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The Ferguson Marine shipyard has signed a contract to build three sections of a Royal Navy warship which is currently under construction on the River Clyde.

The funds will also find their way to shipyards in Maine, Connecticut and Virginia.

During a visit to Ferguson's last month, committee members were told its bid was rated best on quality, but labour costs meant it lost out to a rival shipyard in Poland.

His best chapters follow the protests in the Gdańsk shipyards that led to the Solidarity trade union.

At least four officials - three shipyard officials and one senior official - have since been arrested over the incident.