内容摘要：It is a huge decision and potentially a huge gamble. £100m of public money has been put up to try and get flights out of here again. The promise of jobs is also up

It is a huge decision and potentially a huge gamble. £100m of public money has been put up to try and get flights out of here again. The promise of jobs is also up

Ministers say they have secured the raw materials needed to keep the plant's blast furnaces working in the "coming weeks", while they look for a long-term solution.British Steel's Scunthorpe plant employs 2,700 people, about three-quarters of the company's workforce.

It is the last plant in the UK producing virgin steel, which is used in major construction projects like buildings and railways. It has fewer imperfections than the recycled steel made elsewhere in the country.Were the plant to stop producing virgin steel, the UK would be the only member of the G7 group of leading economies without the ability to make it. The government views that as a risk to the UK's economic security.In 2016, Tata Steel sold the loss-making part of its

business that made "long products" like transport rails and steel sections for construction.Private investment firm Greybull Capital bought it for £1 and renamed the business British Steel.

However, following financial collapse in 2019, British Steel was taken over by the government's insolvency service.

Scunthorpe's skyline has four blast furnaces, all named after English Queens - Bess, Mary, Anne and Victoria. Bess and Anne are the only two still working.St Peter’s Church in Peterston-super-Ely, Vale of Glamorgan, was also used as the location of Neil the baby’s christening.

A new job in Cardiff sees Gavin move to Barry in series three.His office was actually the former headquarters of ITV Wales, formerly known as HTV Wales, in Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff.

The building was later demolished and the site used for housing after ITV Wales moved to a new site in Cardiff Bay in 2014.Marks and Spencer in Culverhouse Cross also featured as Stacey's place of work in the 2008 Christmas special.