Is nationalising British Steel the answer?
Comments Off on Is nationalising British Steel the answer?Government thinking about nationalising British Steel to save Scunthorpe steelworks.
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What’s the latest on Scunthorpe steelworks?
Comments Off on What’s the latest on Scunthorpe steelworks?Kofi Smiles hears what local and national politicians are doing to save the site
‘It will cripple the town’: Scunthorpe ponders life after steel as 2,700 jobs at risk
Comments Off on ‘It will cripple the town’: Scunthorpe ponders life after steel as 2,700 jobs at riskBusiness owners say they are already struggling and furnace closures would make trading worse, but some residents say it’s time to move on
“Everyone is despondent,” said Roj Rahman when trying to sum up the mood of a town where thousands of people could be out of work and 160 years of iron and steelmaking history could come to a juddering end in just a few months.
“The steelworks is the very fabric of Scunthorpe,” he said. “It’s not just the steelworks, it’s all the small businesses associated with it, all the logistics and so on. Anything that happens at the steelworks has a massive, massive, massive impact on this town.”
Volunteers clear 156 dog poo bags from playground
Comments Off on Volunteers clear 156 dog poo bags from playgroundScunthorpe Litter Pickers shares a picture of waste collected from Everest Playing Fields.
Scunthorpe steelworks ‘could close within days’
Comments Off on Scunthorpe steelworks ‘could close within days’Charlotte Brumpton-Childs from the GMB says critical supplies haven’t been paid for.
British Steel could decide to shut Scunthorpe plant in days
Comments Off on British Steel could decide to shut Scunthorpe plant in daysBritish Steel’s owner has cancelled coal and iron ore shipments to the Scunthorpe plant.
Tai Woffinden: wife’s thanks for love and support
Comments Off on Tai Woffinden: wife’s thanks for love and supportThe speedway star from Scunthorpe suffered multiple injuries in a crash at a race meeting in Poland.
Preparing Scunthorpe’s young for life after steel
Comments Off on Preparing Scunthorpe’s young for life after steelStudents at John Leggott College discuss a future without the steelworks
How you can own horse art from George Stubbs trail
Comments Off on How you can own horse art from George Stubbs trailThe life-size sculptures in Scunthorpe celebrate the artist who lived in North Lincolnshire.
Club’s £10 tickets for steel worker ‘solidarity’
Comments Off on Club’s £10 tickets for steel worker ‘solidarity’Scunthorpe United offered reduced ticket prices for under-threat British Steel workers on Saturday.