A shimmering heat rises above Anne and Bess, the last two blast furnace queens of Scunthorpe, silhouetted on the Lincolnshire skyline. Their royal sisters, Mary and Victoria, lie silent and cold ...

A bill designed to save British Steel's Scunthorpe plant has been approved by Parliament and granted Royal Assent, meaning it becomes law UK government officials are standing by to take control of ...

British Steel said this week that the blast furnaces in Scunthorpe were "no longer financially sustainable" due to market conditions, tariffs and environmental costs. The closure of the Chinese ...

Blast furnaces unlikely to be viable and ‘threat of thousands of redundancies’ at Scunthorpe site, if request not met. Talks with Government continue on from this point. Advertisement ...

The Business Secretary accused British Steel’s Chinese owners of attempting to “unilaterally” close down its Scunthorpe blast furnaces as MPs began debating emergency legislation to save the ...

The Government has said “no options are off the table” to secure the future of steelmaking in Scunthorpe in response to a call for temporary nationalisation. Business minister Sarah Jones ...