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Final Election Debate
by st editor, Thursday 29th April 2010
Tonight things got more heated as the candidates were able to take each other on about policies and trade pot shots at each other. Gordon Brown got yesterday’s embarrassment out of the way right up-front continuing that the most important thing was his management of the…
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Read this articleWhoops Gordon!
by st editor, Thursday 29th April 2010
One of Gordon Brown’s features compared with some politicians is that he comes over as actually human, rather than a voter-pleasing robot – today the grumpy side of that humanity was most unfortunately on display. Much has been made in the last few hours of that…
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Read this articleAnother Humourous Election Broadcast
by st editor, Wednesday 28th April 2010
This time from the “Hung Parliament Party” I was fooled for a moment thinking “Yeah I’ll vote for that!”. It was the Conservatives exercising a little post-ironic wit (a little – not a lot). It was not the usual “here’s David playing in a sandpit with…
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Read this articleCharity Football Oldham May 2nd
by st contributor, Monday 26th April 2010
On Sunday 2nd May 2010, 60 Teams will compete in one of the largest football tournaments in the north-west at 2 venues.
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Read this articleBangladesh Ban on Indian Films is Reinstated
by st editor, Monday 26th April 2010
UPDATED The ban on Indian Films lifted 2 days ago (see below) will no longer be lifted – as a result of protests by the Bangladesh Film Industry who believe that the country’s own films would disappear in a tsunami of Bollywood product. Bangladesh industry figures…
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Read this articleAn Extraordinary Idea?
by st editor, Sunday 25th April 2010
According to the latest polls as revealed on TV – Labour could be 3rd in overall number of votes, but that doesn’t mean they could not win on seats, that’s not how it works.1 Chances of a “hung” or indecisive result looks higher than ever. Reportedly…
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Read this articleFinally Chandpur Power Plant Begins
by st editor, Sunday 25th April 2010
On the 25th Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation stone for the 150 MW plant at Gunradji, Chandpur. This represents another step on the road to the government’s goal of providing power for all by 2020. The project – which was originally initiated by Sheikh…