Acorn Stairlifts UK Blog

This Sunday brings the 38th London Marathon, officially the world’s biggest annual fundraising event.

Today marks 50 years since Conservative MP Enoch Powell made the speech that would come to define his career and still incites fierce debate half-a-century on.

Parents, grandparents and others who care for children are being urged to look out for the symptoms pf scarlet fever following a big increase in the number of case reported this year.

As a world-renowned and highly respected cricket umpire, Dickie Bird travelled the world in a high-flying career, but still lives in the Yorkshire mining village of Staincross where he was born on April 19th, 1933.

Here in the UK, many people don’t realise that Acorn Stairlifts is a global company and the world’s biggest manufacturer and supplier of home stairlifts.

Long before we had the National Lottery we had Premium Bonds, unveiled by Chancellor of the Exchequer Harold Macmillan on April 18th, 1956.

Do you suffer from dizzy spells, suddenly finding that you feel lightheaded, off-balance or even fainting?

A massive search operation swung into action on April 17th, 1951, when it became clear that a British submarine, HMS Affray, was missing somewhere in the English Channel.

People suffering with a chronic lung condition are set to benefit from a life-changing procedure which will now be routinely available on the NHS.

Most people have heard of pioneering female aviators Amy Johnson and Amelia Earheart whose aerial exploits thrilled the world in the 1930s, but what about Harriet Quimby?