:00:00. > :00:00.And Theresa May has said she will publish her Brexit plan for the
:00:00. > :00:07.The headlines from BBC Look North this Wednesday lunchtime.
:00:08. > :00:10.Hundreds of steel workers who took a pay cut to save their jobs
:00:11. > :00:15.are told their gamble paid off as fortunes improve.
:00:16. > :00:18.And more than ?100,000 could be spent on a machine to blast chewing
:00:19. > :00:24.I've literally walked round for two minutes and found nearly 100 pieces
:00:25. > :00:40.of chewing gum on the ground here in Queen Victoria Square.
:00:41. > :00:44.A gamble by hundreds of Scunthorpe steel workers to take a pay cut last
:00:45. > :00:47.year to help secure their jobs for the future has paid off
:00:48. > :00:54.The new owners of the huge works say they have taken on new staff
:00:55. > :00:58.since last June and will soon reverse the 3% pay cut
:00:59. > :01:02.Our business correspondent, Leanne Brown, is at the plant.
:01:03. > :01:15.Leanne, steel had a gloomy future, what's changed?
:01:16. > :01:21.I remember standing here a year ago when the company was up for sale and
:01:22. > :01:27.there was talk of job losses. The new owners British Steel say in the
:01:28. > :01:30.last seven months they've managed to get the company in a strong
:01:31. > :01:38.financial position. They say it is all down to the turnaround plan
:01:39. > :01:42.which is for cost savings and also to gain significant contracts with
:01:43. > :01:47.long-term and new customers. Things like this, the Hinkley point power
:01:48. > :01:52.station in Somerset. They have a contract that to supply steel for
:01:53. > :01:59.the accommodation blocks and providing Railtrack in Algeria and
:02:00. > :02:00.Italy. The company's executive chairman is say they are building on
:02:01. > :02:01.the British Steel brand. We thought that was just
:02:02. > :02:04.one central commercial organisation and it was just
:02:05. > :02:06.one approach, yes. As you know we have been
:02:07. > :02:10.splitting it inbetween the four major products,
:02:11. > :02:14.the rail business, the rough The more bridges, the more
:02:15. > :02:35.skyscrapers, or whatever, What about that pay cut that workers
:02:36. > :02:43.took? Workers agreed to take that 3% pay cut and unions say that will be
:02:44. > :02:44.reinstated in June and the decision was a gamble that paid off.
:02:45. > :02:46.There is pride in the British Steel logo.
:02:47. > :02:48.There is pride working for British Steel.
:02:49. > :02:51.Everybody is in an upbeat mood and I don't just mean on
:02:52. > :02:53.the works, in the town, in the communities, everybody's
:02:54. > :03:04.upbeat about the success story of British Steel.
:03:05. > :03:12.British Steel is also to take on some new trainees. More details of
:03:13. > :03:17.the jobs available are at a jobs fair this afternoon. I do have to
:03:18. > :03:22.say it is still a difficult time ahead for them. They say they need
:03:23. > :03:25.help and support from the Government to continue their financial growth.
:03:26. > :03:27.Thank you very much. The Church of England is defending
:03:28. > :03:29.the Rector of Boston after she described the town
:03:30. > :03:32.as murderous and divided. The Reverend Alyson Buxton,
:03:33. > :03:35.seen here with Princess Anne, is in charge at the town's main
:03:36. > :03:38.church, the Boston Stump. Her comments in an email
:03:39. > :03:41.have been made public. Her bosses say she works very hard
:03:42. > :03:44.to celebrate and serve The Prince of Wales
:03:45. > :03:49.and the Duchess of Cornwall Clarence House has confirmed Charles
:03:50. > :03:54.and Camilla's tour will take place They'll see the newly
:03:55. > :03:58.renovated Ferens Art Gallery, as well as Holy Trinity Church
:03:59. > :04:03.and The Deep aquarium. The decision to close
:04:04. > :04:05.Grimsby's ice rink will have North East Lincolnshire Council said
:04:06. > :04:11.the 1970s skating rink But opposition councillors
:04:12. > :04:16.have demanded a rethink. Local ice hockey clubs have
:04:17. > :04:21.protested against the closure. Senior health officials say they can
:04:22. > :04:24.give people in Lincolnshire much better care but only if big
:04:25. > :04:28.changes are made. A small group of protesters
:04:29. > :04:31.were outside a meeting in Sleaford this morning where all proposals
:04:32. > :04:34.were being looked at, including centralising maternity
:04:35. > :04:37.services in Lincoln. I have actually been in and asked
:04:38. > :04:44.if we could go in and They are discussing the options
:04:45. > :04:50.for our health care, You know, they're not actually
:04:51. > :04:54.allowing us to listen in on what those options may
:04:55. > :04:58.or may not be. More than ?100,000 could be spent
:04:59. > :05:02.on a machine to remove chewing gum The Hull Daily Mail reports that
:05:03. > :05:08.a number of gum removal methods are being trialled by
:05:09. > :05:10.the City Council. Millions of pounds have been spent
:05:11. > :05:13.repaving the city centre, but it's already dotted
:05:14. > :05:16.with sticky gum. They've spent millions on trying
:05:17. > :05:22.to make Hull City centre more attractive with new paving
:05:23. > :05:26.and street furniture. But efforts are being blighted
:05:27. > :05:31.by an old problem - chewing gum. Look down and you'll see sticky
:05:32. > :05:34.white and grey splodges dotted I can't believe we have spent
:05:35. > :05:46.all that money and it's like that. It spoils all the good work that
:05:47. > :05:48.everybody has put into it, There are bins close by, rather
:05:49. > :05:56.than spitting it on the floor,, To see how bad the problem is I'm
:05:57. > :06:02.going to do a very unscientific scout around and count the number
:06:03. > :06:05.of chewing gum pieces on the ground As I said, not a scientific approach
:06:06. > :06:18.but I've literally walked around for two minutes and found nearly 100
:06:19. > :06:22.pieces of chewing gum on the ground And what about the cost
:06:23. > :06:27.of clearing it up? The regeneration of the city centre
:06:28. > :06:32.is costing ?25 million. The average price of
:06:33. > :06:35.a piece of gum is 3p. But every time it ends up
:06:36. > :06:40.on the floor it costs around ?1.50, Normal street cleaning
:06:41. > :06:46.doesn't shift it. So Hull City Council is trialling
:06:47. > :06:49.new machines in the hope But it's reported it
:06:50. > :06:55.could cost a six-figure sum. The Hull City coach says
:06:56. > :07:04.he and his entire team will visit Ryan Mason in hospital in London
:07:05. > :07:07.at the weekend as the player continues his recovery
:07:08. > :07:08.from a fractured skull. The midfielder was
:07:09. > :07:11.injured during the game Ahead of their EFL Cup semifinal
:07:12. > :07:15.match with Manchester United, head coach Marco Silva refused to be
:07:16. > :07:18.drawn on whether Burnley had bid ?10 million
:07:19. > :07:21.for Robert Snodgrass. He said the team was
:07:22. > :07:26.focusing on other things. At this moment, the most important
:07:27. > :07:29.we need to support the player, support his family is the most
:07:30. > :07:33.important at this moment. Of course, it is not an easy moment
:07:34. > :07:38.for us, like a team but you need to be strong, to be together and to
:07:39. > :07:43.keep together all the players and support Ryan is the most
:07:44. > :07:49.important at this moment. Now a look at the weather forecast
:07:50. > :07:53.with Abbie Dewhurst. It is quite a cloudy picture
:07:54. > :07:56.across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, still a fair bit
:07:57. > :07:59.of fog lingering in the far We will take a quick look
:08:00. > :08:03.at the pressure chart because it shows we're going to see a squeeze
:08:04. > :08:06.on these isobars over The wind direction will swing
:08:07. > :08:09.round and feed in some very cold air from the south
:08:10. > :08:13.and the near continent. This evening, sorry this afternoon
:08:14. > :08:18.will start to see the cloud slowly Still some sunshine and brightness
:08:19. > :08:22.to be enjoyed for the far Here it is actually feeling
:08:23. > :08:25.quite mild, temperatures Elsewhere under all this fog and low
:08:26. > :08:30.cloud feeling cold with temperatures only getting up to three or four
:08:31. > :08:32.Celsius. Then this cloud will continue
:08:33. > :08:35.to track up towards the north this evening and overnight we will feed
:08:36. > :08:38.in some very cold air, so you can see as the map turns blue, there
:08:39. > :08:41.is a widespread frost developing. It is going to be a very cold,
:08:42. > :08:44.frosty start and temperatures will be right down in the minus figures
:08:45. > :08:47.and that southerly breeze We will start the day tomorrow
:08:48. > :08:51.on a very cold note, take care for your morning commute
:08:52. > :08:53.it is going to be Temperatures will really struggle
:08:54. > :08:57.at around zero for much of the day. Factor in that wind-chill
:08:58. > :09:00.and it will feel sub zero. It will feel like temperatures
:09:01. > :09:03.are down at minus five, minus six but things will turn
:09:04. > :09:06.a little less cold thankfully on Friday as we make our way
:09:07. > :09:09.towards the weekend but it is going to be quite a cloudy day,
:09:10. > :09:23.an unsettled one on Saturday Yes make sure you wrap up warm
:09:24. > :09:28.tomorrow. That is all. Look North is back at 630. Peter will have a full
:09:29. > :09:33.round-up of the day's news. Goodbye.