Oppo Neo 5 With 4.5-Inch Display, LTE Support Listed on Company Site

Oppo has introduced a new budget smartphone, the Neo 5, for the Malaysian market.The Oppo Neo 5, possibly the successor to the Oppo Neo, is now listed on the company's site without pricing details. However, Soyacincau claims that the Neo 5 is priced at MYR 598 (translating to roughly Rs. 11,500) and will be available starting next week in Malaysia.As of now, there is no word from the company whether the Neo 5 will be announced in other countries including India.The Oppo Neo 5 runs the dated Read more [...]

Firm named to help transform Devonshire Park

An architectural firm has been chosen by Eastbourne Borough Council to lead the transformation of Devonshire Park. Levitt Bernstein was selected from five competing design teams to take charge of the exciting project.Devonshire Park is currently home to three Grade II/II* listed theatres, the International Lawn Tennis Centre and world class lawn tennis courts, an art gallery, conference facilities and several council office buildings. It is also host to six major tennis Read more [...]

Green light for plans to turn historic Hartlepool site into 38 homes

INNOVATIVE plans to transform the site of an historic Hartlepool landmark into 38 new homes have been agreed. Hartlepool Borough Council’s planning committee has given the green-light for plans at the Grade II-listed Friarage Manor House, near Marine Crescent, on the Headland.The plan is to convert the Friarage building into four separate two-bedroom apartments and to build five terraced town houses, which will front on to Friar Street.Also, towards the rear of the Read more [...]

Deserted village gets listed status

A village near Harborough that doesn’t actually exist has been given ancient monument status by the Government. But it isn’t a ridiculous mistake – the long-abandoned “lost” village of Little Oxendon, which lies between Great Oxendon and Market Harborough Golf Club, was selected because of its buried remains.Archaeologists believe that we can learn a lot about our past by studying lost villages like Little Oxendon, which are, effectively, frozen in time.English Read more [...]

Plans for Sunderland historic church to become £3.4million community arts and …

PLANS are in place to breathe new life into one of Sunderland’s most historic buildings. A £3.4million bid has been submitted to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to transform Holy Trinity Church in the East End into a hub of community arts and culture.Once Sunderland’s thriving parish church, it’s lived through three centuries of tremendous change in the city but is in desperate need of repair.The Churches Conservation Trust, which took over the church almost Read more [...]

Listed York Council offices to become homes

21 August 2014 | By Rhiannon Bury Developer Rushbond has unveiled £25m plans to turn a grade II-listed office in York into homes, after plans for a hotel on the site were scrapped. Take a Property Week Free trial today Try Property Week for Free, click below and take two minutes to register with us to gain further access to propertyweek.com (excludes some subscription only content such as financial news and analysis) Already registered? If Read more [...]