Monthly Archives: January 2014

Historic Grade II listed Yarm building to be home of new high street restaurant

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A new restaurant has been given permission to open in a Grade II listed building on Yarm High Street.The Purple Pig - described by the applicant as "offering something different to any other restaurant on Yarm High Street" - will be based in three-storey Winpenny House.The unit was previously in use as Arts Bank galleries.Stockton Council's planning committee was told the proposals were for “a modern, contemporary, casual dining experience”, and the business would employ five full-time and two Read more [...]

Contents of closed St. Paul Jazz club listed for sale online

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It appears there’s no turning back now for the recently-closed St. Paul jazz club the Artists’ Quarter. The Pioneer Press says the bulk of the equipment from the facility is up for sale on Craigslist for $50,000. Longtime owner Kenny Horst closed the revered club after its New Year’s Eve show. In October, Horst – who owned the venue for 18 years – said he could no longer afford the rent and utilities to keep the club open. Among the items in the $50,000 lot are the club’s mahogany bar Read more [...]

Kansas parents’ fury as list of explicit sex acts posted in MIDDLE SCHOOL …

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The poster at Hocker Grove Middle School has since been banned following parental outrageAt first, the district defended the poster that was being used in their abstinence-based curriculumBut school Superintendent Dr Jim Hinson removed the poster because even he found the language offensiveBy Ashley Collman PUBLISHED: 17:21 GMT, 16 January 2014 | UPDATED: 19:30 GMT, 16 January 2014 A Kansas Middle School is under fire for a sexually Read more [...]

NI ‘Toddlers & Tiaras’ event slammed

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The organisers, Universal Royalty, based in America, announced on Tuesday they were welcoming competitors of all ages for their free international beauty pageants in Australia, Ireland, UK, Spain and Japan.Focused on child competitors and the website describes the events as being for "babies, toddlers and teen(s)" - with thousands of dollars awarded to the winners.Annette Hill founded Universal Royalty in 1995 and has featured on the infamous Toddlers Tiaras reality TV show.She Read more [...]

Historic home is a hidden gem

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Comments (0) The Victorian frontage of this stunning  terraced property in Plympton St Maurice conceals a dramatic secret –  a  three-storey medieval  hall house, whose spectacular main room features a vaulted ceiling and oak roof trusses FORE Street in Plympton St Maurice was once featured in the Channel 4 television programme Time Team because its mix of architecture is so interesting. Largely Read more [...]

Fenland District Council listed for efficiency award

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Fenland District Council has been shortlisted for a prestigious Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Award, one of only a handful of District Councils in the country to be shortlisted. The LGC received more than 640 entries and 80 have reached the final. Fenland District Council is one of eight organisations, and the only District Council to be shortlisted for the “Efficiency” award.Those on the shortlist will be making presentations to the panel of judges later this Read more [...]

Majority of Homecoming Scotland events will not be funded

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A total of 430 activities will be held as part of a "year-long programme to showcase all that's great about Scotland" but only 64 are new events, director Caroline Packman told Holyrood's Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee. The vast majority - 356 - will also receive no direct funding from its main organiser but Ms Packman insisted they would still get "real added value" from inclusion in the Homecoming calendar and international marketing.Loading article content Labour MSP Hanzala Malik said Read more [...]

Authorities crack down on ‘growing menace’ of courtside gambling fraud at …

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Sports leaders were warned Wednesday night that match fixers were increasingly turning to ‘courtsiding’ to commit betting fraud after a British man became the first person in the world to be arrested for the practice. A 22-year-old was charged with a new offence of “engaging in conduct that would corrupt a betting outcome” after police swooped on the Australian Open on Tuesday following intelligence that he was exploiting the seconds-long delay between the on-court action and ‘live’ television Read more [...]

Oyster card listed among royal gifts

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Fabulous jewels, sumptuous decorative pieces, fine wine and an Oyster travel card were just some of the official gifts received by the Queen last year. As tokens of thanks, the Queen received a plethora of presents during royal engagements in 2013.When the head of state marked the 150th anniversary of London Underground by visiting the capital’s Baker Street Tube station last March, she was presented with a commemorative Oyster card, as were the Duke of Edinburgh Read more [...]