Uncertainty surrounds the future of the Cammell Laird shipyard on Teesside and Tyneside after the company was sold.
The company has been in receivership since April, but now A&P, based in Southampton, has bought the yards at Tyneside and Merseyside without guaranteeing jobs.
It has only acquired an option to lease the Teesside yard which leaves the yard's future particularly in jeopardy.
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