Aluminum structural parts like those in an Audi A8 or Jaguar XJ often can't be repaired and must instead be replaced.

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More detailed spending plans are expected in the autumn, but as Brussels braces itself for a year of tough budget negotiations, what could this mean for billions of pounds of EU payments to farming communities and structural funding for the poorest parts of Wales?

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"As a net beneficiary of EU membership, parts of Wales receive structural funds for all-important fields such as agriculture and education - funding which is vital for some of our poorest communities, " she said.

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The structural steel rolls in from a loading bay, and machines fabricate it into parts that are welded together to form the frame.

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The States' Environment Department said that while some parts of the wall needed repointing, previous inspections had not shown any structural weakness.

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Moreover, there are taxing longer-term structural questions to ponder, such as whether to split the food and non-food parts of the empire.

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They designed the parts making up the whole, always guided by a desire to reduce them to their structural and visual essentials.

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