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Tata Steel workers protest over proposed job losses
Hundreds of people have taken to the streets to protest at the proposed loss of thousands of steel jobs. Tata said 2,423 jobs across the UK are at risk, with 1,929 of those in Port Talbot, which employs 3,859 people. One of the firm's bosses said much of its operation at the site is at "the end of life" and leading to losses of £1.7m a day. A protest is being held in Port Talbot, while workers from the Llanwern site have marched in Newport city centre. Tata employs 917 there, with 113 jobs at risk, and about 500 people took part. "Today showed that Port Talbot, Newport and south Wales - steelworkers, politicians, ... (full story)