内容摘要："It's very easy to sit at home and mope about your situation but coming here makes things instantly better," she said.

"It's very easy to sit at home and mope about your situation but coming here makes things instantly better," she said.

The EU produced 126 million tonnes of steel in 2023, 7% of the world's total. Compared with EU countries, the UK ranked as the eighth largest steel producer, after Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Austria, Poland and Belgium.A memorial football match is set to take place on Sunday in West Sussex.

The event at Steyning Town FC has been organised by Will Bower and his wife Kayley in memory of their son Billy, who was stillborn in April 2023.Mr Bower said he wanted to raise money for Sands United – a charity that helps dads deal with bereavement through a shared love of football."Men are notoriously bad at talking about feelings," he told BBC Radio Sussex, adding that football was a "good vehicle" for helping those experiencing grief.

He called Sands a "great charity", which had allowed him to be part of a "brotherhood" of people who understood what he was going through.Ms Bower had also been helped by a support group at the charity.

She took part in a Sands women's game, playing for her son Billy, a few weeks ago.

"Everyone tries to understand," Mr Bower said. "But until you have been through it yourself it is very difficult.The blast furnaces were constantly fed with coal, and their closure will have more than halved Wales' industrial emissions since 2022, according to the CCC.

But environmentalists have warned the situation at Port Talbot could damage public support for climate action if it is seen to mean job losses and the demise of heavy industry.In its report, the CCC said there were "important lessons to learn", and that governments in both Westminster and Cardiff Bay should have been better prepared.

"The challenges facing the UK steel sector have been clear for many years and, given the significance of this site to the local economy, a more proactive and decisive transition plan should have been developed," they argued.The UK government should have taken steps to make industrial electricity prices more competitive, and convened "early and collaborative" negotiations between plant owners, workers and the community, the report said.