

His elder brother, later crowned King Edward VIII

before abdicating to marry Wallis Simpson, reflected

on his wartime experience in the Army.

The future Edward VIII is going to become king

one day and his role in the army... there is an effort to keep him out

of the firing line just because it would be catastrophic if the heir

The future George VI, there's no expectation

he will become king at this point, and he is exposed to exactly

It will be the first time the letters have been on public

display, and they provide an insight into the

different personalities of two young men who would both be crowned king.

The letters of George are neat and restrained,

the letters of Edward are untidy and brash,

but there are signs of affection for one another.

Referring to his brother's poor health, Edward writes:

Despite their wealth and privilege, war was a great leveller,

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