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Scunthorpe

/ ˈskʌnˌθɔːp /

noun

  1. a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The shock has been even greater for 25-year-old Cameron Adair from Scunthorpe, whose great, great uncle, Corporal William Adair, is one of two soldiers from the Royal Ulster Rifles Ms Nash has also managed to identify.

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Former Rotherham, Barnsley, Huddersfield and Scunthorpe manager Robins has taken charge of 780 matches in his managerial career - more than half of which have been with the Sky Blues.

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Prof Williams said the closure of Port Talbot's furnaces, and the expected closure of the UK's last remaining blast furnaces in Scunthorpe, signalled a major change in the country's industrial history.

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The government's steel strategy is scheduled for next Spring but there is increasing anxiety that Chinese-owned British Steel in Scunthorpe will not survive the winter.

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Both Tata, the Indian firm which owns Port Talbot and Jingye of China, which owns Scunthorpe, insist the plants are losing £1m a day.

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