25/01/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

And Theresa May has said she will publish her Brexit plan for the

The headlines from BBC Look North this Wednesday lunchtime.

Hundreds of steel workers who took a pay cut to save their jobs

are told their gamble paid off as fortunes improve.

And more than ?100,000 could be spent on a machine to blast chewing

I've literally walked round for two minutes and found nearly 100 pieces

of chewing gum on the ground here in Queen Victoria Square.

A gamble by hundreds of Scunthorpe steel workers to take a pay cut last

year to help secure their jobs for the future has paid off

The new owners of the huge works say they have taken on new staff

since last June and will soon reverse the 3% pay cut

Our business correspondent, Leanne Brown, is at the plant.

Leanne, steel had a gloomy future, what's changed?

I remember standing here a year ago when the company was up for sale and

there was talk of job losses. The new owners British Steel say in the

last seven months they've managed to get the company in a strong

financial position. They say it is all down to the turnaround plan

which is for cost savings and also to gain significant contracts with

long-term and new customers. Things like this, the Hinkley point power

station in Somerset. They have a contract that to supply steel for

the accommodation blocks and providing Railtrack in Algeria and

Italy. The company's executive chairman is say they are building on

the British Steel brand. We thought that was just

one central commercial organisation and it was just

one approach, yes. As you know we have been

splitting it inbetween the four major products,

the rail business, the rough The more bridges, the more

skyscrapers, or whatever, What about that pay cut that workers

took? Workers agreed to take that 3% pay cut and unions say that will be

reinstated in June and the decision was a gamble that paid off.

There is pride in the British Steel logo.

There is pride working for British Steel.

Everybody is in an upbeat mood and I don't just mean on

the works, in the town, in the communities, everybody's

upbeat about the success story of British Steel.

British Steel is also to take on some new trainees. More details of

the jobs available are at a jobs fair this afternoon. I do have to

say it is still a difficult time ahead for them. They say they need

help and support from the Government to continue their financial growth.

Thank you very much. The Church of England is defending

the Rector of Boston after she described the town

as murderous and divided. The Reverend Alyson Buxton,

seen here with Princess Anne, is in charge at the town's main

church, the Boston Stump. Her comments in an email

have been made public. Her bosses say she works very hard

to celebrate and serve The Prince of Wales

and the Duchess of Cornwall Clarence House has confirmed Charles

and Camilla's tour will take place They'll see the newly

renovated Ferens Art Gallery, as well as Holy Trinity Church

and The Deep aquarium. The decision to close

Grimsby's ice rink will have North East Lincolnshire Council said

the 1970s skating rink But opposition councillors

have demanded a rethink. Local ice hockey clubs have

protested against the closure. Senior health officials say they can

give people in Lincolnshire much better care but only if big

changes are made. A small group of protesters

were outside a meeting in Sleaford this morning where all proposals

were being looked at, including centralising maternity

services in Lincoln. I have actually been in and asked

if we could go in and They are discussing the options

for our health care, You know, they're not actually

allowing us to listen in on what those options may

or may not be. More than ?100,000 could be spent

on a machine to remove chewing gum The Hull Daily Mail reports that

a number of gum removal methods are being trialled by

the City Council. Millions of pounds have been spent

repaving the city centre, but it's already dotted

with sticky gum. They've spent millions on trying

to make Hull City centre more attractive with new paving

and street furniture. But efforts are being blighted

by an old problem - chewing gum. Look down and you'll see sticky

white and grey splodges dotted I can't believe we have spent

all that money and it's like that. It spoils all the good work that

everybody has put into it, There are bins close by, rather

than spitting it on the floor,, To see how bad the problem is I'm

going to do a very unscientific scout around and count the number

of chewing gum pieces on the ground As I said, not a scientific approach

but I've literally walked around for two minutes and found nearly 100

pieces of chewing gum on the ground And what about the cost

of clearing it up? The regeneration of the city centre

is costing ?25 million. The average price of

a piece of gum is 3p. But every time it ends up

on the floor it costs around ?1.50, Normal street cleaning

doesn't shift it. So Hull City Council is trialling

new machines in the hope But it's reported it

could cost a six-figure sum. The Hull City coach says

he and his entire team will visit Ryan Mason in hospital in London

at the weekend as the player continues his recovery

from a fractured skull. The midfielder was

injured during the game Ahead of their EFL Cup semifinal

match with Manchester United, head coach Marco Silva refused to be

drawn on whether Burnley had bid ?10 million

for Robert Snodgrass. He said the team was

focusing on other things. At this moment, the most important

we need to support the player, support his family is the most

important at this moment. Of course, it is not an easy moment

for us, like a team but you need to be strong, to be together and to

keep together all the players and support Ryan is the most

important at this moment. Now a look at the weather forecast

with Abbie Dewhurst. It is quite a cloudy picture

across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, still a fair bit

of fog lingering in the far We will take a quick look

at the pressure chart because it shows we're going to see a squeeze

on these isobars over The wind direction will swing

round and feed in some very cold air from the south

and the near continent. This evening, sorry this afternoon

will start to see the cloud slowly Still some sunshine and brightness

to be enjoyed for the far Here it is actually feeling

quite mild, temperatures Elsewhere under all this fog and low

cloud feeling cold with temperatures only getting up to three or four

Celsius. Then this cloud will continue

to track up towards the north this evening and overnight we will feed

in some very cold air, so you can see as the map turns blue, there

is a widespread frost developing. It is going to be a very cold,

frosty start and temperatures will be right down in the minus figures

and that southerly breeze We will start the day tomorrow

on a very cold note, take care for your morning commute

it is going to be Temperatures will really struggle

at around zero for much of the day. Factor in that wind-chill

and it will feel sub zero. It will feel like temperatures

are down at minus five, minus six but things will turn

a little less cold thankfully on Friday as we make our way

towards the weekend but it is going to be quite a cloudy day,

an unsettled one on Saturday Yes make sure you wrap up warm

tomorrow. That is all. Look North is back at 630. Peter will have a full

round-up of the day's news. Goodbye.