Monthly Archives: February 2012

Inside Britain’s very middle-class squat: The graduates who’ve taken over a …

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By Robert HardmanLast updated at 10:19 AM on 20th February 2012 Last week the Mail Online revealed how one of Bristol's most expensive homes - with a price tag of £2.25m - had been invaded by squatters.Here Robert Hardman reveals what life is now like inside the grade II-listed building.How very inconsiderate of the owners to empty the palatial indoor swimming pool before vacating the premises. Still, it has its uses.'Check this out,' says Zen and performs a couple of tricks and a turn on Read more [...]

Three deaths at Hawke’s Bay Hospital

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Hawke's Bay Hospital recorded three deaths that were deemed to be preventable during the 2010/2011 year, according to a report released by the Health Quality and Safety Commission into serious and sentinel events. Two of the deaths at the hospital were listed as falls. One fall resulted in a fractured hip and the patient died three days later. The report said a staff member left the patient unsupported for a short period of time. One other death was also listed as a fall that resulted in a Read more [...]

Black Ops 2 listed on Amazon, as Call Of Duty Vita promised for autumn

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A follow-up to 2010's Black Ops has always been the most popular rumour for this year's Call Of Duty, and it's looking more likely with every passing rumour. The latest centres on retailer Amazon's French website, who put up listings for Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 and then quickly took them down again. Apparently Activision has been so upset about the leak that they've banned French websites that reported it from press events and refused to send them any future review copies. We've no idea if that's Read more [...]

A £1/2m 6-bed Tudor lodge surrounded by an estate (…an Essex council estate …

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By Oliver WadesonLast updated at 3:47 PM on 20th February 2012 On paper it sounds like an unmissable bargain: Little Belhus House, a six-bedroom, Grade II listed 17th Century hunting lodge in great repair - with a price tag of £550,000. There must be a drawback ... Well, take a step outside and you see it - Sixties social housing encircles the lodge and has meant the house has been on the market for two years and has just had its price cut by £50,000.For centuries, occupants of the house, Read more [...]

40 medical mishaps include power-failure death

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A patient on a ventilation machine at home who died because of a power failure is one of 40 medical mishaps recorded by the Southern District Health Board in 2010-11. Yesterday, the Government's Health Quality and Safety Commission released its serious and sentinel events report for 2010-11. Listed are 377 serious or sentinel events, with 86 deaths, although the deaths were not necessarily a result of the events. Read more [...]

‘End big four’s domination of listed audit market’ call

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The commission is holding an inquiry into the dominance of KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst Young and Pricewaterhouse-Coopers (PwC) in examining the accounts of publicly traded companies. The big four audit all but one firm in the FTSE 100. BDO and Grant Thornton, the fifth and sixth biggest audit firms worldwide, and London-based Mazars, gave presentations to the inquiry last week, arguing that listed firms must be forced to regularly re-tender audit work to crack the big four's stranglehold of the market. Read more [...]

Some Longmont-area homes cost more than Twin Peaks Mall

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LONGMONT -- What can you buy for $8.5 million? How about a 12,000-square-foot home on Arrowleaf Court in Boulder? It's listed at $8.5 million. That amount isn't even enough to buy some other properties in the area, though. You'd have to come up with $12 million to get into a home for sale on Rozena Court in Hygiene. Get $9 million together and you've got yourself a farmhouse that's currently for sale on Pike Road just west of Longmont. Sounds like a lot of money -- until you consider that NewMark Read more [...]

Twitter directory aims to get events professionals talking online

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Email the editor A new Twitter directory has been launched to help connect events professionals through social media and generate business.The directory, www.eventprofsindex.com, has been compiled by industry journalist Mike Fletcher and Peter Kerwood, marketing director of events venue, Altitude London.Fletcher said: “Ensuring you're listed on eventprofsindex.com is a great way to find and follow fellow professionals in the events sector. It is a Read more [...]