Boeing will take several months to catch up with work delayed last October when production lines had to be halted because of a shortage of parts.

ECONOMIST: Aircraft industry

The opening of the playground at Corinium Via, in Cirencester, had been delayed for the work to be carried out.

BBC: The fenced off playground

Crops have been destroyed, it is true, and some people have not been able to get to work (or have no more work to go to), but much production will be delayed rather than lost altogether.

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