Monthly Archives: February 2014

Durham Police to spend £300000 moving listed mast

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25 February 2014 Last updated at 20:04 GMT The mast was granted Grade II-listed status in 2003 Durham Police is to spend £300,000 relocating a communication tower after being told it could not demolish the listed structure. The force is due to move to a new headquarters on the outskirts of Durham City in August, with the existing site sold off for housing. But it says land values could fall Read more [...]

‘All it really needs is some tender, loving care’ — fresh vision for future …

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A vision has been mapped out to help save a “neglected” area of Perth and allow its residents to have a say in its future. Businesses in Bridgend have been badly affected by flooding and the blighted area has also recently seen flats demolished and walls collapsing amid an overall feel that regeneration is badly needed. To help move things on, two meetings on the theme Bridgend Future will take place next month in Kinnoull Church Hall, Perth, as part Read more [...]

AIM-listed Driver Group heads forward with just the fundamentals

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Prof Andy HopperInvestors looking for stocks that may be placed for a continued upward move coupled with sound fundamentals could perhaps do worse than take a look at Driver Group.Although the initial description of this AIM-listed business may not appear to suggest much if any growth opportunities, a closer look would seem to suggest otherwise. Often described as a company focused on providing services addressing commercial disputes along with delivering resolutions serving the construction sector, Read more [...]

PadsforStudents has £1m target in sights

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A property portal which helps students find accommodation is aiming to hit the £1 million turnover mark after it hosted a star-studded party.PadsforStudents, which lists thousands of houses, flats, studios and private student halls on its website, was launched by brothers Rizwan and Amir Malik in June last year.The company employs six people from its Fallowfield base but wants to up its headcount to 16.Rizwan, 28, has his sights set on a £1m turnover by June 2016 and is eyeing up meetings with Read more [...]

Quick sale hotspots

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HOUSES in Coolbellup, Western Australia sell on average faster than any other suburb in Australia. Source: News Limited WANT to sell your house quickly? Well in some suburbs you need to start packing the boxes as soon as you list with the time it takes to sell now at historical lows.Days on market figures, that is how long it takes to sell a property after it is Read more [...]

Sooners Listed in Big 12 Rankings

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NORMAN, Okla. – To say that the Sooner track and field teams are in for a new experience might be an understatement as OU prepares to travel to Ames, Iowa, for the 18th annual Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships Friday and Saturday. The two-day meet will be held at the Lied Recreation Center. The Sooner men won the Big 12 Indoor team title in 2010 at the Lied Recreation Center and have finished in the top half of the league’s indoor meet 10 times. The OU women’s team has finished Read more [...]

Funds for Congress oversight panels not in 2014 budget

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MANILA, Philippines - Congressional oversight committees and the funds allotted to them are no longer listed in detail in the 2014 national budget. It is not clear why the current budget is no longer as transparent as before, at least as far as oversight committees are concerned. The lack of transparency could be traced to President Aquino’s 2014 budget proposal, in which the panels and their funding were not listed. The House of Representatives and the Senate, in their version of this year’s Read more [...]

Tired of a losing team

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Sir: A letter to the Editor in last Thursday’s Observer about the Sarnia Sting has reinforced my thoughts as the team has again “lost their way” into dead last in the entire 20 team Ontario Hockey League.Fans are getting tired of every year being a “rebuilding” year (this is supposed to explain poor results) with awful, uncompetitive, boring games – who would want to sit through the entire 60 minutes of the recent 11 – 0 loss (one of 36 so far this Read more [...]