The last molten iron will be tapped from Blast Furnace 5 this week Loud noises and large plumes of steam will be visible above the Port Talbot steelworks as one of its historic furnaces is closed ...

A 800ft (250m) exclusion zone was put in place for the levelling of the Redcar blast furnace, the casting houses, the dust catcher and conveyors. Air horns were sounded at about 09:00 GMT shortly ...