18/01/2016 BBC News at Six

Another blow for Britain's steel industry - Tata Steel confirms

The biggest steelworks in the UK - the Port Talbot plant -

There are fears of a ripple effect across the region -

families left worrying about paying the bills.

I think it is going to devastate the area. It is going to really kill it.

It will affect the whole of Port Talbot.

We'll be looking at why both workers and managers are calling

Also tonight, a year ago Steven was in a wheelchair

with Multiple Sclerosis - look at him now after

A BBC investigation into match fixing in tennis -

Novak Djokovic on how people tried to bribe him.

David Cameron's advice to some Muslim women -

learn English or you could face deportation.

The 18th Century stately home gutted by fire last year -

and how the National Trust plans to restore it.

On Reporting Scotland, as MPs discuss whether he should be

banned from the UK, Donald Trump threatens to withhold millions

And the two climbers who died in Glencoe at the weekend

It is the latest setback for Britain's steel industry -

Tata have announced that another 1,050 jobs will be cut.

Three quarters of them will be at the Port Talbot plant

Both company managers and the unions want government action to stem

the flow of cheap Chinese steel on to the world market.

But first, here's our Wales Correspondent,

Hywel Griffith, on what's being called a devastating blow

The blast furnaces behind me tower over Port Talbot. They dominate the

local economy. It is a place where you will find generations of the

same family working side by side. Many of those workers will have

sensed there was bad news coming. Many will have seen the tonnes and

tonnes of steel going nowhere. Today's announcement, when it

finally came, did not make it any easier to take.

Formed in furnaces that never cool, steel has been Port Talbot's

Every job here is thought to support four

Adrian Gregory finished his shift today not

Even if he survives this cut, he fears more will come.

He says the government could, should, have done

The UK as a whole, what they do for the steel

If they do not do anything fast, it will be gone.

NEWSREEL: Where once the economic blizzards of former years swept

across Port Talbot, there now emerges the Abbey Steelworks.

This was once Europe's largest steelworks and

17,000 skilled jobs, whittled down over the decades

to just 4000, half of those at white-collar posts.

The cuts will come across the board with

no guarantees they will help secure the plant's long-term future.

I couldn't say that for a moment, in terms of where the European

industry is at this point in time, it's at unprecedented levels.

So, in terms of it, I couldn't write off anything

Pressure on the industry resonates through

Suppliers, hotels, cafes, everybody is feeling it.

It's going to really kill it, basically.

It's going to affect the whole of Port Talbot.

750 people that don't have money to spend money in the town,

and therefore the town is going to go down and down.

Steel has gone down through the generations

in Luke Keogh's family - his father, grandfather,

uncles and cousins have all worked at the plant.

He too thought he had a job for life, but

I was sitting with my dad at the time and

It was a bit harder to take because it was from

my own dad who had been there for years.

UK and Welsh governments say they have been talking to Tata

trying to offer every support they can to weather the storm.

But for workers here, it's hard to see

Hywel Griffith, BBC News, Port Talbot.

Many in the industry fear steel production in Britain has

Today's job losses in Wales follow others at plants across Britain.

Last July, 720 jobs went in Rotherham.

In September, over 2,000 posts were lost at Redcar.

And in October, there were over a thousand job losses in Scunthorpe.

Ministers say they're doing all they can to help,

but they cannot control the price of steel.

With more on that, here's our Industry Correspondent,

To understand the huge forces at play in the steel industry, you just

have to look up prices. This is what has happened to the price of rolled

coil, which they may get Port Talbot. It has halved. The industry

says it is the huge volumes of steel being produced in China that are to

blame. China's huge steel industry. It was

not a concern when the Chinese economy was booming. Now growth is

slowing down but production is not. Critics say all that excess steel

has been flooding global markets, pushing down prices. What is the

Government doing to help? It has secured EU approval to compensate

the energy for high energy prices. It has also changed rules on buying

steel to ensure that UK steel is considered a big infrastructure

projects. And it supported EU measures to prevent the dumping of

cheap Chinese steel in Europe. We want to secure this vital industry.

Today is a bad day. We knew this day was coming. I hope it is the

beginning of securing a sustainable steel industry where we produce

steel in Port Talbot and in Scunthorpe. That is what we are

determined to do. But the industry and unions believe more could be

done. They say here in Germany and other EU countries governments have

been more successful in navigating EU state aid rules and supporting

the sector, often in the form of help to develop skills or meeting

environmental targets. On the fundamental issue of falling steel

prices, some believe the Government can make a difference. The minister

is saying there is nothing we can do in terms of controlling the price

row affecting the price of steel globally. There are. There are two

things. One is to directly put pressure on the Chinese Godman. The

other thing is working with member states in Europe and putting

pressure to act more swiftly in dumping Chinese steel. Critics say

the business department lacks a coherent strategy. Labour has

accused the Government of warm words but can't let

# Little concrete action. There is no end in sight for the pressures

facing the steel sector. Few would rule out more bad news in the year

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treatment on Panorama tonight Four men from West London have gone

on trial accused of planning drive-by shootings on police

officers, soldiers or civilians. A jury heard they'd been inspired

by so-called Islamic State. They'd researched potential

targets, acquired a gun, Daniel Sandford reports

from the Old Bailey. Tarik Hassane, a British medical

student from West London, a young man who the prosecution say pledged

allegiance to IS, the so-called Islamic State, and was plotting a

terrorist murder. In July 2014 he used a social media app to declare:

In July 2014 he used a social media app to declare:

al-Baghdadi is the leader of IS. Nicknamed the surgeon, he was

studying medicine in Sudan at the time but is accused of plotting with

friends a terrorist assassination of a police officer or soldier on the

streets of London. In the dock with Tarik Hassane are Suhaib Majeed,

Nyall Hamlett and Nathan Cuffy. All four deny conspiracy to murder.

Police found Google Street view images of a west London police

station and a nearby Territorial Army barracks. The prosecution say

he had been researching potential targets from his iPad. His old

school friend, Suhaib Majeed, had acquired a gun. When police moved

into arrest Suhaib Majeed, say the prosecution, a pistol was thrown

from the bedroom window. Detectives also recovered a silencer and

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turn-up terror squad on social media, were arrested days after IS

called for attacks on the west. The prosecution say police disrupted a

plot to carry out terrorist shootings in London using a Maupay

to as a getaway vehicle. Daniel Sandford, the Old Bailey.

Our top story this evening: Another blow for Britain's steel industry

as Tata Steel confirms the loss of a thousand jobs.

And we will be live inside one of Britain's most important stately

homes, almost destroyed by fire but now with a plan to restore it.

And coming up on Reporting Scotland at 6:30.

A month more of disruption as repairs to the West Coast

And Andy Murray gets ready for his first round tie

in the Australian Open - and fatherhood.

The world's top ranked male tennis player, Novak Djokovic,

says that early on in his career his team was once approached

He says the bribe was immediately rejected, and he called

However Djokovic - who's defending his Australian Open

title - said he was unaware of match fixing at the top level of the game.

His comments follow an investigation by the BBC and BuzzFeed News

into suspected match-fixing, including at Wimbledon.

Novak Djokovic, starting the defence of his Australian open title in

perfect style. But as the first Grand Slam of Darts began today in

Melbourne, his success was overshadowed by questions over how

tennis has dealt with match fixing allegations. The world one revealed

he was once offered money to throw a game. I was approached through

people working with me at the time, they were in my team, and of course

we threw it away right away. For me, it's an act of sportsmanship, a

crime in sport. A joint investigation by the BBC and

Buzzfeed showed evidence linking betting syndicates with players,

claiming a core of 16 who have ranked in the world's top 50 have

repeatedly been reported because of suspicions they had thrown games.

But all were allowed to continue competing, with eight due to play

this week in Melbourne. Those in charge of the sport deny any

evidence has been suppressed. Everything that comes into the unit

is action on and assessed. But it is very difficult to detect and obtain

evidence to prosecute these people who unfortunately go down that path.

When it comes to gambling related corruption, it appears nowhere is

safe, even Wimbledon, the most prestigious tournament in tennis,

has been dragged into the controversy with secret files

revealing that three matches here might have been fixed. After recent

scandals in both football and athletics, this is another damaging

blow to the integrity of sport. A reminder of the danger posed when

fans fear they can no longer believe what they see. Cricket's spot fixing

scandal resulted in three Pakistan players handed prison sentences in

2011. Two years later snooker star Stephen Lee was banned for 12 years

for Macek sing. According to experts, tennis is now the sport

most targeted by corrupt gamblers. -- match fixing. Sport is going

through a damaging period at the moment with allegations of

corruption affecting a range of sports. That's why the Prime

Minister is right to hold a summit later this year to address this.

Sport has gone hand in hand with gambling for many years, but the

rise in online betting has left it vulnerable and many will now ask

whether sports that govern themselves always have the appetite

to expose wrongdoing. Dan Roan, BBC News.

The Prime Minister has announced a ?20 million fund to help Muslim

women living in the UK to learn English.

The scheme is part of a drive to encourage more integration

David Cameron said that around 40,000 women in the country

Under the new plan, some of the women could face deportation

if they failed to learn the language.

Where does David Cameron live? Ten Downing St. In English class at a

community centre in Keighley. Nearly all the women here are from Pakistan

and have married somebody living locally. They are here because they

want to learn English and integrate into life around them. I think it's

very important to speak English nicely. If you want to enjoy your

life in England. It is important, echoes moving out into society,

speaking to doctors, with the kids in school and stuff, you need to

know the language. The Prime Minister says learning English also

helps women resist the 10th nation of extremism. Those taking the

courses resist that thought. I can't see what the direct link is with

language and extremism. If we were to do a survey of those women who

have actually gone to Syria, or who have shown radical or terrorist

tendencies, I bet they speak fluent in this. I don't think language

would be a problem there. But the Prime Minister insists this is an

issue that needs confronting. He believes there is value to society

in Muslim women learning English. What we have said is that if people

come here on a spousal visa to be a husband or wife, we have said they

have to learning wish to get that Beazer, and after two and a half

years, halfway through the programme of getting settled, they should be

improving their image, and if they don't do that, they can't be

guaranteed to be able to go to the full stage and retain their visa.

Some concern has been raised about how the Prime Minister spoke out

today and rising resentment in some communities such as here in

Bradford. My mother couldn't speak in which to begin with but she

relied on extended family members and children for support. If she

didn't understand something she would ask us. Through curiosity she

developed an understanding in English and as a result of that she

developed further and led English. The Prime Minister says the door is

open in the UK for those who want to integrate. But people coming to the

country have responsibilities too. Danny Savage, BBC News, West

Yorkshire. A breast surgeon has appeared

in court charged with wounding with intent to cause

harm to eleven patients. Ian Paterson, who worked in the NHS

and private hospitals in the West Midlands,

faces 21 charges dating Mr Paterson - who's 58 -

did not enter a plea. Our Health Correspondent Sophie

Hutchinson joins me now. What more do we know about this? As

soon say, Ian Paterson faces 21 charges for unlawfully and

maliciously attempting to cause grievous bodily harm, they relate to

11 people, both women and men. They cover a 14 year period. It's the

period when he was working at Solihull NHS hospital and also two

private hospitals nearby. Four years ago, Ian Paterson was suspended by

the doctor 's regulator, the GMC, accused of carrying out

unnecessarily invasive surgery for suspected breast cancer. He was also

accused of using a banned technique during a mastectomy, a cosmetic

technique known as cleavage sparing. The fear in that is that it leaves

behind some potentially cancerous cells. After that, more than 500 of

his patients at their treatment he had given them reviewed as a result.

Ian Paterson will next appear at Birmingham Crown Court in February.

MPs are currently debating a petition calling for a ban

on the US Presidential hopeful, Donald Trump from entering the UK.

More than half a million people signed a petition after the business

tycoon said all Muslims should be barred from entering the US.

Our Deputy Political Editor James Landale has the story.

Donald Trump wants to be president, and he's leading the race to be the

Republican candidate. Yet, he's winning support not just because

he's campaigning hard, but because his views are as, providing as his

haircut. This was him last month. Donald J Trump is calling for a

total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.

These controversial remarks prompted more than half a million people to

support a petition banning him from the UK. It's an issue MPs are

discussing right now in a corner of Westminster. The exclusion of Donald

Trump from the UK. The debate was not without passion. His words are

not comical, his words are not funny, his words are poisonous. Not

only racist, but he's homophobic and misogynistic as well. He's talking

about my family, my children. That's what Mr Trump is talking about. It

takes more than a parliamentary eBay to scare this billionaire

businessmen. A bald eagle presents perhaps a greater challenge. But his

office was concerned enough to issue a statement saying the debate was

ridiculous and threatening to withdraw ?700 million of investment

in his Scottish golf clubs. But in truth there will be no travel ban

will stop the government doesn't support it and these MPs have no

power to impose it. It is no place of me or this house to criticise a

man running for elected office in a foreign country. We may not wish him

here, we may not like in here, we should not vote against his ability

to speak. My constituents would agree with what he said whether I

like it or not. Do they think they should be expelled from the country

because of their view? He also knows how to make headlines. This time he

had some help from some British MPs. James Landale, BBC News,

Westminster. The National Trust is beginning

what it describes as the biggest Last year the 18th century

Clandon Park in Surrey Now the Trust plans

to restore the stately home. All this scaffolding and tarpaulin

give you an idea of how much damage was done to this unique home. You

have to go inside to get the full picture. Come with me, we go through

the main entrance. Ignore this hallway, which somehow managed to

escape the flames. If we come in here, right inside the main marble

hall, you will get an idea of what I'm talking about. Looking up, floor

after floor, window after window, and even the roof has gone. They

reckon 80% of the building was destroyed. Over here, you get an

idea of the destruction. Now the National Trust have come up with a

plan to restore it, a controversial one. They will restore it to its

18th century condition in the ground floor but up there will go to a

21st-century version. It was the worst fire in the history

of the National Trust. A masterpiece from the 1720s,

but 80% of it destroyed Today, for the first time,

we were allowed in to see the detail There's the melted lamp,

and the teetering fireplace. the ground floor, but modernise

going to completely restore upper levels with 21st-century

designs. We wanted to pay our respects

to the heritage of the past, and the importance of this building

in the architectural history of the country, but we also wanted

to create 21st-century heritage NEWSREEL: The Italian ceilings

and Palladian proportions... Restoring Clandon to this,

its sumptuous past, The Onslow family who once owned it

said it should be left But the National Trust says Clandon

is one of the original Palladian homes of Britain and must be saved,

however long it takes. In fact, the National Trust says it

will take four or five years to complete this project at a cost

of tens of millions of pounds. They are not putting

an exact figure on it. It's only when you come

into this marble hall, you see why that money and time

will be so long and great. Go up through the building

and you will see its flaws, Go up through the building

and you will see its floors, rooms, windows, everything,

has got to be replaced. Whether it's the old version down

here, or the modern stuff up there, 400 artefacts are also

being restored. The National Trust says the items

and the house are cultural showpieces that will

defy the flames. Duncan Kennedy, BBC

News, Clandon Park. Time for a look at the weather -

Here's Tomasz Schafernaker. The picture says it all, really

frosty tonight, particularly across central and south-eastern areas of

the country with Frost on the way. For some, it might be the coldest

night of the winter so far. Not the case everywhere. We have a lot of

cloud across many western and northern areas, but that cloud has

been thinning across the Southeast, East Anglia and air is coming from

France and Belgium where it was very cold last night. We will get that

cold air tonight and be Frost will develop across the Southeast and

East Anglia with even the outskirts of London with temperatures dipping

down to -4 or minus five degrees. A lot of window scraping on the cars

tomorrow morning. Not the case everywhere with many western and

northern areas of England and Ireland being milder. There will be

mourning ice around, so be careful travelling in the morning. It will

be a chilly start and a chilly afternoon, where ever we have the

Frost. The sunshine will have to work hard to warm up the air, and it

might be three or four degrees for a time in the afternoon, and a bit

more mild in Belfast and down in Plymouth. Relatively tropical at 7

degrees. I pressure still over us in the Wednesday. Still in the cold

air, and a chilly start. There will be some sunshine, and a bit of cloud

floating around, but the temperatures, three in Glasgow, and

not much more mild for Cardiff and London. Towards the end of the week,

some hints things are going to turn a bit more mild, but the cold air

might hang on to the far east. That's all from the BBC News at Six,

so it's goodbye from me,