Clackmannanshire

/ -ʃə; klækˈmænənˌʃɪə /

noun

1. a council area and historical county of central Scotland; became part of the Central region in 1975 but reinstated as an independent unitary authority in 1996; mainly agricultural. Administrative centre: Alloa. Pop: 47 680 (2003 est). Area: 142 sq km (55 sq miles)

Example Sentences

A 50-year-old man who died in an explosion at a flat in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, has been named as Graham Green.

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Disruption is expected for several days around the site of a fatal flat explosion in Clackmannanshire.

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Ellen Forson, the leader of Clackmannanshire Council, told the BBC that initial investigations suggested the wider area was safe.

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Emergency services are responding to reports of an explosion and fire at a house in Clackmannanshire.

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The first concrete indication that such efforts would be in vain came out of Clackmannanshire at 01:30.

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