Skelmersdale

/ ˈskɛlməzˌdeɪl /

noun

1. a town in NW England, in Lancashire: designated a new town in 1962. Pop: 39 279 (2001)

Example Sentences

Natalie Tolan, from Skelmersdale in Lancashire, said she was "blindsided" by how quickly the Class B drug ravaged her daughter's body and has now dedicated her life to spreading awareness.

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Waste management company Biffa's Sunderland plant closed in February after opening in 2022 at a cost of £7m, while rival Viridor closed its Avonmouth plant in 2022, Skelmersdale in 2023 and confirmed this summer that its Rochester plant would close, too.

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Mr Aitchison, 46, was killed instantly by the impact at junction four on the M58 motorway near Skelmersdale, Lancashire, before his car burst into flames.

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Armed robber Elias Morgan shot father-of-three Lenny Scott six times outside a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on 8 February 2024.

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On 8 February 2024, a month after staking out Mr Scott's home and two gyms he trained at, he ambushed his victim outside a gym on Peel Road in Skelmersdale, Lancashire.

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