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| 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. | 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 400 Alphasteel workers in the city who were sent home without Christmas pay on Friday after the receivers were called in. | 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 0600 GMT shift on Friday but was called in to a meeting at 1130 GMT 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." |
| Shaun Halpin finished his shift by having to look for another job | 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 they had planned at the city's Celtic Manor Resort 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. |
| A spokesman for the Celtic Manor Resort said they had refunded the couple's wedding deposit - something which is not usually their policy for cancellations - as a goodwill gesture. |