Tata Steel staff steal £1.2m of tin from work and sell it for scrap

BBC UK Tuesday 02 June 2026, 14:46 UTC 1 min read

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Three steelworkers and an accomplice took 50 tonnes of tin ingots from the Tata site when it was quiet.

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