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Scunthorpe Steelworks

Scott, wearing a green hoody and looking at someone off camera. He has short blonde hair and is standing to the left of an electric board with wires and tubes coming off it. White cabinets can be seen in the background.

Ex-Tata workers 'frustrated' by Scunthorpe takeover

The UK government has been accused of double standards after it saved a Scunthorpe steel plant.

A female steelworker speaks to the BBC from a car on her way to work

British Steel workers hopeful but cautious over plant's future

A female steelworker speaks to the BBC from a car on her way to work

British Steel workers hopeful but cautious over plant's future

Workers are optimistic the Scunthorpe plant can be saved but warn they have been "let down before".

British Steel worker Tom Smith rests, with a mallet in his right hand, next to a sign he has just staked in the ground. The sign states, Save Scunthorpe Steel

'It's madness': Town fights to save steel industry

BBC News finds Scunthorpe residents digging in to protect its steelmaking industry.

File photo dated 13/10/21 of the British Steel Ltd steelworks in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, almost 23 million tonnes of non-EU steel could flood the UK market without government action, an industry group is warning.

British Steel talks still deadlocked, source says

A source said the issues being discussed by government officials and the firm remain unresolved.

Entrance to the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe with protective red and white blocks, a blue sign board and an electronic sign saying Welcome to British Steel Scunthorpe.

Councillors back calls for steel nationalisation

Councillors in North Lincolnshire pass a motion including support for nationalisation if required.

British Steel plant at Scunthorpe with towering cooling towers and smoke-stacks emitting steam. Conveyor belts and railway tracks weave through the industrial landscape. There are warehouses, roads and patches of grass. The sky is bright with scattered clouds.

Steel closures a 'fait accompli', customer claims

British Steel says it has materials to keep furnaces running amid fears about stocks running out.

Entrance to British Steel plant in Scunthorpe with protective red and white blocks, a blue sign board and an electronic sign saying Welcome to British Steel Scunthorpe.

Calls for steel nationalisation if deal not agreed

British Steel could close two blast furnaces at its Scunthorpe's plant with the loss of 2,700 jobs.

Harry Finnigan wearing a grey T-shirt, looking solemnly at the camera, with the steelworks in the distance.

'Scunthorpe could become a disaster town'

Local reaction suggests a bleak future for the North Lincolnshire town if the steelworks close.