Steelmaking could return to Redcar within three years

Tees Valley mayor says 20,000 jobs could be created over the next two decades

Steelmaking will return to Redcar within three years following the devastating loss of its major employer in 2015, the Tees Valley elected mayor has said.

Following weeks of negotiations, Conservative mayor Ben Houchen said he had reached an agreement to acquire an 840-acre site on the south bank of the Tees from SSI UK.