Ellesmere Port

Parent company Stellantis announced the closure of the van plant in Luton with plans to move electric van production to another site in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

Parent company Stellantis announced the van plant's closure in November as it planned to move its electric van production to another site in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

Stellantis said it was investing £50m "to strengthen the Ellesmere Port plant as its UK commercial vehicle hub".

There would now be a period to transfer machinery and process knowledge to Ellesmere Port, it said.

Jose Wilmin, who has been coming to New Brighton for more than 60 years from her home in Ellesmere Port, has witnessed the resort going through its ups and downs in that time.