Listing bid on cards to stop Alton Estate demolition

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Brains to sell Grade II Listed Victorian Cardiff hotel Churchills

Brewer SA Brain Co is selling Churchills Hotel in Llandaff as it is no longer commercially viable.The Grade II listed 36 bedroom hotel is being sold with the potential for redevelopment.Scott Waddington, chief executive of SA Brain Co, said: “We are always reluctant to sell a business from our estate but unfortunately Churchills is no longer commercially viable for Brains – in large part due to the size of the building and site.“We will be sorry to lose Churchills but will continue to invest Read more [...]

Approval granted for 24 new homes at Binfield House Nursery

Pleas from parish councillors and more than 80 neighbours to reject a plans for 24 homes have been ignored. Councillors approved plans for listed building consent to construct a mix of two, three, four and five-bedroom homes at the Binfield House Nursery site. After more than 90 minutes of debate Bracknell Forest Council’s planning committee finally agreed to approve the plans despite calls from 88 households, Binfield Village Protection Society (BVPS), Binfield Surgery and Binfield Parish Council Read more [...]

Burberry’s Asia-Pacific legal chief on keeping the iconic fashion brand’s …

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Canon 6D and Sony RX1 Listed as Discontinued by Some Online Retailers

When a manufacturer officially discontinues a model, it’s like a teaser trailer for what’s to come. You might have no idea what’s going on, but you know that something new is coming. Well, as of today, both the Sony RX1 and the Canon 6D have been marked as discontinued on different online retailers. Reported originally by Sony Alpha Rumors and Canon Watch, respectively, it seems DigitalRev has the Sony RX1 down as discontinued, while Amazon UK has the 6D listed as “discontinued by manufacturer.” The Read more [...]

New life for old haunts

Another case of where homes in a former hospital have been snapped up by buyers despite tales of haunting is St John's at Bracebridge Heath, near Lincoln.Here a £40million redevelopment is transforming the Victorian infirmary, vacant for years after the NHS abandoned it, into apartments and new-build homes.The regeneration will create 64 houses and 42 apartments in the limestone-faced Grade II listed Italianate building by architects Hamilton and Thomas Percy, which closed as a hospital in 1990.Within Read more [...]

Reed Listed As Questionable Sunday, Says He’s A Game Time Decision

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Mayfair club to host ‘Ebola’ themed Halloween party

“Anyone trying to make any personal benefit let alone light out of the Ebola situation is reprehensible.” One invitee to the event on Facebook told The Telegraph that a message was subsequently added, saying that a “discretionary donation” of £10 could be given on the door, and the money would go to Doctors Without Borders in aid of Ebola victims. Mr Dannatt said: “We need all the money we can get to go into fighting Ebola and the human consequences of it. “But Read more [...]

Points of no return

Churches have been listed, so have stately homes, industrial mills and ancient barns, so why not signal boxes? Stephen McClarence meets the man on a mission to preserve a slice of Britain’s railway history. Main picture by Scott Merrylees. Between the 11.20 to Leeds and the 11.42 to Manchester Victoria, Colin Cooper is reflecting on the loneliness of the long-distance signalman. “Signalling is a job for someone who likes their own company,” he says. “On some Read more [...]