A magnificent survivor from the age of steam will greet the new year as a Grade I-listed building, its importance finally recognised as the last working steam powered cotton mill in the world.The giant Victorian steam engine of Queen Street Mill in Burnley, Lancashire, was originally named Prudence; steam engines of the time were often affectionately christened. The engine, still running after 120 years, was renamed Peace in 1918 in honour of the fallen soldiers of the first world war, who Read more [...]

The 41-year-old police officer stabbed in the back by a Palestinian terrorist Monday evening next to the West Bank Highway 60 junction, just outside of Jerusalem and Ramallah, is in stable condition, a Shaare Zedek Medical Center official said Tuesday.The officer arrived at the hospital with a 15-centimeter blade still lodged in his back, in serious condition. Although the knife was successfully removed during surgery, hospital spokeswoman Shoham Ruvio said the wound resulted Read more [...]

EDINBURGH-BASED firm Chiene Tait has resigned as auditors, in what its client has described as the accountant's decision to pull out of the listed company audit market. In a statement to the London Stock Exchange, investment business Value and Income Trust said that its auditors had resigned. "The firm has advised that it has taken the strategic decision to pull out of the audit of listed companies," said Value and Income Trust in the statement. It is now seeking a Read more [...]