T HE Old Hall in Scarrington has been home to the present owner for the past 40 years. Lovingly renovated, it retains period features and offers character, style and substantial accommodation. Grade II listed, the house is set in beautifully manicured gardens of around half an acre and has a sweeping gravel driveway that leads to a detached garage block and a self-contained cottage/ annexe that the owner has built with reclaimed bricks. The hall is reputed to be one of the oldest properties Read more [...]

BY JENNIFER LEVITZ Democratic Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren listed herself as white in personnel records at the University of Texas and declined to apply to Rutgers School of Law through a minority program, records show. Ms. Warren, a Harvard Law School professor, is in a tight race with Republican Sen. Scott Brown, who has criticized her for listing herself as a minority in a professional directory from 1986 to 1995 and this week called for her ... Read more [...]

10 May 2012 Last updated at 13:21 GMT The 24 buildings at the aerodrome have been restored in recent years A World War I airbase in Essex has been granted listed status. Twenty-four buildings at Stow Maries Aerodrome, near Maldon, have been Grade II star-listed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The airfield site, which was used as a base for the 37th Squadron, Read more [...]