As the japanese yen and gold. A chinese firm is poised to rescue British Steel for close to 90 Million Dollars which could safeguard up to 4,000 jobs in the uk. The company has been in liquidation since may and has been kept alive by the british government. Sam ryder has more. British steel has been feeling the heat for more than six months. Since going into liquidation its been propped up by the british government. Several deals have been on the table, but chinasjingye group is the front runner for the ta ke group is the front runner for the take over. The rescue deal is worth almost 90 million us dollars. News which will no doubt come as some relief to the a500 people employed at the discomfort and his side side is only 20,000 workers in the supply chain rely on British Steel. Many have been rallying in their communities to save theirjobs. Have been rallying in their communities to save theirjobsli feel that the steelworks is the life of the town. Basically, its the heart of the town
The greens will become the first party to launch its manifesto later, with a pledge to reach net zero Carbon Emissions in the uk by 2030. Ahead of the general election bbc news is in southampton today, looking at the issues concerning voters there, with a focus on education. Renowned broadcaster Sir David Attenborough tells the bbc the world is beginning to tackle the threat of Plastic Waste. Its a bit of a litmus test to see whether, in fact, the population care about this sort of thing, and people do. And so i think its very encouraging. Coming up in sport, a big day for wales. If they beat hungary tonighttheyll qualify for the european championships for only the second time. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. An alleged victim ofjeffrey epstein has appealed directly to Prince Andrew to come forward and give a statement to us investigators. The duke is facing renewed calls to tell the authorities about his friendship with epstein, a convicted sex offender. Heres our lo
We had the coldest night of the season so we had the coldest night of the season so far and, you may be glad to here, the coldest night of the week. 10 in parts of aberdeenshire, the milder able try to push in over the milder able try to push in over the next three days. Symbols stay below freezing in parts of scotland. Many in lower single figures into the afternoon. Ten to 12 degrees in wales, South West Wales and Northern Ireland, but cloudy skies and indices around penzance, the wind is whipping them up. Quite a breeze blowing, touching gale force around the coast, and we will see cloud and outbreaks of rain stop the far north will brighten up later. Into tonight, while many staff and i dry, we will see some further rain pushing on to other western areas, particularly western scotland, other parts of wales in the south west. Nothing too substantial. With the cloud in place and the breeze picking up, not as cold tonight. There will be thrust and ice across parts of scotland, norther
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme, new Research Suggests a desk at home and keen parents will help a child get to university more than smaller class sizes and a good school. Do you agree . If you went to university what was key to your success . Get in touch, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. We start in hong kong where pro democracy activists have continued to occupy parts of hong kongs Polytechnic University after a night of clashes. At one stage activists set fire to two of the entrances when police moved into the campus. A0 people have been arrested and police have been clashing with other protestors in the surrounding streets. Rich preston has the details. The battle for the university lasted a whole day and a whole night of the hundreds of protesters made this their base, barricading themselves inside. Police did try to enter the building, but were met by a barrage of petrol bombs. Fi
Of indias western coast as the region prepares for a powerful cyclone. The start of a beautiful friendship . Japans Prime Minister is in iran, the first visit of its kind in decades this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 1am in london and eight oclock in the morning here in hong kong where the mood remains tense after police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of protesters in the city centre. They were here a few hours ago and the situation does remain tense here today after. You can see the litter that has been left behind and we saw Police Trucks this morning, their presence out here. Nonetheless, protesters have remained a way. We did see them protesting over the last few days. There is a lot of anger here over a new bill that would allow people to be extradited to china for trial. Doesnt have been injured here, some critically so, as the territorys leader described these protests as organised riots. Lets start with this report from Rupert Wingfield hayes