Sheerness-based Thamesteel workers react to job losses

Workers at a Kent steel firm which has gone into administration have been told they are to made redundant.

Staff leaving the meeting with administrators on Thursday told of their disgust and disappointment.

Joel Fletcher, an apprentice, said: "Being told the day before you're due to be paid that you're not going to be paid is disgusting."

Thamesteel employs 400 people in Sheerness, and is one of the biggest private firms on the Isle of Sheppey.