Not far away in Wigan, just outside town in a big industrial estate you will find Nippon Electric Glass. Here they make fibreglass, an extraordinary material made of hair-thin strands of glass, woven together into a material which is considerably stronger, by weight, than steel....
"For Alex it's a case of life or death obviously, because he's on his oxygen machine overnight. So if we couldn't literally afford to pay those bills, I don't know what would happen." Read more: Cost of living: Kay Burley's road back to Wigan Pier Str...