Chinese firm Ming Yang has been blocked by the UK Government from building what would have been the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturing facility in Scotland.

The firm had proposed the £1.5 billion facility at a site in Ardersier near Inverness, saying it could create up to 1,500 jobs.

On Wednesday the UK Government blocked the move, with a spokesperson saying it cannot support the use of the firm’s turbines in UK offshore wind projects.

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Posting on social media, First Minister John Swinney said he was “deeply disappointed” by the decision, adding that the UK Government had put 1,500 Scottish jobs at risk.