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A couple caught up in fears of 400 job losses after a steel plant went into receivership say they have had to cancel their summer wedding. A couple say they have had to cancel their summer wedding after the steel plant the groom-to-be worked at was put into administrative receivership.
Nathalie Lelliot, 26, and Shaun Halpin, 25, from Newport, were planning to tie the knot in July.Nathalie Lelliot, 26, and Shaun Halpin, 25, from Newport, were planning to tie the knot in July.
Mr Halpin is one of the Alphasteel workers in the city sent home without Christmas pay after its Swiss parent company went into administration. Mr Halpin is one of 400 Alphasteel workers in the city who were sent home without Christmas pay on Friday after the receivers were called in.
Mother-of-two Ms Lelliot said: "I spent most of the day crying."Mother-of-two Ms Lelliot said: "I spent most of the day crying."
Workers sent home without their weekly wages have described the announcement as a body blow coming just days before Christmas.Workers sent home without their weekly wages have described the announcement as a body blow coming just days before Christmas.
Ms Lelliot said her fiancé started his 6am-2pm shift on Friday but was called in to a meeting at 11.30am to be told of developments. Ms Lelliot said her fiancé started his 0600 GMT shift on Friday but was called in to a meeting at 1130 GMT to be told of developments.
She said: "He had to leave work and go straight to the job centre in Charles Street in Newport and sign up.She said: "He had to leave work and go straight to the job centre in Charles Street in Newport and sign up.
"We've cancelled the wedding, which is like, gutting. I'm just devastated. If it hadn't been this close to Christmas, it would have been hard enough.""We've cancelled the wedding, which is like, gutting. I'm just devastated. If it hadn't been this close to Christmas, it would have been hard enough."
Kyla and Damon Halpin were looking forward to their parents' wedding Shaun Halpin finished his shift by having to look for another job
Ms Lelliot said she has already paid for her wedding dress but will have to cancel the bridesmaid dress for the couple's daughter Kyla, three.Ms Lelliot said she has already paid for her wedding dress but will have to cancel the bridesmaid dress for the couple's daughter Kyla, three.
She said she has yet tell Kyla and her brother, Damon, two, that the wedding planned for the city's Celtic Manor Resort is off. She said she has yet tell Kyla and her brother, Damon, two, that the wedding they had planned is off.
Ms Lelliot said: "My daughter has tried on her bridesmaid's. She's had a sitting. I've cancelled all the bridesmaid's dresses.Ms Lelliot said: "My daughter has tried on her bridesmaid's. She's had a sitting. I've cancelled all the bridesmaid's dresses.
"She won't be having a dress. We don't know when we're going to be able to do it now.""She won't be having a dress. We don't know when we're going to be able to do it now."
She said the family had applied for a crisis loan because they had been told Mr Halpin would not be paid for working the week before Christmas, including overtime.She said the family had applied for a crisis loan because they had been told Mr Halpin would not be paid for working the week before Christmas, including overtime.
Administrators for Alphasteel hope to find a buyer for the steel plant.Administrators for Alphasteel hope to find a buyer for the steel plant.