30/03/2016 BBC News at Six

Calls for government action after Tata Steel walks away

The company employs fifteen thousand workers -

ministers are under pressure to intervene.

It's absolutely clear that the UK steel industry is absolutely vital

The Labour leader accuses ministers of being in disarray,

Immediate government intervention to protect our steel

industry and not see it destroyed on the altar of a global corporation

that has decided somewhere along the line Port Talbot is expandable.

We'll be looking at whether cheap steel from China is to blame.

Also tonight - the number of nurses in England has failed to keep pace

with rising patient numbers - new figures out today.

Where do you live and will you better off after this week's

And disappointment for England's women in the t20 World Cup semifinal

Pulled away, pulled all the way, what a way to go through to a final.

But the men make it to the final for the first time.

And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News

the former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville

has been sacked by Valencia after just four months in charge.

The government is under mounting pressure tonight as it grapples

The Business Secretary Sajid Javid has cut short an official

trip to Australia - he says he'll be looking

at all viable options to save the business.

Labour has described steel production as a strategic industry

and accused ministers of being in disarray.

Our business editor Simon Jack is at Tata Steel's biggest plant

It has been a funny day here as people have been trying to recover

from the shock and disappointment of the decision to put this plant and

the rest of Tata steel's UK operation up for sale. We've been

looking today at what are the options left for Tata?

For sale, one steel plant, several freer -- previous owners. Last

night, things here to turn for the worse as the owners decided to put

the business up for sale. We would like a buyer to come in for the

business and have a different risk profile to what we have gone

through. Perhaps sustained a business and it would be a happy

moment for us. Who are the potential buyers? Liberty house steel group

bought this plant in 2013 in Newport and reopened it last year. It is

also eyeing other steel plants in Scotland from Tata. They may want to

buy bits of the business but crucially not that one behind me.

That is the blast furnace for heavy manufacturing. That is the bit that

employs most people here in Port Talbot. The future of Port Talbot

looks like it will hinge on government intervention. We look at

all viable options. I don't think that nationalisation is the solution

because everybody would want a long-term viable solution. If you

look at Europe and elsewhere, nationalisation is barely the

answer. I'm totally shocked. His job is to make sure that industry is

maintained and jobs are maintained and he has ruled out one of the

options that are absolutely on the table. If we want to maintain a

viable manufacturing economy in the country, we have to have a UK steel

industry. It dominates the landscape physically and culturally and

financially. Although bits of it may be sold off, it is hard to see

without significant help, how it can remain in its present form. That

worries workers who have seen first-hand the damage of plant

closures. Look at where I come from. We had ever Vale, the next town, a

vibrant still works. I just fear for every man and woman, every

steelworker out there. Within the whole of this country, not just Port

Talbot, we are looking at the whole of the country. Chinese exports are

putting massive pressure on prices. Industry groups say things can be

done. At this moment and in the future. The solution is for Tata to

give some time so a buyer can be found and for the government to

support that process and when a buyer is found, to support that

purchase with incentives as best it can. A turnaround plan has been

rejected, the plant is up for sale but there are no obvious buyers and

the clock is ticking. It is an anxious time for Port Talbot.

Tata Steel employs some fifteen thousand staff across the UK.

If you count the number of people who work as contractors

and suppliers then the number of jobs at risk is many thousands more.

Our correspondent Sian Lloyd has been talking to some of the people

who could be affected at Port Talbot - where steel has been produced

A Man of Steel and a tribute to the generations who have worked in an

industry that shaped this town. Ask most people about the steelworks and

you'll find a connection to it. It paid decent money for the people who

work there. It paid for the house they live in today. My father died

in 1980 but his work has paid for it. Without that, the people here

have nothing. What is going to happen? The government steps in,

will they help us out? Long-term? Like they have done before? We don't

know. It is a fear shared by Jason Wyatt who has arrived home from the

plant where he has worked for 17 years. His income support is his

wife Stacey and their children. He wants the government to step in to

help families like his. We need government intervention. We need

them to act and do something physically. They called it bailing

out when it was the financial sector. If they want to label it a

management buyout, fine. We need something to sustain the place and

keep it open and keep these families alive and working. Many local

companies rely on the Port Talbot steelworks for business. This family

run firm counts steelworkers among its 's dinners and supplies contract

is who carry out maintenance work at the site. Is it hard reading the

headlines? In business you are always up against it. The market

these days is up and down all the time. Don't know what it would be

like without Tata because it has always been part of our business

over 15 years. The steel industry in Port Talbott dates back to the

beginning of the last century. Many who live here asking whether that

history is coming to an end. In a moment we'll talk to James

Landale in Westminster but for the moment, here is our business editor.

Does the steel industry have a future? It is a very tough market,

like the oil sector. Steel has been affected by the global economics

slowdown and supply is way ahead of demand. The UK is quite a small

player. It produces 12 million tonnes of steel per year. China, the

world's biggest producer,, the figure rises to 790 million, which

gives you some sense of the scale of difference. In China, steel-making

is often loss-making and has large state subsidies which we find hard

to compete with. Last year, China lost ?7.6 billion on steel. Private

companies cannot compete with that. And there are lots of rules about

state aid. Why can't we stop those cheap imports? Pe you has introduced

some tariffs but there is a big signal elsewhere in the British

economy. We need Chinese money to support other parts of our economy.

Hinckley nuclear-power station. Rail. Other areas. The last thing

with a UK wants is a trade war with China. James is in in Downing Street

for us. The government stands accused of not doing enough to save

the steelworkers? The government has certainly been caught on

the steelworkers? The government has The Prime Minister is abroad

the steelworkers? The government has with Tata. In contrast, Labour

ministers are asking with Tata. In contrast, Labour

to be recalled. The Prime Minister will fly back and comment on the

crisis tomorrow morning. The government has decided that this is

not just about South Wales and there is a wider strategic national

interest at stake. Britain needs a steel industry for its wider

manufacturing infrastructure and defence needs. That is why it is

contemplating state aid. There are constraints on government action.

Can it afford to subsidise steel in the long run. Will Beer you allow

it? Will Tory MPs accept it? There are few easy answers. -- will pe you

allow it? The NHS in England has failed

to employ enough nurses and health Figures out today show

there was just over a one percent rise in the number of new recruits

up to September last year. There's no letup in the pressure on

the NHS and nurses on the front line experience it every day. Today it

has emerged that the workforce in England has grown only slightly even

as patient numbers have multiplied. This shows that we do not have

enough nurses to provide the vital care that patients need. We are

losing many nurses who are retiring or giving up and it is creating

stress for the profession. Between 2009 and 2015, nurse numbers were up

just over 1%. At the same time patient referrals were up 16% and

emergency admissions were up 18%. It is not just the rising population

which is a factor. It is also the increasing complex city of health

needs putting pressure on the NHS and its staff across the system. We

have had a smaller expansion across the workforce generally than the

demand on that workforce. With the ageing population, rising numbers of

people with chronic disease. It is creating growth in demand that is

not matched by NHS workforce numbers. One source

not matched by NHS workforce problems is the soaring bills for

providing agency nurses. Thousands of training places are being

created. An Egyptian man accused of hijacking

an Egypt Air plane yesterday has Seif al-Din Mustafa forced

the plane to divert hundreds of miles by wearing -

what later turned out to be All 56 passengers and crew

were eventually freed. Just a glimpse of the man accused

of this bizarre hijacking before The hearing was brief and he didn't

speak but as he was driven away, The suspect presented today before

the court and he will stay of Seif al-Din Mustafa as he caused

a domestic Egyptian flight to be He says he was desperate

to see his estranged of Flight MS181 were reunited

with their friends and family. Others didn't feel

threatened by the hijacker. And he told only nothing

will happen, so... The suicide belt was found to be

fake but that wasn't clear when this extraordinary

photograph was taken. On the right is Ben Innis

from Leeds who is now This guy was so cool,

he's a British guy. He asked him to take a picture

and he took the picture. There are enquiries

into how the alleged hijacker got through airport checks,

apparently with fake explosives Controls at Egypt's airports

were heavily criticised after last year's deadly

bombing of a Russian plane, they handled the latest incident

correctly. Yesterday's hijacking ended

dramatically, ultimately, concerns about future

aviation security. Our top story this evening -

Ministers are under pressure to intervene as Tata Steel walks

away from its UK plants, And still to come, the BAFTA TV

nominations are out. We'll be looking at this

year's runners and riders. We'll have action from Delhi

with Jason Roy leading the way a place

in the World Twenty 20 final. The new national living wage

will come into force But whether you'll end up with more

money in the bank could well depend on the job you do

and where you live. At the moment, the minimum wage

is ?6.70 From Friday, the new living wage

will be ?7.20 an hour across the UK. But some employers are worried

saying it will add to their costs. Our business correspondent

Emma Simpson reports from Sheffield, where a higher proportion

of employees are likely to benefit They know all about

low pay in this city. The jobs landscape has changed since

the heyday of the steel industry. These days, too many people

are earning too little. Chloe gets ?6.81 an hour working

part-time in a nursing home. Having childcare and bills to pay

for and making sure he's fed, It's tough. Every penny's counted

for really. How much difference will an extra

?30 a month make to you? It will make a big difference to me

and to Oliver. What will you spend it on?

Oliver mainly, yeah. She's off to work dropping her son

at nursery on the way. It's thought almost a third

of Sheffield's workers will benefit from the new living wage over

the next four years. Nursery worker, Carly, will earn

around an extra ?900 a year. Financially, it means I can sort

myself out with my debts and things and hopefully start to treat myself

to that little bit extra. But the owner is worried where

the money is going to come from. It's a lot of money to a small

business like mine I need the ratios for the amount

of children we have. It has to be the toys

and all the equipment that we use. What about when it gets to more

than ?9 an hour by 2020? I don't think I could

afford to do that. Thank you Anna Leese. Very kind

of you. Dirty ball. Anita isn't the only employer

grappling This is the biggest change to low

pay in years. But it's not clear how

businesses will react It's been campaigning for employers

to pay ?8.25 an hour. ?1 more than the Government's

new living wage. Our studies have shown that's not

enough for people to live on. Therefore, if they're not

earning enough money, that leads to crisis

in the household, in a family and that leads to further

problems in terms of debt We think for a fair city, people

should be getting a fair wage. But it's clear there

is no easy route to lifting millions of workers

out of low pay. How long would it take for Britain

to negotiate its way out of the European Union if the vote

Leave campaign wins the day EU rules say two years but, today,

the former Cabinet Secretary Lord O'Donnell has suggested

that it could take up to a decade. Our Political Correspondent

Ross Hawkins has been looking If Britain wakes the morning

after the referendum, having voted to leave

the European Union, it will still be a member, signed up to the EU's

rules, regulations and benefits. And it could stay a member

for a long time afterwards. That's because the EU Treaty

explains how a country can It says, there can be up

to two years of talks. They would decide how

Britain would withdraw. They could cover anything from how

we do business with the EU It will be very hard to sort things

out within the two years. But that has to be by a unanimous

vote of everybody else. If just one country amongst

the other 27 says no, He argues it took this country,

Greenland, population just 50,000, three years to leave

the European Community and they were mainly negotiating

about fishing rules. The Leave campaigners disagree

with the former Cabinet Secretary and say the UK, with a much bigger

economy than Greenland, would have much brighter prospects

within its negotiations. Having given the British

people their say over this vital decision, he's suggesting

they would be ignored after that. I don't think people

will take it too seriously. We are the fifth biggest

economy in the world. And the Leave side say David Cameron

could win some extra time by negotiating informally with other

EU leaders before he starts For voters deciding between these

competing claims, it will come down to what deal they think negotiators

could bring home from Brussels after a vote to leave and how

quickly a deal can be done. And there's more about the EU

referendum and the arguments on both A brief look at some of the day's

other other news stories. The family of a Brazilian man shot

dead in London after he was mistaken for a suicide bomber have been told

his death was properly investigated - in a ruling by the European Court

of Human Rights. Jean Charles de Menezes was killed

at an underground station two weeks after the bombings in July 2005

which killed 52 people. Mosque leaders in Glasgow

and the family of murdered shopkeeper Asad Shah

have paid tribute to him. Mr Shah was killed outside

his shop on Thursday night. His family described him

as a "brilliant" man and leaders of his local Ahmadiyah

mosque said he was a "good citizen, Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman

is investigating the use of CS spray by officers at a junior Orange Order

parade in Belfast yesterday evening. Organisers of the march criticised

the police saying children suffered

swollen lips and eyes. A review has concluded it would have

been difficult for mental health services to predict the killing

of a young woman in a hotel used to accommodate ex-offenders

in South Wales. Cerys Yemm was killed by Matthew

Williams in Caerphilly in 2014. Although Williams had a criminal

record, there'd been no prior sign

of psychosis or schizophrenia. England's men's cricket team

are through to the final of the World Twenty20 after beating

New Zealand by 7 wickets in Delhi but the women, who played Australia

earlier on the same pitch, fell just five runs short

to go out of the competition. Cricket is a tune India has always

followed. But now the beat is almost exclusively 2020. The crash bang

form of the game which the world pays attention to and pays money

for. Value often measures in sixes. For English cricket, this was a

unique day in Delhi. A chance to prove they can still lead the world.

Tammy Beaumont sinks the first six against Australia.

Tammy Beaumont sinks the first six 133 to win. With Beaumont and

Charlotte Edwards batting together it seemed probable. From 67-0,

England lost. Scivers a duck. 13 off the last over, too many. England

finished five behind. Australia's the last over, too many. England

women through to another final. So one semi-final, one defeat for

England. But the evening crowds came to watch England's men. Or maybe New

Zealand! The New Zealanders came into the men's semi-final having won

every game they've played in this World T20. Monroe and Williamson

looked like they would bat their team to a mountainous total. To

succeed in the field in this form of cricket you have to bowl bravely and

hold your nerve. Who was under this? Moeen Ali, safely. New Zealand

finished on 153. So Moeen Ali, safely. New Zealand

overs to beat that score. Jason Roy walloped 16 runs in the first over

alone. Even in a competition gorged on Bigs hitting Roy's batting was

astonishing. Where's that? Over the boundary somewhere.

astonishing. Where's that? Over the nerves, just watch. 17 balls to

spare and that's not the end. nerves, just watch. 17 balls to

for the final, now to be the world's best.

Oscar winner Mark Rylance is up against Luther star Idris Elba

in the Best Actor category at this year's BAFTA TV awards.

Sheridan Smith is in the running for the leading actress award

for her role as a woman with cancer in The C-Word.

Our Entertainment Correspondent Chi Chi Izundu is at BAFTA for us.

I wonder what these nominations tell us about TV drama at the moment?

Well, it steps us that the British television industry is actually in

rude health. For example, if you look at the number of people who

watched Dr Foster, it was over 10 million. The Great British Bake Off

is in its fifth year as a BAFTA nominee. And Wolf Hall is leading

the nominations with four nods. Danny May's starring in The Line Of

Duty says more moneyy needs to be ploughed into grittier scift writing

and roles for more diverse class storaways. He says money should be

diverted from things like Night manager into his productions. Now

for a look at the weather. It will be cold tonight. If you've

delicate plants out, beware, a touch of frost particularly in rural areas

tonight. Still heavy showers to contend with. South-eastern England

in particular. A band tracking southwards over Scotland. Snow mixed

in here over the hills. For most, about the temperatures. We'll see

towns and cities staying above freezing. In rural spots down to

freeding or well below through the glens of Scotland. Maybe minus 7

here. Could be mist and fog around tomorrow. For many, a sunny start.

Perhaps more cloud over east arrange Leah and the south-east. The showers

tomorrow focus in the morning through south-east Scotland and

north-east England. One or two heavy ones here. Through the day, more

showers developing. Probably not many over northern Scotland. Plenty

of sunshine here. Will be on the chilly side. Plenty of showers over

Northern Ireland. Not as many tomorrow. Sunny spells. Showers,

potentially heavy with hail and thunder in south-east Scotland and

Northern England. Still hit and miss and not many at all over south

Wales, south-east England. Some cracking spring sunshine here. More

showers on Friday. Weather front approaching from the north. A scrap

going on. The weather front wins out over Northern Ireland and western

Scotland bringing cloud, rain and strengthsening breeze. For most here

a dry and bright day. Sunshine may turn hazy. By the afternoon,

temperatures up to 14 Celsius. Much cooler north with the rain. Rain

into northern Britain into the weekend. It should fizzle out. The

south will start to warm up and on BBC One we now join

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