Monthly Archives: January 2015

Shenzhen-listed Hikvision plans up to $1 bln Hong Kong share sale-IFR

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HONG KONG Jan 20 (Reuters) - Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, one of the world's largest suppliers of video surveillance equipment, plans a Hong Kong share offering of up to $1 billion as soon as the second quarter of 2015, IFR reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the deal. China International Capital Corp (CICC) and Morgan Stanley are working on the transaction, added IFR, a Thomson Reuters publication.The Shenzhen-listed company unveiled plans for the Hong Kong share sale in Read more [...]

Anger as yobs damage historic listed shelter

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Facebook goes on 1200-person hiring spree in bid to launch virtual reality …

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Company currently advertising for huge range of new employeesLinked to product lines including Oculus Rift headsets and satellitesCOO Sheryl Sandberg said the strategy was part of 'ambitious' expansion 1,200 new employees would make for a 14 per cent expansion at FacebookCurrently has 8,300 employees, vs. 55,000 at Google, 127,000 at MicrosoftBy Reuters Published: 14:07 GMT, 19 January 2015 | Updated: 14:12 GMT, 19 January 2015 Read more [...]

Volunteers help in restoration of listed Gateshead villa described as ‘jewel …

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Volunteers have used their newfound skills to play a part in the restoration of a listed villa described as “the jewel in the town.”Bensham Grove in Gateshead was the home of Robert Spence Watson, who loomed large in Tyneside life as a lawyer, politician, educator, social reformer and writer.A stream of illustrious figures, including Prime Ministers, authors, poets, explorers and artists such as William Morris and Gabriel Rossetti visited the Arts and Crafts-style villa to stay with the Spence Read more [...]

PICTURES: Villagers in Dunster up in arms after ancient cobbles replaced with …

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Comments (0) English Heritage has been accused of 'vandalising' one of the Westcountry's most perfectly-preserved medieval villages after the iconic cobbled streets were ripped up and replaced with modern paving stones. The ancient roads and paths were an iconic feature in the historic settlement of Dunster, Somerset, which dates back to Bronze and Iron Age Britain. But council chiefs deemed the cobbles too dangerous after receiving complaints Read more [...]

Boko Haram feared to have kidnapped up to 80 people in Cameroon

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Those abducted include around 50 boys and girls aged between 10 and 15Militants increasingly attacking villages in Cameroon as operation expandsGroup has killed thousands in bid to carve out Islamic state in Nigeria Neighbouring Chad has deployed soldiers to northern Cameroon to fightBy Reuters and Jack Crone for MailOnline Published: 19:26 GMT, 18 January 2015 | Updated: 07:54 GMT, 19 January 2015 Read more [...]

Afghan President’s Cabinet Nominee Listed By Interpol For Tax Evasion

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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s nominee for agriculture minister in the country’s new unity government is on an Interpol wanted list for tax evasion in Estonia. The Afghan president’s spokesman told Reuters on January 17 that Ghani’s office was unaware of the listing for Mohammad Yaqub Haidari, which shows the 52-year-old is wanted in Estonia for “large-scale tax evasion [and] fraudulent conversion” in cases dating back to 2003. Presidential spokesman Nazifullah Salarzai says Ghani’s Read more [...]

Anti-vaccination seminar venues all pull out – but tour ‘will go ahead’

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All eight venues scheduled to host seminars by a controversial anti-vaccination osteopath from the US have pulled out, but the Queensland-based organiser said the Australian tour would go ahead. Questions have also been raised about the status of an organisation associated with Stephanie Messenger, who has been booking venues to host the talks by Sherri Tenpenny. With major studies concluding there is no link between vaccinations and the conditions autism and multiple sclerosis, Read more [...]

May: We must redouble efforts to tackle anti-semitism

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Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, the National Policing Lead for Counter Terrorism, revealed that there were 327 arrests in 2014 for terrorist offences – up by 32 per cent since 2013.

In a briefing given after last week’s attacks in Paris, Mr Rowley said the “global picture” of extremist activity had raised serious concerns for the safety of the UK’s Jewish community, with “continuing anti-Semitic rhetoric” emerging.

The jail house block

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Even among listed properties there can be few with a history as quirky at The Fort in Bury St Edmunds. The grade II listed house was built in 1805 as the governor’s house of Bury St Edmunds’ prison in Sicklesmere Road. The prison was a panopticon design with cell blocks and exercise yards radiating out from the octagonal Fort.The Fort and the Gatehouse on Sicklesmere Road are all that remain of the prison.The house has been improved with high quality, sympathetic Read more [...]