Monthly Archives: February 2014

Sunderland inactivity costs £66million as city listed among worst for lack of …

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SUNDERLAND slobs are contributing to a £66million public health bill each year – ranking the city sixth from the bottom of the UK’s 150 most inactive places to live. According to a report by campaign group ukactive, lack of exercise cost £24.25million per 100,000 people living in Sunderland leading to 336 early deaths.In the 2011 census, the city’s population was estimated at 275,300, meaning that the financial burden of inactivity comes in at a hefty £66.76million Read more [...]

‘To give houses that Filipinos can afford’

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By Tina Arceo-DumlaoPhilippine Daily Inquirer JANUARIO Jesus Gregorio B. Atencio III All the talk about a dangerous bubble emerging in the country’s robust real estate market has understandably raised the stress levels of the already wary investors, buyers, lenders and developers. After all, grim memories of the 1997 currency crisis that led to the demise of many high flying real estate companies that rode on easy credit still haunt the corporate Read more [...]

Culture events taking place in Dundee on Feb 1 and 2

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Are you looking to expand your cultural horizons this weekend? Well you’re in luck because, as ever, Dundee has a whole host of different events happening across the weekend. We’ve been on the lookout for some of the best and we’ve listed them all together for your convenience here. Enjoy. Sense of Place Exciting new interactive exhibition at the McManus via STV A Sense of Place is an exciting interactive exhibition at the McManus Read more [...]

Doomed Wrexham Waterworld in listed building bid proposal

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A multi-million pound leisure complex earmarked for closure is now being considered for listed building status.Cadw, the Welsh ancient monuments agency, visited Wrexham’s Waterworld to assess whether it should be preserved for future generations.The town centre facility, famous for its award winning saddle style roof design, could be closed alongside Plas Madoc Leisure Centre and replaced by a new £11.8m complex as Wrexham council looks to save £13.8m this year.Councillors are due to make a Read more [...]

WFU happy with coliseum management by Greensboro, sees more bookings … – Winston

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There are no events at Joel Coliseum in February except Wake Forest University basketball games, but university and coliseum officials say more events will be announced as the partnership they announced last September evolves. Last September, Wake Forest announced that it had inked a five-year deal whereby Greensboro Coliseum Complex would manage non-university events at Joel Coliseum and the university’s athletic stadiums. When Greensboro Read more [...]

Ultra high-end homes remain niche market in McHenry County

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In fact, a general shortage of inventory means that properly staged, appropriately priced, median-value homes are selling lickety-split, said Don Prigge, a managing broker with Baird Warner in Crystal Lake.Should you possess a luxury home, however, be prepared for a longer wait, although that market, too – even with its relative few qualified buyers – appears to be trending toward faster turnaround.Sales of homes priced at $1 million plus are up in the seven-county metropolitan Chicago market, Read more [...]

A-listed Leigh Halfpenny is happy to shun the spotlight in 6 Nations

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As a Lion king and BBC TV sports personality of the year runner-up, the Wales full-back may be A-list rugby property but Warren Gatland’s call for self-aggrandisement sits about as comfortably with him as an invitation to a Gay Pride rally would with Vlatimir Putin.Halfpenny is a hero of the shy and retiring kind who delights in pushing himself to the back of the queue for attention. Hard luck.After his extraordinary 2013, he will be under the spotlight as never before in the 2014 championship Read more [...]