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Good evening and welcome to the late Look North. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Tonight, doubly good news for South Yorkshire. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
1700 workers' jobs in South Yorkshire are safe tonight | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
after the sale of Tata Steel to an Indian company. | :00:07. | :00:10. | |
And super car manufacturers Mclaren race into the Sheffield region | :00:11. | :00:14. | |
with a new factory planned creating 200 jobs. | :00:15. | :00:23. | |
And another cold day is expected tomorrow with the potential for some | :00:24. | :00:29. | |
snow in the weekend. I will be back later in the programme with your | :00:30. | :00:31. | |
full, live updates. Hundreds of workers | :00:32. | :00:35. | |
in South Yorkshire have had their jobs secured with the sale | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
of Tata Steel to an indian company. The speciality steel business | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
is being sold for ?100 million It safeguards the sites | :00:44. | :00:46. | |
in Rotherham, Stocksbridge In a moment we'll get reaction | :00:47. | :00:50. | |
from the MP for Rotherham but, first, Heidi Tomlinson, | :00:51. | :00:55. | |
reports on the story. With long-standing customers | :00:56. | :01:01. | |
like Rolls-Royce and Airbus, it was always hoped that | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
South Yorkshire's expertise in producing specialist steel | :01:05. | :01:06. | |
would appeal to a buyer. Liberty House is already firmly | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
established in the UK steel market. Its acquisition of the sites | :01:11. | :01:14. | |
in Rotherham and Stocksbridge The Indian firm's been quick to | :01:15. | :01:16. | |
offer reassurance to staff at Tata. Yes, we are saying that we will | :01:17. | :01:22. | |
maintain jobs in this business as there are at the moment | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
and indeed we will look for ways to actually build this business | :01:27. | :01:29. | |
and grow this business The ?100 million deal will bring | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
relief to the 1700 people who work for Tata in | :01:33. | :01:41. | |
Rotherham and Stocksbridge. The plants were put up | :01:42. | :01:43. | |
for sale last March. The company blamed high energy costs | :01:44. | :01:46. | |
for its own profitability. The company blamed high energy costs | :01:47. | :01:56. | |
for its unprofitability. In the summer, unions | :01:57. | :01:58. | |
and politicians staged protest marches finding government | :01:59. | :02:00. | |
help to keep the industry That strength of feeling | :02:01. | :02:02. | |
and dedication has been I think what it is is about a credit | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
to the employees and trade unions and the management here, | :02:06. | :02:13. | |
it has been about pulling together and really finding something, | :02:14. | :02:16. | |
which will make us fit for the future through that | :02:17. | :02:18. | |
transformation pan and focusing for the future through that | :02:19. | :02:20. | |
transformation plan and focusing on the value-added product such | :02:21. | :02:22. | |
as aerospace, which take us Unions are in the process | :02:23. | :02:24. | |
of negotiating a new pension scheme. But there has been a positive | :02:25. | :02:30. | |
response to the Liberty deal. Given the right investment, | :02:31. | :02:37. | |
given our product that we make, we should be able to be fit | :02:38. | :02:40. | |
for the future and move on and be great for this area | :02:41. | :02:42. | |
because without this steel industry, There's no doubt that steel | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
jobs dominate the area's employment and have done | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
since the 19th century. Security of those jobs will benefit | :02:51. | :02:52. | |
the surrounding economy. South Yorkshire can continue to take | :02:53. | :02:55. | |
pride in this reputation Well, earlier Rotherham's MP | :02:56. | :02:58. | |
Sarah Champion gave me her Oh, I am absolutely | :02:59. | :03:06. | |
delighted and relieved. I am just really grateful that both | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
Tata, the unions and the workers really sort of strove to get | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
the best deal. Speciality steel is such | :03:16. | :03:19. | |
an important part of our area, such an important part | :03:20. | :03:28. | |
of our economy, so to have that There has been such uncertainty | :03:29. | :03:30. | |
over this, hasn't there? Have you been surprised that it has | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
actually finally come off? Well, for years now there has been | :03:35. | :03:37. | |
uncertainty around steel. We have always argued that | :03:38. | :03:39. | |
speciality steel in South Yorkshire is the best in the world | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
and deserves to be saved. The pressure that the workers have | :03:43. | :03:44. | |
been under, not knowing if they are going to have a future, | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
not knowing if they are going to be So today is just a huge relief, | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
both for my town of Rotherham but also for the workers | :03:52. | :03:59. | |
in the whole of South Yorkshire. And how reassured you think those | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
workers will be under this employer? I think that Liberty House | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
is a good employer. There has been a lot of due | :04:06. | :04:07. | |
diligence done by both Tata and the unions to make sure | :04:08. | :04:10. | |
they are going to protect all of the workers' | :04:11. | :04:12. | |
rights going forward. The biggest threat | :04:13. | :04:14. | |
we have got the moment We have been campaigning for years | :04:15. | :04:16. | |
to try and get them to understand the pressures that steel is facing | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
at the moment, so things like incredibly high energy prices | :04:22. | :04:31. | |
that makes them uncompetitive, the tariff system, which means | :04:32. | :04:33. | |
that the Chinese can dump their steel here, | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
and of course the increasingly Whilst it's great news that | :04:37. | :04:38. | |
Liberty House is going to be taking over specialist steel, | :04:39. | :04:41. | |
we need to make sure that the government plays their part | :04:42. | :04:43. | |
to secure its future as well. Have there been any | :04:44. | :04:46. | |
compromises in terms Sadly there have been | :04:47. | :04:48. | |
compromises about the pension. Typically, unfortunately, | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
it is the workers that I think, though, they have | :04:52. | :04:52. | |
been pragmatic about it. Workers should be commended | :04:53. | :04:56. | |
because they have taken personal financial cuts so that they can | :04:57. | :05:02. | |
have a secure future. It is not something you ever | :05:03. | :05:04. | |
want to see but I do admire them Sarah Champion, think | :05:05. | :05:07. | |
you very much for your time. Next tonight, and the luxury super | :05:08. | :05:11. | |
car manufacturer McLaren is going to build a ?50 million | :05:12. | :05:13. | |
chassis factory creating The factory will build | :05:14. | :05:16. | |
parts for the super cars at the University | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research | :05:21. | :05:23. | |
Centre near Rotherham. Construction's due to start soon, | :05:24. | :05:25. | |
with two years of research and development work | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
ahead of production. If you like your toys, | :05:30. | :05:30. | |
you're probably familiar The ultimate in precision | :05:31. | :05:36. | |
engineering and pretty soon made in Yorkshire, | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
well, this bit anyway. It's the chassis, which up | :05:43. | :05:48. | |
until now has been But today a deal was signed, | :05:49. | :05:50. | |
which will bring production To have very supportive partners | :05:51. | :05:53. | |
makes it work but actually because there has been this kind | :05:54. | :05:59. | |
of work in the region for a time, growing, you know, there's quite | :06:00. | :06:07. | |
a bit of areas here with Boeing, with Airbus, with Rolls-Royce plc, | :06:08. | :06:10. | |
then there's some skilled people here in the area already, | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
so we're not starting from scratch, we're able to build on something | :06:15. | :06:16. | |
that has already been started In fact, the prototype will be made | :06:17. | :06:19. | |
here at Sheffield University's factory 2050, just up the road | :06:20. | :06:26. | |
from the Advanced It's exactly the kind of investment | :06:27. | :06:28. | |
in the region's pushing for. This is a fully commercial | :06:29. | :06:31. | |
manufacturing environment where stuff that's made in this | :06:32. | :06:33. | |
place can do things. The University of Sheffield | :06:34. | :06:35. | |
was Boeing's aerospace We have eliminated the gap | :06:36. | :06:37. | |
between ideas, research and product. I think we are the only place | :06:38. | :06:46. | |
actually has done it in that way. Now, though the price tag on these | :06:47. | :06:49. | |
cars means they are way outside the budget of most of us, | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
the fact that at least part of them is going to be built in the region | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
is a fantastic calling card. It is also a brilliant way | :06:57. | :06:59. | |
to get more young people 200 jobs will be created | :07:00. | :07:01. | |
here, including a number First of those has just | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
given the good news. It is exciting and yes, | :07:06. | :07:12. | |
it was pretty unexpected. I count myself extremely lucky | :07:13. | :07:15. | |
and to be working on machines The technical bit is the material | :07:16. | :07:22. | |
the chassis will be made from, something that will help develop | :07:23. | :07:32. | |
more electric cars going forward. But realistically, most people just | :07:33. | :07:34. | |
like the way they look. I love manufacturing, | :07:35. | :07:37. | |
I love engineering. I think it's a fascinating | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
discipline but when this is the product that results from it, | :07:42. | :07:43. | |
you can't help getting, you know, inspired, excited, | :07:44. | :07:46. | |
and motivated by it and it I know all the people that | :07:47. | :07:48. | |
work for us are really, really proud of the products | :07:49. | :07:52. | |
that we make. The first Yorkshire built chassis | :07:53. | :07:59. | |
could be powering off the line Danni Hewson, BBC | :08:00. | :08:02. | |
Look North, Sheffield. In other news, the dispute over | :08:03. | :08:04. | |
train guards which brought the south east to a halt has spread | :08:05. | :08:07. | |
to Northern Rail, which runs The RMT Union is to ballot | :08:08. | :08:10. | |
conductors on strike action. It wants assurances about their | :08:11. | :08:13. | |
future role on the network. The union is already involved | :08:14. | :08:16. | |
in a long-running dispute Arriva North, which operates | :08:17. | :08:20. | |
the service, has called the ballot Controversial plans for a new waste | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
incinerator at Thwaites, near Keighley, have been approved | :08:25. | :08:30. | |
by councillors in Bradford. People who live near the site say | :08:31. | :08:33. | |
the new plant will be a blot on the landscape and affect | :08:34. | :08:36. | |
the value of their homes. They're also worried | :08:37. | :08:39. | |
about possible risks to health. But councillors believe | :08:40. | :08:41. | |
the benefits of the proposal Leeds Rhinos have lost their opening | :08:42. | :08:43. | |
match 6-4 to St Helens Leeds, who endured a miserable | :08:44. | :08:51. | |
season in 2016, were the better team in the first half with centre | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
Joel Moon handing off debutant Ryan Morgan to score a try midway | :08:57. | :09:00. | |
through the first half, but St Helens drew level two minutes | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
into the second half when stand-off Theo Fages, | :09:05. | :09:09. | |
dummied his way over the line and Mark Percival's conversion | :09:10. | :09:11. | |
put his side in front. OK let's catch up with the weather. | :09:12. | :09:25. | |
Did going to snow? Yes, I think it is. Not just on the tops? Or likely, | :09:26. | :09:32. | |
several centimetres for the higher ground but there could be wintry mix | :09:33. | :09:36. | |
for the lower grounds. We are most concerned about Friday night into | :09:37. | :09:38. | |
Saturday. There has been really drab Saturday. There has been really drab | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
today and I think for a lot of us it will be similar tomorrow. Although | :09:43. | :09:44. | |
there should be some brighter spells it will be predominantly cloudy, | :09:45. | :09:48. | |
chilly and wintry showers around as well. It is this feature later on | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
Friday night into Saturday where the showers will become heavier, more | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
frequent and there will be a mix of rain, sleet and snow. Not exclusive | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
to higher ground but I think that is where we will probably get the Cuban | :10:04. | :10:06. | |
nation of a few centimetres. Lower levels will mainly have sleet and | :10:07. | :10:14. | |
snow, too. -- probably get an accumulation. I think it is eyes | :10:15. | :10:20. | |
that will actually be the risk into tomorrow on untreated rose EU | :10:21. | :10:29. | |
brogues. -- untreated roads. There will be brighter spells from time to | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
time but from the word go there will be a few showers around you driven | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
in on that north-easterly breeze, which will freshen along the coast | :10:39. | :10:41. | |
later. Some brighter spells but quite a lot of cloud and a few of | :10:42. | :10:46. | |
those wintry showers. Feeling really cold, particularly along the coast | :10:47. | :10:50. | |
once that breeze freshens. Temperatures only two or three | :10:51. | :10:54. | |
Celsius. A mix of rain, sleet and snow showers overnight into Saturday | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
and three Saturday slightly less cold and quieting down from Sunday | :10:59. | :10:59. | |
onwards. That is it from the will turn a bit less cold again. All | :11:00. | :11:02. | |
the way up seven Celsius. At this time of year we can often | :11:03. | :11:14. | |
get the weather stories that reflect the battle between winter and | :11:15. | :11:16. | |
spring, and that's what's been happening in New York in the USA. | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
Yesterday, 17 Celsius, but today, it's been bitterly cold, just a | :11:22. | :11:27. | |
daytime maximum of -2, a significant | :11:28. | :11:28. |