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Former mayor Malcolm Pritchard disowns daughter after she stood against him in local election and took his seat
Accrington :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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Malcolm Pritchard launched an astonishing outburst against only daughter Clare after she 'dishonoured' him by putting politics before family. Speaking after the shock result, Mr Pritchard, who was the mayor of Hyndburn in Lancashire from 2010-2011,
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Father and daughter in poll battle
New York :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Father and daughter fight for seat Malcolm Pritchard is an Independent while daughter Clare is in the Labour Party A woman who is standing against her father in the Lancashire County Council elections insists the decision was for political not
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Schoolboy stuns drivers as he hitches a ride home on the tailbar of a lorry and gives a thumbs up as he hops off
Accrington :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
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A teenage boy hitched a lift home from school by riding on the tailbar of a 40 tonne lorry in a dangerous stunt that 'could have killed him'...The boy, thought to be aged around 14, is wearing his blue school blazer, as he foolishly jumps on the back
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Petition call to sack journalist
Accrington :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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Petition to sack Richard Littlejohn Supporters of Lucy Meadows had a candlelit vigil outside the Daily Mail offices Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for a Daily Mail columnist to be sacked after the death of a teacher in
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Hundreds gather outside Daily Mail offices for Lucy Meadows vigil
Accrington :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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Protesters at Northcliffe House, home of the Daily Mail tabloid, called for the end of hounding of transgender people by the paper. Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian Up to 300 members of the transgender community and supporters gathered outside
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Gillingham 1 Accrington Stanley 0 match report: Matt Fish breathes life into Gills to stretch lead
Accrington :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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It was not just the numbing cold that chilled Accrington Stanley yesterday. While Gillingham marched on towards the League Two title, only York City's defeat to Torquay at Plainmoor kept Stanley from slipping back into League Two's relegation zone.
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Trans teacher Lucy Meadow's death turns town against press
Accrington :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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The primary school in Accrington, Lancashire, where Lucy Meadows taught. Photograph: Pat Isaacs/Cavendish Press Lucy Meadows became pretty good at avoiding the press. She slipped out of her back door before the paparazzi arrived and crept round to
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Primary school teacher, 32, who announced to pupils he was changing sex is found dead at home
Accrington :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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21 March 2013 A teacher who told parents and colleagues he was changing sex and coming back to school as a woman has been found dead at home. Nathan Upton, 32, a Year Six teacher at St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School, in Accrington,
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Teenager becomes second person in the UK to have defibrillator placed under his skin
Accrington :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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15 March 2013 A teenager has become just the second heart patient in Britain to be fitted with a lifesaving under-the-skin defibrillator. Blake Calverley, 18, has the same condition as former Bolton Wanderers' player Fabrice Muamba...Blake Calverley
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VIDEO: Hardening public attitude to welfare
Accrington :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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Hardening public attitudes to those on welfare benefits 8 March 2013 Last updated at 09:18 ET Welfare accounts for almost a third of all UK government spending, costing £201bn for the year 2011-2012. Since taking power in May 2010 the coalition
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