Alternative roles offered to British Steel workers affected by coke ovens closure

The company have offered alternative roles to around 250 colleagues affected by the closure of its Scunthorpe coke ovens

British Steel to cut 260 jobs

The company has said it has seen its bills for energy and carbon increase by £190 million last year

British Steel to be sold to Chinese firm Jingye

The news comes after the steel company, which directly employs around 5,000 people, collapsed into insolvency in May after months of financial pressure