Music and a WW1 event at chapel

As part of Heritage Weekend, Old Town’s Wainsgate Chapel will be open to visitors during the afternoon of Saturday, September 13 (2pm to 4.30pm, free admission). Hidden away high up on the Wadsworth hillside, Wainsgate Chapel is a grade II* listed building boasting a superb interior with beautiful stained glass windows, delicate mahogany carving and a highly impressive marble pulpit. Though no longer in use as a place of worship, concerts and other events are held Read more [...]

Why I love living in the Woolwich Central ‘carbuncle’

The “winner” of the 2014 Carbuncle Cup, a prize given out by Building Design magazine for ugliest new architectural development, has been announced: and it is Woolwich Central. Built by Spenhill, Tesco’s property development arm, Woolwich Central is home to a car park and a huge Tesco Extra store. Above the Tesco are a series of new flats. One of them is mine. Yes, the first flat I ever bought, which until that moment I’d been quite proud of, has been pronounced a carbuncle. Read more [...]

Listed IFA buys Northampton firm and Cardiff client bank

AFH Financial Group has acquired the assets of Northampton-based Hindsight Financial Services Limited, the company’s 10th acquisition since the introduction of the Retail Distribution Review and its third since listing on AIM in June.In addition, the firm has announced the purchase of the client bank of Cardiff-based Jeff Seward Partners for up to £45,000, which it said is part of the strategy of buying sole traders who wish to retire and exit the industry. The Read more [...]

Just Sold – a Newington Heights Townhome Listed for Sale by the Browning …

Lorton, VA, September 12, 2014 --(PR.com)-- The Browning Homes Group, a Keller Williams real estate team, listed a Newington Heights townhouse for sale in June and received a contract on August 7, 2014. This town home went to settlement just 21 days later, on August 28th. This home is located in Lorton (22079), Virginia.Aaron J. Browning, owner of the Browning Homes Group, represented the seller. Aaron and his team strive to provide top notch service to all their clients. Due to their professionalism Read more [...]

500 flock to Kelso kirk

Kelso’s former Trinity North Church proved a major attraction at the weekend, drawing 500 visitors during the town’s ‘open doors’ event. The event was part of the nationally-coordinated Doors Open Days, organised by the Scottish Civic Trust, which runs throughout September each year as part of the European Heritage Days initiative.Organised locally by Kelso and District Amenity Society, with support from the Kelso Townscape Heritage Initiative, it saw 13 buildings Read more [...]

NewLead to be de-listed from Nasdaq

Nasdaq said NewLead would be delisted from the exchange from the start of trading on 22 September having failed to come back into compliance with three sets of regulations.In late June Nasdaq said NewLead faced de-listing for making false and misleading disclosures, an inability to sustain compliance with a minimum $1.00 share price and failed to regain compliance by 23 June with the $50m in market value required for securities listed on the exchange.  Read more [...]

Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Already up for Sale Online in India: Priced …

Apple iPhone 6 smartphone and its larger variant the iPhone 6 Plus, which were launched in an event in San Francisco, now seem to have sent the Indian grey market into a tizzy, as both the new iPhones have been newly listed for sale on a leading e-commerce portal, with prices going up to as much as INR 1,59,000 or $1972 or £1216. Barely a couple of days after the launch of Apple's new flagships, a seller on eBay India has newly listed the iPhone 6 Plus (16GB variant) for a whopping Rs 1,20,000, Read more [...]

Objections roll in against Sundibanks plan

Residents of Sundibanks, east of Scalloway, have lodged a string of objections to a plan to build 10 private houses at the lower side of the road leading to Uradale.The plan, by EH Building Con­tractors, is for 10 detached single and storey-and-a-half houses to be built alongside the lower side of the road between two existing proper­ties. Three of the houses – without a “panoramic” view – are aimed at first-time buyers.The timber-clad Scandinavian style houses are to have integral garages Read more [...]

Exclusive: Government faces call for inquiry over Bradford school governance

THE GOVERNMENT is facing calls for an independent inquiry to look into why a scandal hit Bradford free school had repeatedly described a leading figure within the Conservative Party as being its chairman of governors. Alan Lewis who was appointed as vice chairman for business for the Tory Party by David Cameron, has consistently denied ever being chair of the governing body at the Kings Science Academy - a school which has been built on his company’s land in a deal Read more [...]