A demonstration to save thousands of steelworkers' jobs in the UK will take place in a series of speeches on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth this week.

Unite members and Corus workers will take part in a bid to save a 150 year-old Teesside plant, as part of sculpture Antony Gormley’s living monument exhibition.

Teesside writer Linda Robinson will read short stories and poems, one of which is dedicated to the Corus workers called ‘Steel River’.

Unite says the community in Teesside will be devastated if this plant were shut down, as thousands of local families and businesses depend on the plant for their livelihoods.

Unite regional officer Bob Bolam said: "Steel-making is a major part of the UK economy and we are bringing our campaign to save Corus to London to raise the general public's awareness of their plight.

The Gormley exhibition will include members of the public occupying the empty Fourth Plinth every hour, 24 hours a day, for 100 days on different matters.