内容摘要："Andy worked regularly more than 60-65 hour weeks and was totally committed to solving the issues with Glen Sannox," he said.

"Andy worked regularly more than 60-65 hour weeks and was totally committed to solving the issues with Glen Sannox," he said.

Cassius Walker-Hunt, who works in the blast furnace, has recently opened a new coffee shop in Port Talbot.“I feel sad, emotional because there are a lot of families who are going to struggle.

“I’ve opened a cafe because nearly two thousand people are going to be out of work at the same time, so I’m just trying to get ahead,” Cassius said.An eager Aberavon Harlequins supporter, Lisa Beaton, 51, has family members who play for the club and have jobs in the steelworks."The whole town will be devastated," she said.

"It’ll affect livelihoods, people with children, and mortgages."Phil Murphy, whose youngest son plays for Aberavon Harlequins under-11s, hopes to keep his job with Tata Steel's projects team during the construction of an electric arc furnace, which is part of the company's decarbonisation plan.

With many club members linked to the steelworks, Aberavon Harlequins, like other sports teams across the town have been visible in their support of workers and their unions in recent months.

The team's vice-chair Andrew Dacey said: "The general mood is one of disappointment. To be honest, we don’t really speak about it a lot. It’s like a dark cloud looming in the background at the moment.Labour and the Liberal Democrats have both called on the Conservatives to suspend Ms Saunders and Craig Williams as Conservative candidates over political bets.

Last week Mr Williams, who had been a parliamentary aide to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, apologised and said he had made a “huge error of judgement” over betting on the date of the general election.Mr Williams, the Conservative candidate for Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr, allegedly placed a £100 bet on a July election three days before Mr Sunak announced the date.

Mr Sunak's announced 4 July as the date of the general election on 22 May, taking much of Westminster by surprise.A Conservative Party spokesman told the BBC: “We have been contacted by the Gambling Commission about a small number of individuals."