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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,...
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Football Detective (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
I'm doing Lancashire's Shout About Books festival this week. Events in Fleetwood, Knott End, Accrington and Burnley. Even though I am from Yorkshire and am naturally wary of the North West, I always have a good time. Lancashire know how to put on a good event in a library. It will be good to go to Burnley. I researched my Football Academy series at Burnley FC and they were very nice to me. They let...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
• Accrington had seemed on brink of going out of business • New non-executive chairman and president appointed Accrington Stanley's future has been assured after they avoided a winding-up order by paying off a £308,000 debt to HM Revenue and Customs. The news follows a restructuring at the League Two club, who had looked to be on the brink of going out of business as they prepared...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
The League Two club are one of two league sides fighting off winding-up orders this week as money matters come to the fore Thought for the week Fingers crossed for Accrington Stanley. The League Two club are due in the High Court to face a winding-up order brought by HM Customs and Revenue over an unpaid £308,000 tax bill. Let's hope history does not repeat itself and this is not a case of "back...
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thequacksoflife (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
A duck was pulled from a canal in Lancashire after floundering in water. The duck had a pair of plastic glasses wrapped around its neck. It's thought that the duck got caught up after coming across piles of litter by the Leeds Liverpool canal in Accrington. RSPCA Animal welfare officers rescued the duck using a boat and specialist nets. A vet then treated the duck for cuts to its beak and gave it antibiotics....
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Hyscience (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
It's news that every women dreads: Eighteen women have been told they have breast cancer after a consultant working at Accrington Victoria Hospital conducted faulty mammograms. Fourteen of the women were told they had invasive breast cancer: The women were given the devastating news after colleagues of the consultant, a senior radiologist working for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, raised concerns...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Around 5,000 miles, not to mention a chasm in history, separates Accrington Stanley and Austin Aztex. To the relief of the American club's coach, Adrian Heath, tonight's journey up to Lancashire from their Staffordshire base is almost like nipping out to the shopping mall in Texas.
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Rafe McGregor (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
I have always considered ‘The Diary of Mr Poynter’ to be the most ingenious ghost story ever written – not just by M. R. James, but indeed anyone – although I wasn’t surprised to learn that it has never rated well on lists of favourites. First published in A Thin Ghost and Others , in 1919, the story can be taken as a template for the formula James applied in creating...
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BBC Sport - Football blog (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
Accrington have a motto that reads 'The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. Save our Stanley .' It is entirely appropriate given the predicament the homely Lancashire clubs finds itself in and yet also hints at a determination to look beyond their current crisis and towards happier times. Stanley, in case you haven't heard, owe the taxman £308,000 and HMRC wants its money . Quite...
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National Death Service (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
This is the same story as in the previous post, but it mentions eighteen rather than fourteen cases. Eighteen women have been told they have breast cancer after screening errors by a radiologist in East Lancashire failed to detect the disease. The women were among hundreds who had mammograms at Accrington Victoria Community Hospital, of which 355 cases were reviewed in an independent study. East Lancashire...
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Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
Eighteen women have been told they have breast cancer after screening errors by a radiologist in East Lancashire failed to detect the disease hospital bosses have confirmed.The women were given the devastating news after colleagues of the consultant, a senior radiologist working for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, raised concerns about his work.In all, 355 mammograms, going back three years, had...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
Consultant radiologist under investigation after East Lancashire hospitals breast screening results re-examined Fourteen women have been told they have breast cancer after a consultant conducted faulty mammograms, hospital bosses said today. The women were given the news after colleagues of the consultant, a senior radiologist working for East Lancashire hospitals NHS trust, raised concerns about...
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normblog (Free subscription) | 14/09/2009
Make that three cricket commentators: Bumble hits the winning runs to give Accrington the Lancashire League title again. (Thanks: ME.)
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
Burnley set up a friendly with cash-strapped Accrington Stanley to help raise funds for their struggling Lancashire neighbours.
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BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
Burnley set up a friendly with cash-strapped Accrington Stanley to help raise funds for their struggling Lancashire neighbours.
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