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Both have been remanded in custody and will appear at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

A gap in orders at Hitachi's Newton Aycliffe site, in County Durham, had sparked fears over the future of the site and its roughly 700 employees.

Ms Roberts, who worked at an indoor climbing centre in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, started a relationship with Mr Stockton in January 2023.

At Hitachi’s factory in Newton Aycliffe, north-east England, testing has just finished on a new “tri-mode” train, in which one diesel generator has been swapped for lithium batteries.

People living near the Aycliffe Quarry landfill site in County Durham said, last week, the odour was "off the charts" and "turned their stomachs".