Maureen and James Ryan in happier times and the steel works at Port Talbot under construction in the 1950's Large numbers of steelworkers are coming forward to make asbestos-related health claims connected with their work at a number of steelworks operated during the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, lawyers have said. A number of workers and their relatives from the former – now demolished – British Steel-owned plant in Port Talbot and the Llanwern steelworks are now coming forward after being diagnosed with asbestos-related diseases.

Maureen and James Ryan in happier times and the steel works at Port Talbot under construction in the 1950's Large numbers of steelworkers are coming forward to make asbestos-related health claims connected with their work at a number of steelworks operated during the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, lawyers have said. A number of workers and their relatives from the former – now demolished – British Steel-owned plant in Port Talbot and the Llanwern steelworks are now coming forward after being diagnosed with asbestos-related diseases.