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3 hours ago
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Hamilton Accies 'working around the clock' to sort transfer embargo, says John Rankin
Hamilton Accies boss John Rankin insists the club are working 'around the clock' to get the club's transfer embargo lifted and admits fans aren't getting to see their true team for this season. The club have been under a transfer embargo since they were hit with a 15-point deduction in April for breaching multiple SPFL rules, which ultimately relegated them from the Championship last season. The SPFL have refused to comment on how long the embargo will last and Accies insist they remain in the dark themselves. Under SPFL rules, a transfer embargo is automatically imposed when a club fails to pay its players or taxes on time. And with the League One campaign fast approaching, Rankin says the club are doing their utmost to sort the issue. Following a 2-1 defeat at Dunfermline in the Premier Sports Cup last night, Rankin said: "I don't know how close we are to the embargo lifting. I've just got to make sure that we put a team on the pitch that is competitive. READ MORE: Hamilton Accies remain in the dark over transfer embargo as SPFL refuse to offer clarity READ MORE: Lanarkshire derby kicks off KDM Evolution Trophy "I am desperate to get bodies in and strengthen the squad. We have a really good nucleus but we need strength in numbers. We need that done as soon as possible because right now we look good for 60-70 minutes and then other teams have a stronger bench. "The people upstairs are trying their hardest to make sure we can get this done, and I take my hat off to them because they are working around the clock to get this done. "I don't know what the hold up is but we just want it lifted. "We want the strongest Hamilton team on the pitch and we are not getting to see that right now. We are listing trialists right now and making sure we can get as many minutes into players as we can. We are in danger of getting players injured because certain players are playing too many minutes. "From a player welfare point of view, it's not great but we need to get through these games and make sure we are ready for the league campaign." Accies went down in Dunfermline to a 70th minute Lee Kilday own goal, just seconds after Oli Shaw had cancelled out Andy Tod's 39th minute opener for the Pars. It ended Accies' slim hopes of reaching the last 16 and Rankin was frustrated by how quickly they conceded after pulling level. He added: "I don't think we got what we deserved out of the game, I don't think we deserved to lose. I think when you look at the game as a whole, both teams played some decent stuff at times. "But the most vulnerable bit in the game is just after you score and we showed that vulnerability. "We scored a well-worked goal and then I was disappointed with how quickly things turned. We need to manage that situation better. It's an own goal but we have to be better."
Daily Record
2 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Record
Hamilton Accies 'working around the clock' to sort transfer embargo, says John Rankin
The Lanarkshire side went down 2-1 to Dunfermline last night as they continued to field trialists Hamilton Accies boss John Rankin insists the club are working 'around the clock' to get the club's transfer embargo lifted and admits fans aren't getting to see their true team for this season. The club have been under a transfer embargo since they were hit with a 15-point deduction in April for breaching multiple SPFL rules, which ultimately relegated them from the Championship last season. The SPFL have refused to comment on how long the embargo will last and Accies insist they remain in the dark themselves. Under SPFL rules, a transfer embargo is automatically imposed when a club fails to pay its players or taxes on time. And with the League One campaign fast approaching, Rankin says the club are doing their utmost to sort the issue. Following a 2-1 defeat at Dunfermline in the Premier Sports Cup last night, Rankin said: "I don't know how close we are to the embargo lifting. I've just got to make sure that we put a team on the pitch that is competitive. "I am desperate to get bodies in and strengthen the squad. We have a really good nucleus but we need strength in numbers. We need that done as soon as possible because right now we look good for 60-70 minutes and then other teams have a stronger bench. "The people upstairs are trying their hardest to make sure we can get this done, and I take my hat off to them because they are working around the clock to get this done. "I don't know what the hold up is but we just want it lifted. "We want the strongest Hamilton team on the pitch and we are not getting to see that right now. We are listing trialists right now and making sure we can get as many minutes into players as we can. We are in danger of getting players injured because certain players are playing too many minutes. "From a player welfare point of view, it's not great but we need to get through these games and make sure we are ready for the league campaign." Accies went down in Dunfermline to a 70th minute Lee Kilday own goal, just seconds after Oli Shaw had cancelled out Andy Tod's 39th minute opener for the Pars. It ended Accies' slim hopes of reaching the last 16 and Rankin was frustrated by how quickly they conceded after pulling level. He added: "I don't think we got what we deserved out of the game, I don't think we deserved to lose. I think when you look at the game as a whole, both teams played some decent stuff at times. "But the most vulnerable bit in the game is just after you score and we showed that vulnerability. "We scored a well-worked goal and then I was disappointed with how quickly things turned. We need to manage that situation better. It's an own goal but we have to be better."
Scoop
7 days ago
- Business
- Scoop
Council Pushes Ahead With Changes Despite Government's ‘Plan-Stop' Policy
Marlborough's council will charge ahead with changes aimed at airline safety, despite the Government pushing pause on plan amendments. The district council's environment plan changes aim to ensure buildings or objects that could compromise aircraft safety could not be built close to Marlborough's three airports. Resource Management Act (RMA) reform minister Chris Bishop announced on Wednesday the Government wants to stop councils from passing amendments to environment and land use plans. Councils should not be wasting resources on making changes to plans under the RMA, ahead of major reforms expected in 2027, he said. 'Even though councils know the RMA's days are numbered, many are required to continue with time-consuming, expensive plan-making processes under the RMA,' Bishop said. 'The Government's intention is that stopping plan requirements for councils will enable them to focus on critical work to prepare to transition to the new system.' Councils would be required to withdraw any planned changes that had not progressed to hearings within 90 days of the RMA Amendment Bill coming into effect in early August. The Marlborough District Council environment and planning committee unanimously voted to prepare a change to their Proposed Marlborough Environment Plan on Thursday, 24 hours after Bishop's announcement. Council strategic planner Clementine Rankin said the planned change would ensure buildings or objects that could compromise aircraft safety could not be built within the vicinity of Marlborough's three airports. 'For safety purposes, it's critical to provide protection for air corridors used in approaches to, and departures from, our airports,' Rankin said. 'It is a civil aviation safety issue when structures like buildings or frost fans penetrate into [air corridors].' Visual and structural objects that penetrated into an airport's approach air space were already prohibited under Civil Aviation Authority rules. But the council could not legally deny resource consents for people who wanted to build those objects without a change to the Proposed Marlborough Environment Plan. Rankin said there were recently constructed frost fans that had become a safety risk. 'This issue has occurred due to the focus [in rural zoning] on noise only. 'The controlled activity rule does not include an airport protection standard.' Rankin said that the council would move forward with the plan change, despite Bishop's announcement, and would ask the Environment Minister for an exemption if they had to. Only private plan changes, natural hazard changes, and changes directed by the minister were automatically exempt. All other exemptions had to be requested from the minister within three months of the policy becoming law. Councillor David Croad greeted the announcement with a shake of his head, calling it 'disingenuous'. 'I don't often participate in politics, but yesterday's plan-stop thing, [saying] 'we're stopping that because we want to save ratepayers' money', it's a little bit disingenuous in my opinion,' Croad said. 'Ultimately it implies that the staff that we have in our planning departments are going to go home and go off payroll for a period of time. 'We have great people in this building and it takes a while to build good teams. 'We just don't get to turn these things on and off at will.'
Daily Record
16-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Hamilton Accies boss hopes transfer embargo is lifted 'in next week or so'
John Rankin is eager to strengthen his squad ahead of the League One kick-off Hamilton Accies boss John Rankin hopes a transfer embargo is lifted in the next week or so, allowing him to strengthen his squad ahead of their League One kick-off. Part of the sanctions that dropped Accies from the Championship via a 15-point deduction was a ban on signings, but Rankin hopes he can get on with his job. Accies fielded two trialists in the 2-0 Premier Sports Cup win at Stirling Albion on Saturday, and midfielder Charlie Telfer and defender Ricki Lamie were listed as trialists as Hearts won 4-0 in the first competitive game at Broadwood on Tuesday night. Lamie went off with a groin strain, as did Barry Maguire, while ex-Ross County and Airdrie star Telfer tired, but Rankin wants a return of both players who did well last season. He said: 'We can't bring any signings in. You've seen trialists in the last two games, we'll see how the situation develops over the next week to 10 days. 'Hopefully we can get bodies in after that. 'Just now we've seen two trialists on Saturday and two again on Tuesday, you can see what we're trying to do, what we're trying to build, and making sure they come together and give us what we're looking for from then. 'The guys that are here and listed as trialists enjoyed their time at the club last season, enjoyed their football. They're looking to come back, and I would love to have them. 'That's one we're looking to progress, to get minutes into both is important, to where we want to try and get to.' Rankin added: 'One of them was tiring towards the end of the game, but it's important that we can get him 90 minutes just now, without running the risk of getting him injured. 'We had a couple of injuries; Baz came off at half-time, Ricki came off in the second half, he felt a wee nick in his groin, but doesn't think it's anything, and just cramped up. 'He should be fine. Baz has a tight groin as well, so the two of them are feeling a bit vulnerable. 'We don't have a big squad, Hearts made wholesale changes from Saturday, but we went 90 minutes on Saturday in ridiculous heat and were able to play again on Tuesday. 'There's a lot we need to work on to make sure we get to the next stage, and make sure everybody's fit at the same time, but it's a great learning experience for us.'
Medscape
16-07-2025
- Health
- Medscape
Psychiatric Issues Worsen Autoimmune Encephalitis Outcomes
TOPLINE: Psychiatric comorbidities were the strongest independent predictors of unfavourable outcomes in autoimmune encephalitis (AE); however, severe infections reflected acute disease severity rather than comorbidity burden. METHODOLOGY: This multicentre, retrospective analysis included 308 adults with definite antibody-positive AE from the GErman NEtwork for REsearch on AuToimmune Encephalitis registry (June 2004 to July 2023). Patients had definite AE with anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (n = 144), anti-leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 (n = 98), anti-contactin-associated protein-like 2 (n = 47), and anti-immunoglobulin-like cell adhesion molecule 5 (n = 19) antibodies, with at least 12 months of follow-up. Preexisting conditions (PECs) and secondary diagnoses documented during hospitalisation were categorised on the basis of the organ system; the severity of infectious complications was graded using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v5.0. The primary outcome was functional status, assessed using a modified Rankin scale (mRS) at a minimum of 12 months post-admission, with unfavourable outcome defined as a mRS score > 2. TAKEAWAY: The presence of three or more PECs increased the risk for unfavourable long-term functional outcomes (odds ratio [OR], 2.80; 95% CI, 1.57-4.92; P < .001). Psychiatric comorbidities had the strongest association with unfavourable outcomes (OR, 4.55; 95% CI, 1.99-10.60; P < .001). Cardiovascular PECs (OR, 1.93; 95% CI, 1.09-3.30; P = .03) and higher disease severity at peak (mRS score > 2; OR, 3.01; 95% CI, 1.36-7.20; P = .01) were linked to unfavourable outcomes. A total of 13.6% of patients experienced severe infections during hospitalisation, which were not significantly associated with unfavourable outcomes in the univariable analysis (OR, 1.94; 95% CI, 0.97-3.89; P = .10). IN PRACTICE: "As premorbid psychiatric conditions are main factors associated with unfavorable outcomes, these patients would highly benefit from integrated interdisciplinary treatment centers, or at least heightened awareness of these factors," the authors wrote. SOURCE: This study, led by Amelie Bohn, Department of Neurology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, was published online on July 07, 2025, in Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. LIMITATIONS: This study's retrospective, multicentre design introduced potential selection and information biases. The reliance on electronic health records and overlapping definitions of comorbidities may have resulted in underrepresentation or overrepresentation of certain conditions. Additionally, varying follow-up durations and the use of the mRS as an outcome measure may not have fully captured cognitive or emotional dysfunction. DISCLOSURES: This research was supported by the Clinician Scientist Program of the Faculty of Medicine RWTH Aachen University and partially supported by grants from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Few authors reported receiving travel and speaker honoraria from various sources, including Merck and Roche, and one author reported supporting neuroimmunologic studies for several pharmaceutical companies. This article was created using several editorial tools, including AI, as part of the process. Human editors reviewed this content before publication.
