内容摘要：Rayner, who is also the Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary, agreed to cancel elections in May because she said the government was "not in the business of holding elections to bodies that won't exist".

Rayner, who is also the Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary, agreed to cancel elections in May because she said the government was "not in the business of holding elections to bodies that won't exist".

Dated 5 May 1945, the exhibition letter is from Beverwijk in the Netherlands and was sent to Nic from a stranger - British soldier Leslie Middleton.The civilian post was not working, so Nic's sister had asked the soldier to write through the military post to let him know she was safe and well.

His grandson Simon Hobbs, from Derbyshire, said: "A lot of the letters are very moving... they combine the domestic with details of the war."British Steel was used to make landing craft that carried troops to storm the beaches of northern France on D-Day, paving the way for the end of World War Two.Today, Scunthorpe has an air of a town returning to a war footing; a community fighting to keep the coke ovens burning, with 2,700 jobs and its identity etched into steel at stake.

But against a tide of 25% tariffs on steel exports to the US, which came into force last month, and ongoing talks between the government and British Steel's Chinese owners about the future of Scunthorpe steelmaking, there is nonetheless a feeling of helplessness."It's nerve-racking because it feels like it's out of our hands," says Kerensa Smith, cradling her 10-month-old daughter Ottilie. "Everything is out of balance at the minute."

Each day, workers file past a British Steel welcome sign that reads: Building stronger futures.

For the Smith family and thousands like them, the future looks bleak.Ben Bray was left with nine bleeds on the brain after he was struck by a car while riding in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in March 2017.

The 46-year-old's family were urged to switch his life support off, but doctors branded him "Mr 1%" after he rallied from the brink after months in hospital."It's a miracle, an absolute miracle," said Mr Bray, who had no memory of life prior to the incident.

The motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital after the collision on London Road, Chalkwell, on 9 March that year.Paramedics managed to resuscitate him several times after he momentarily "died" having sustained a catastrophic brain injury, Mr Bray claimed.