Monthly Archives: October 2012

Reservoir homes given go-ahead

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17 October 2012 Last updated at 22:25 GMT Thames Water said it had listened to concerns and changed its plans Plans to create 84 homes on a disused reservoir site in Reading have been given council approval. Thames Water had initially planned to build 96 homes at the Bath Road site but its proposals were rejected. Reading Borough Council's planning committee approved the revised Read more [...]

Owners of a £750000 listed home told to tear down solar panels that caused …

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Andrew and Claire Ashley have been ordered to rip down the £10,000 panels from the grade II-listed propertyThe panels will have ‘a significant visual impact which will diminish the special interest of the building', said the local council By David Wilkes PUBLISHED: 22:08 GMT, 17 October 2012 | UPDATED: 22:08 GMT, 17 October 2012 Devastated: Andrew and Claire Ashley have been ordered to rip down the £10,000 panels from the £750,000 grade II-listed property - despite insisting Read more [...]

Manningham, Staley listed as questionable; Chancellor will play

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Mario Manningham. (AP) Wide receiver Mario Manningham (shoulder) is listed as questionable for Thursday’s game against the visiting Seahawks, but it would a surprise if he didn’t play after he finished last week’s loss to the Giants. On the 49ers’ final drive, Colin Kaepernick’s final two passes, both incompletions, were intended for Manningham. The five-year veteran finished with five catches for a season-high 72 yards. Manningham was limited in practice this week. As expected, Read more [...]

Morning News Asks YOU To Write Their Events Listings

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Morning News Asks YOU To Write Their Events Listings This seems like a bad idea. The Dallas Morning News has decided that editors and writers are no longer needed to write events listings. Ellen Sackett put out the call on the Eats blog for dining events, but the new process works for everything — music, theater, you name it. The staff that works on the Guide section of the paper will no longer write any of the events listings. YOU get to write them. I’ve just changed my mind. Read more [...]

Cosworth listed for sale

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Renowned racing engine supplier Cosworth has put itself up for sale after relinquishing hopes of going public on the stock market. The UK's Times newspaper reports Cosworth – which is currently owned by former Champ Car owners Gerry Forsythe and Kevin Kalkhoven, who bought the business from Ford eight years ago – have instructed JP Morgan Cazenove to seek an initial public offering some 18 months ago, but the move has been ruled out because of the instability of the market. "We have been paused Read more [...]

Councilors slam Taipei over costly global events

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Taipei City councilors from across party lines yesterday questioned the city government over its spending on several international events including the 2017 Summer Universiade and 2016’s World Design Capital program, urging it to cut back its annual expenditure.The city government has listed a budget of NT$20 billion (US$685.5 million) for the hosting of the Universiade — an international sports event for university students — including NT$100 million for promotional activities, NT$2 billion Read more [...]

Google Nexus 7 32GB Appears in Argos catalogue for £200

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Earlier today we reported that the 32GB version of Google’s flagship Android tablet, the Nexus 7, was listed on Staples’ website with a release date of October 18th, but no sooner had this information been posted had the UK also gotten confirmation of the device’s impending launch, this time from retail giant Argos. Yes, the new 32GB version of the Nexus 7 has been seen and snapped in the newest Christmas version of the Argos catalogue and the device is priced at a cool £200, which is the Read more [...]

Nuclear missile site granted listed status

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Newsreader makes a killing as mansion’s sale unearths spectre of terrible crime

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Cold War reminder given listed status

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A Cold War missile site in Rutland which was readied for use when the world came to the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis has been given listed status. The Thor missile site at the former RAF North Luffenham has been given a Grade II* listing as a reminder of the "knife-edge moment in history". ​ ​ ​ The Read more [...]