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Biomedical scientists working at the Royal Preston and Chorley hospitals have voted overwhelmingly to strike over the threat that their pay will be slashed by up to £6,000-a-year. The management at the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation ...

Abusy hospital accident and emergency department at the Royal Sussex was closed for urgent cases for seven hours after part of it was flooded, The Argus reported. Maintenance work was being carried out on an air conditioning unit above the A&E but a ...

a Cryptosporidium Reference Unit, Public Health Wales Microbiology, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, SA2 8QA, UK b Preston Microbiology Laboratory, Royal Preston Hospital, PO Box 202, Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire PR2 9HG c Clinical ...

A schoolgirl spent nearly two weeks in hospital when her ear became infected after she had it pierced. Destiny Nickson, 11, needed eight stitches and repeated surgery after she had her ear pierced at Beauty Spot in Preston Indoor Market. The year ...

Four children have been taken to hospital after two inflatable rides were ripped out of the ground during a scouts activity day in Cumbria. A strong gust of wind during hail at the Westmorland County Showground in Crooklands, uprooted the ...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman and her six-year-old son at a home in Bolton-le-Sands near Preston. Police found a "distressing scene" after being called to the house just before midday, with a man suffering from stab ...

A driver of a car that crashed into a house during a police pursuit is in a serious condition in hospital, Lancashire Police said. Officers said two police cars began following the Mitsubishi Animal after it was seen in Flensburg Way, Leyland. The ...

A three-year-old girl from Preston died when part of her bowel was severed after being attacked by her father, a court has heard. Lia Green was covered in bruises when her lifeless body was taken to hospital, Preston Crown Court heard. Her fatal ...

DETECTIVES are appealing for information after a man was seriously assaulted at a pub in Preston. Around 1am on Sunday 12 May, a 22 year old man was punched in an unprovoked attack by another man in the smoking area/beer garden at The Assembly on ...