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In its heyday the steel plant in Port Talbot employed in excess of 20,000 people to feed its huge blast furnaces. That figure is now down to around 4,000.

Despite the slim down, the global collapse in the demand for steel means that the works is currently losing around £1 million a day. With parent company Tata demanding savings of £250 million, jobs have been lost and bonuses cut.

At the same time as Corus and its workforce are attempting to improve their competitiveness, the Westminster government has taken steps to try and stimulate demand for the steel Port Talbot produces.

But will it all be enough to prevent the shut-downs and large scale job losses that Corus has recently had to carry through in other parts of its British operations from being repeated in Port Talbot?

Belinda Newton (pictured) and Stephen Quick are both Port Talbot born and bred and from families with a proud tradition of employment in the steel industry.

Together with other workers - both past and present - community leaders and local businesses, they tell of their hopes and fears for the future of the town's steelworks and the wider community.