GetSetPet.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gus & Giza Gus and Giza are 16-week-old male kittens. They need to go to a home where there are no children as they are very timid. They are looking for a quiet home with a patient owner. Kingston Kingston is a 14-week-old male kitten, he is longhaired so will need regular grooming. He is very shy so [...]
GetSetPet.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
Biscuit Biscuit is a 10-12-month-old neutered male. He is a very timid cat when meeting new people for the first time but once he has got used to you he loves lots of attention. Jewels Jewels is a 4-year-old neutered female; she is longhaired so will need regular grooming. She needs to go to a home with no [...]
GetSetPet.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
Milly Milly is a friendly white short-haired female, 11 months old. She’s spayed and vaccinated, and litter trained. Tilly and Milly Tilly and Milly have always been together and are about 15 months old. Both are spayed females. They came straight to foster care and both were pregnant. They had their kittens within 24 hours of each other [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Of all the extraordinary bets struck on the exchange, these are the ones that will live on in punting lore For the purists, today's big race at Haydock is the Lancashire Chase. You may never have heard of such a race title, but it exists - it is the official title given to the Betfair Chase as a kind of insurance against the day when the sponsor might withdraw. Personally, I hope that day never comes,...
Liberal Burblings (Free subscription) | yesterday
Argleton, Lancashire still only exists on Google Maps. But it’s now got it’s own blog: Argleton – Gateway to the North. The latest posting says that Argleton boasts the last remaining Woolworths in the country with chart CDs at only £5! On its “About” page, the blog says: Argleton is an exciting new town near Ormskirk. Previously believed [...]
Missives From Doktorb (Free subscription) | yesterday
Summer, 2006. In Lancaster, local Liberal Democrats are helping collect signatures for a petition against Home Office plans to merge police forces in a drive to improve services and drive down costs. Some wag has printed posters warning against the safety dangers of taking "CaLPol", the unfortunate potential acronym for the new Cumbria & Lancashire police force. A chubby young man with...
ReARM RedNev's Real Ale & Real Music Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
As someone who was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, I regard the Lancashire Week celebrations as a bit of fun and nothing more: the boundaries were changed 35 years ago and they won't change back. That won't stop me joining in, although dressing up is not my thing. Besides, I'm doubtful of the stereotypes of Lancashire dress, but so what? It's not an historical reconstruction. Take your pick from the...
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Folk have long memories in Up Holland, a Lancashire mining village recorded in the Domesday Book, but few could put a name yesterday to the features of its most illustrious daughter.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The results of consultation on a review of emergency cover by Lancashire fire and rescue service are unveiled.
Though Cowards Flinch (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
It is not the normal practice of this blog to leap to the defence of Conservative politicians under fire from the media, as they usually deserve it. But this is different. The matter concerns one Cllr Jim Hothersall (Con), a member of South Ribble Borough Council, and also mayor of the town of Penwortham, nr. Preston, Lancashire. Regarding the local [...]
nufc1892 blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
A Norwegian artist has turned his house into a shrine to Burberry by painting it in the distinctive tartan pattern synonymous with the fashion label. Jens Werner spent thousands of pounds covering the building in the trademark black, tan and red pattern known as the Haymarket check or the Burberry classic check. The 33-year-old decided to turn his home, a former public lavatory building in Larvik,...
tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Blackburn midfielder Steven Reid is set to join Queens Park Rangers on loan, BBC Radio Lancashire reports. read more
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Torrential downpours are expected to deluge parts of north and west Britain in the next two days, adding scores of flood alerts to the 45 warnings already in place. More than a month's rain is forecast to fall in the next 48 hours on high ground in Cumbria, where a swath of red on Met Office flood maps – meaning "take action" – is likely to stay put until Saturday morning. Emergency...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Voters in the Lancashire constituency on the legislative programme outlined in today's speech If the constituents of Hyndburn in Lancashire are a litmus test for the mood of the nation, then Gordon Brown is in trouble. This seat is the "tipping point" seat – the one that, assuming a uniform swing to the Tories at the next election, would give David Cameron his majority. In Accrington,...
Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Haroon Siddique in the Guardian (UK) : The Environment Agency issued a severe flood warning in the north-west this morning as heavy rain and winds hit parts of the UK. More than 115 flood warnings and flood watches were in place, with Anglia and the Thames region the only areas free of alerts. The severe flood warning, which is expected to remain in place for a couple of days, applies to the river...
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