Hesley Wood, north of Cowley Hill, S35 2YH - general employment

"I've done 34 years, but life goes on, we'll go on. The people and the company - we've had some good times and it's been great."Josh Scrutton said he was going to miss his payslip the most, as he had worked for the company for about two years and said it was "good pay".

"It's the best job I've had. Everyone was waiting for last van to come out, everyone stayed," he said.Muhammad Basharat, who had worked at the factory for 24 years, said it was "very sad" and he was now looking for work in the building trade.Iftikhar Raja added there was "a lot of history and memories here".

The former quality controller said he had worked for the company for five years and "there were just no words".He said his job supported his family and "I've learnt a lot", but he did not know what was next for him.

Vauxhall, which started manufacturing cars in 1903, relocated to a newly built industrial estate in Luton in 1905.

In 2000, then owners General Motors announced the car factory in Luton would close and in 2002 that plant was shut, with about 1,900 job losses.Meanwhile, BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, has urged media regulator Ofcom to consider fining X after this weekend's disorder.

Adam Leon Smith, a fellow of BCS, said: "When misinformation leads to riots and unrest, there must be consequences. It is easy to argue that X has shown disregard for public safety in hosting such content."We urge Ofcom to enforce the Online Safety Act as soon as they can, with the full weight of the law and levy significant fines if they find mismanagement on the platform."

On Monday, Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said he had met representatives from TikTok, Facebook’s parent company Meta, Google and X "to make clear their responsibility to continue to work with us to stop the spread of hateful misinformation and incitement".The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper