In one highly emotional moment, the hopes of a generation were finally relit at the SSI plant on Teesside recently

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There were tears in the eyes of many hardened steel workers as a rod of embers held by WiLls Waterfield was passed through a small porthole door in the side of the furnace to relight the fires. The 11-year-old is the son of union boss Geoff, who led the campaign to bring steel-making back to Teesside, but then died so tragicalLy in August Last year, aged just 43. And the emotion of the moment was not lost on the workforce - nor on Sheryl Petite, Geoff's partner, who was with her son for his moment in the spotlight.