Concerns have been raised over staffing safety, as unions say sites need to be properly manned.

Scunthorpe union leaders call for steel plant staff to be classed as key workers

Jingye will spend £1.2bn over the next decade upgrading the plant and machinery, marking a "new chapter in British steelmaking".

Deal signed to secure future of British Steel in Scunthorpe

The Government announced that the liquidators for the steel business has entered into a contract with Chinese industrial firm.

It has emerged the Chinese firm Jingye has expressed an interest in buying British Steel. 

A subsidiary of British Steel has been sold to French company SYSTRA Ltd who will preserve 400 jobs.


British Steel has entered into exclusive talks with Turkey's military pension fund to save thousands of jobs. 

A British-West African industrial consortium has submitted a last-minute rescue offer to snap up the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe.

British Steel could "flourish" despite claims the industry could suffer as Boris Johnson has "no plans beyond Brexit no-deal".

The possibility of a no-deal Brexit on 31 October looks more likely now Boris Johnson has won the Conservative leadership contest.

The number of jobs at risk from the collapse of British Steel is much higher than previously feared. 

In the week British Steel collapsed, threatening thousands of jobs in Scunthorpe, Michael Billington visits the old Teesside Steelworks.

Greg Clark, the Business Secretary, tells Calendar that he will "do everything I can" to ensure British Steel's Scunthorpe works continue.

It comes as a former steelworker says the impact of losing the British Steel plant would be "immeasurable" for the Lincolnshire town.

British Steel's workers have been told that production will continue as normal after funding was provided by lenders and shareholders.

The Scunthorpe-based manufacturer will supply more than 200,000 tonnes of rail