In one day in January, Stoke-On-Trent lost over 1,000 jobs. It may be one of the few remaining centres of British manufacturing. but the area has been in declined for several years. Now Wedgwood and JCB - key employers in the area - have been hit and plans for regeneration are threatened. Jenny Cuffe spends a week in the Potteries, meets the family-of-three who all lost their job on the same day and the company boss who, with his staff is already on a four day week, is desperate to secure new orders.
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