内容摘要：He was questioned about whether he had shaken Lexi out of frustration to stop her crying. "No," he replied.

He was questioned about whether he had shaken Lexi out of frustration to stop her crying. "No," he replied.

Lincolnshire County Council, North East Lincolnshire Council and North Lincolnshire Council will continue their work as normal, alongside the GLCCA.Steelworks employees are still digesting the news of the launch of a consultation process that could result in the closure of two blast furnaces.

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-owned company could put up to 2,700 jobs at risk out of a workforce of 3,500.Harry Finnigan, 30, who has worked at the steelworks for 10 years, said it had been "difficult trying to process the news" that he might lose his job.

"We got an email yesterday about the consultation, but we had already seen a news notification about how this was coming into fruition before any of us had been informed," he said."It is disappointing to find out like that [and] doesn't make it any easier to digest.

"I could lose my job, livelihood and everything I've known for the last 10 years. I only got married six months ago and now have to think about the future. It's not ideal."

Mr Finnigan said there had been rumours the company would receive investment from the government, which had given people hope, and to hear, the meeting was told that although the government pledged to invest £25.5bn into the NHS in the autumn budget, no extra money was provided for hospice care.

At the same time, North Yorkshire and York hospices would need to find an extra £140,000 due to the increase in the national minimum wage and a further £650,000 for the increase in employer National Insurance contributions, councillors heard.Mr Collins said: "All of this is set within the context of unprecedented demand through increasing deaths, an ageing population and greater levels of dependency from the NHS on our capacity to support their own."

He added that non-salary costs were "already at baseline".Hospices provide a range of end-of-life and palliative services, including specialist inpatient beds, community-based end-of-life care, outpatient clinics, lymphoedema services and bereavement counselling and support.