Monthly Archives: August 2011

14:45 Sandown Park

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Verdict Silverheels has come up short in a couple of starts in Group 2 company and could find the competition too hot in this as well. Talwar just got the better of Trumpet Major in a Listed event at Ascot last month and, with a previous CD win to his credit, he looks sure to go close. The latter has subsequently landed the odds in a conditions race at Newmarket and won't be far away from wherever Jeremy Noseda's colt finishes, but a chance is taken on the one with most to prove, namely Read more [...]

Mandelson’s £8m mansion: New questions over former Labour ministers wealth …

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£8m home boasts wine cellar, atrium and elegant reception rooms By Andy Whelan and Martin DelgadoLast updated at 10:34 PM on 20th August 2011 Former Labour Minister Lord Mandelson is understood to have made an offer to buy an £8 million house in one of London’s most exclusive districts.The former Business Secretary, who once admitted the Labour Government was ‘intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich’, is planning to buy the elegant four-storey Gothic Revival property, which Read more [...]

Idol powers home for Gosden

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(UKPA) – 30 minutes ago  Steady rain threatened to spoil the fun on Sandown's big charity day but the softened ground played into the hands of Fallen Idol in the Variety Club Stakes.John Gosden's colt had proved better than a mere handicapper last season and had managed to win a Listed race at the course, although his two previous runs this season had not offered much encouragement.Martin Dwyer powered past Licence To Till with a furlong of the 10 remaining but needed to ward off the thrust Read more [...]

House Hunt: Open Houses Around Kennesaw

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This week House Hunt features four open houses in Acworth and two newly listed estate homes in Kennesaw and Cartersville. Prices range from a four-bedroom home on Cedar Mist Crossing for $125,000 to a six-bedroom, six-acre estate home on Tatum Ridge Road for $519,000. Click through the image gallery below to preview each home. Times, descriptions and need-to-know information are listed with each photograph.

Anger rises over state of listed building

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Anger rises over state of listed building 9:00am Saturday 20th August 2011 Print Email   ANGER has erupted over the state of a 17th century at-risk listed building in Harwich which looks set to be partly torn down. Councillors have hit out at how Pound Farm in Main Road, Dovercourt, which has been listed since June 1964, has slipped Read more [...]

Ten tips for buy-to-let

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6 Let your voice do the talking Don’t just rely on your fingers plus computer websites. Ring around all the local estate agents to find out what kind of properties are in demand and from whom. 7 Consider a letting agent Are you going to be on hand 24 hours a day to deal with tenants complaining about malfunctioning boilers and leaking taps? Do you know about gas-safety certificates, energy performance certificates and which fund to pay the tenants’ deposit into? If not, Read more [...]

Norwich hotel is part of $155M sale

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The Holiday Inn Norwich is one of six Connecticut hotels being sold by Hersha Hospitality Trust to an affiliate of Starwood Capital Group for $155 million. The transaction encompasses 18 hotels including the 134-room Norwich property, located at 10 Laura Blvd., as well as the 133-room Residence Inn in Mystic and 80-room Springhill Suites in Waterford. Hotels in Danbury, Glastonbury and Southington also are being sold, Philadelphia-based Hersha said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Read more [...]

Local Angus breeder listed in sire report

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Stratford Seedstock, Pratt, owns one bull listed in the 2011 Fall Sire Evaluation Report published by the American Angus Association® in Saint Joseph, Mo. Issued in both the spring and fall, the new report features the latest performance information available on 5,921 sires, and is currently accessible at www.angussiresearch.com. "This report provides both Angus breeders and commercial cattle producers using Angus genetics with accurate, predictable selection tools for improving their herd," Read more [...]