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Macclesfield appoint Brian Horton until end of the season
Monday 19 March 2012
Macclesfield have appointed Brian Horton as their new manager until the end of the season.
Primary school classes 'could be taught in sheds'
Monday 20 February 2012
Rising birth rates and immigration sees a growing shortage of classroom places
Henderson and Kane finally give Millwall some firepower
Wednesday 18 January 2012
Millwall 5 Dagenham & Redbridge 0
League Two: Hemmings crowns Argyle turnaround
Tuesday 27 December 2011
Plymouth Argyle produced a superb second-half comeback to claim a crucial 3-2 victory at Bristol Rovers yesterday, allowing them to go into the new year with renewed hope of avoiding dropping out of the Football League.
Essex mall given rates break
Sunday 11 December 2011
A giant shopping centre in Ilford, Essex, has won a 20 per cent reduction in its business rates due to the threat posed by the new mega mall Westfield Stratford City.
Schools that have closed due to the public sector strikes
Wednesday 30 November 2011
Schools across the country have shut their doors today as public sector workers stage a strike over pensions.
League Two betting preview: Clean up with cool Shrimpers
Thursday 17 November 2011
There's no such thing as a sure thing - especially not in League Two - but you'd have to search far and wide to find a selection that ticks so many boxes as Southend to beat Dagenham & Redbridge at Victoria Road on Saturday.
FA Cup round-up: Fleetwood are catch of the day
Sunday 13 November 2011
Fleetwood Town's boat came in yesterday as they sprang the shock of the FA Cup First Round. The Trawlermen, second in the Conference, beat Wycombe of League One 2-0 scoring a goal in each half despite being reduced to 10 men when Richard Brodie was sent off on the stroke ofhalf-time.
Jon Cruddas: How Labour lost its heart – and heartland
Sunday 26 June 2011
The East London MP and poster boy of the left says his constituents are paying a high price for his party's loss of purpose. Matt Chorley meets Jon Cruddas
Making a splash: the rapid rise and fall of a BMX biker's nirvana
Friday 10 June 2011
A disused swimming pool in which Nike built a top circuit has briefly passed into legend
Margaret Hodge: PM needs to lead honest debate, not offer false promises
Sunday 17 April 2011
When, in 2006, I first raised the issue of immigration and its impact on white working-class communities, I was vilified for giving the "oxygen of publicity" to the British National Party. The false accusation was that talking about immigration legitimised support for the extreme right.
Mother jailed for killing son with bleach
Friday 01 April 2011
A mother was today jailed for killing her autistic 12-year-old with bleach - after social services allegedly failed to address her mental health problems.
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