Welsh figures listed in Queen’s Birthday Honours 2013

10:31pm, Fri 14 Jun 2013 - last updated Fri 14 Jun 2013 Entertainment Rob Brydon Kirsty Williams Gavin Stacey star Rob Brydon has been made an MBE in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours List Photo: Yui Mok/PA WireWelsh stars including comedian Rob Brydon and classical singer and television presenter Aled Jones are among those named in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours. BAFTA-nominated Brydon, who plays 'Uncle Bryn' in the Read more [...]

Big Houses In The DC Area: Living Large In Washington, Virginia And Maryland

Small living spaces have their charm. But then you're faced with the dilemma of where to put your piano, your wine collection and your live-in staff -- not to mention your medieval-themed movie screening room and indoor tennis court! People want big houses again, and here in the greater D.C. area, we don't have any big house deficit. All of the houses in this slideshow are bigger than 5000 square feet -- many are twice Read more [...]

iPhone 5S release date closer as parts listed

We mentioned previously that production and internal parts would signal the iPhone 5S release date is getting closer, and this is just what we are seeing today with some replacement parts being listed on a well known Chinese website that offers parts to help repair Apple devices. Normally they would only list replacement parts for the iPhone 5, 4S, 4, 3GS and 2G models but today you can clearly see on this page that the iPhone 5S is being listed before any release date has been announced. Read more [...]

Walker hoping Guns will fire – Racinguk.com

Walker hoping Guns will fire Friday 14 June 2013 Trainer Ed Walker believes Sound Of Guns will be suited by the drop to five furlongs when she goes for a Listed success in the Novae Bloodstock Insurance Scurry Stakes at Sandown on Saturday. The daughter of Acclamation has been beaten over six and seven furlongs in her two starts Read more [...]

SpotOn.It Adds Events from the Web to Your Google Calendar

Chrome: If you've ever looked at an neighborhood calendar and meant to go to an event, or visited a website for a convention or concert but forgot to plan for it, SpotOn.It for Chrome can help. The app intelligently searches sites you visit for events listed, and can add them to your Google Calendar with one click. I've been trying the extension and it works on everything from major events and concerts on popular websites to neighborhood and community calendars. Now, if I want to remember that there's Read more [...]

SpotOn.It Adds Events from Sites You Visit to Your Google Calendar

Chrome: If you've ever looked at an neighborhood calendar and meant to go to an event, or visited a website for a convention or concert but forgot to plan for it, SpotOn.It for Chrome can help. The app intelligently searches sites you visit for events listed, and can add them to your Google Calendar with one click. I've been trying the extension and it works on everything from major events and concerts on popular websites to neighborhood and community calendars. Now, if I want to remember that there's Read more [...]

Astute buyers snap up houses for steal in Cairns

SOME may be labelled a "renovator's dream" or "ready-made investment", but properties listed below the median house price on larger-than-average blocks in Cairns are still obtainable for astute buyers. Cairns Property Office agent Robyn Hawley-Whitton recently listed a three-bedroom Gordonvale house for $229,000 which was snapped up by a bargain buyer within days."The second person who saw it, bought it," she said."We had lots of other people interested in it but it had already gone."Ms Hawley-Whitton Read more [...]

Child Geniuses take the stage at The Octagon

The Grade II listed venue, managed by its in-house event and hospitality brand Events Hospitality QM, played host to the new documentary series produced by Wall to Wall. The show, which first broadcast on Channel 4 on Tuesday (11 June) at 9pm, will run for four weeks following the lives of some of the country’s cleverest children and their families. Sue Mussett, business development manager for Events Hospitality QM, said: "We are pleased with the growing recognition and reputation of our facilities Read more [...]

Ian Paisley and wife take leave of absence from House of Lords

Ian Paisley and his wife have taken a formal leave of absence from the House of Lords as the former DUP leader continues his recovery from the illness which struck him last year. Lord Bannside and Baroness Paisley have formally asked to be absented from the chamber for the rest of this Parliament.The absence was agreed last week and listed on the House of Lords website but only emerged yesterday when it was noticed by the magazine Agenda NI.Some peers take a leave of Read more [...]