Roy Rickhuss, General Secretary of the steelworkers' union, talks to the media outside the Advanced Manufacturing Park.

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Roy Rickhuss, General Secretary of the steelworkers', talks to the media outside the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham South Yorkshire, where a summit aimed at tackling the impact of global steel challenges is being held. This comes after the SSI steel plant in Redcar announced it is closing. Ministers, steel companies, MPs, unions and trade bodies are all due to meet in Rotherham today to try and agree action.

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