Steelmaker to mothball plant

Redcar: Steelmaker Corus is to start mothballing a huge plant today, resulting in the loss of up to 1,600 jobs and potential industrial action.

The government has pledged to do everything it can to prevent the Teesside Cast Products site closing permanently – a move that would end about 170 years of steelmaking at the site.

Unions are preparing to ballot members in response.

London: Debenhams has launched a trial of size 16 mannequins in its windows.

The department store placed the mannequins in its Oxford Street branch. It currently uses standard size 10 mannequins in all its window displays.