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== Threat of closure == On 3 March 2008, it was reported that Britain's [[Science and Technology Facilities Council]] (STFC), faced with an Β£80 million shortfall in its budget, was considering withdrawing its planned Β£2.7 million annual funding of Jodrell Bank's [[MERLIN#e-MERLIN|e-MERLIN]] project. The project, which aimed to replace the [[microwave]] links between Jodrell Bank and a number of other radio telescopes with high-bandwidth [[Optical fiber|fibre-optic]] cables, greatly increasing the sensitivity of observations, was seen as critical to the survival of the facility. [[Bernard Lovell]] said "It will be a disaster β¦ The fate of the Jodrell Bank telescope is bound up with the fate of e-MERLIN. I don't think the establishment can survive if the e-MERLIN funding is cut".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7281176.stm | title=Jodrell Bank fears funding loss | work=[[BBC News]] | date= 6 March 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3500905.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513092756/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3500905.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 May 2008 | title=Professor Sir Bernard Lovell condemns 'disastrous' plan to close Jodrell Bank | work=[[The Times]] | date=7 March 2008 | location=London | first1=Lewis | last1=Smith | first2=Sam | last2=Coates | access-date=2010-05-06}}</ref> On 9 July 2008, it was reported that, following an independent review, STFC had reversed its initial position and would now guarantee funding of Β£2.5 million annually for three years.<ref name="timesrescuedeal">{{cite news |title=Deal to rescue Jodrell Bank helps Britain see its future in the stars |work=The Times |date=9 July 2008 |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4297239.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013075757/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4297239.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 October 2008}}</ref>
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