Sandown: Aurore overcomes drift to land Listed spoils

Aurore d'Estruval and a muddy Tony McCoy in action at Sandown   PICTURE: Getty Images   Report: Sandown, Saturday 32Red.com Mares' Hurdle (Listed) 2m4f, 4yo+ AURORE D'ESTRUVAL defied a market drift before the off to stay on powerfully in the mud up the Sandown hill to take a decisive victory. Trained by John Quinn for Carl Hinchy, Aurore D'Estruval returned the 6-4 favourite having been as short as evens at one point but travelled and jumped well throughout for jockey Tony McCoy, who Read more [...]

Alabama Tourism Dept. names Top 10 events for 2015 – FOX6 WBRC

MONTGOMERY, AL - The Alabama Tourism Department is releasing its top 10 events for 2015 ranging from the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March to the Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores and the Iron Bowl in Auburn.The top 10 events in chronological order are "Rembrandt, Rubens, Gainsborough and the Golden Age of Painting in Europe" at the Huntsville Museum of Art, the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March in Selma/Lowndes/Montgomery, the 50th Anniversary of the Read more [...]

Prince Andrew and the under-age ‘sex slave’

Woman said she was 'forced' to have sex with Prince Andrew at parties The royal has issued a strong denial of the 'categorically untrue' claims Alleged victim hit back by saying she would not be 'bullied into silence'She was told to 'give the prince whatever he demanded' by Jeffrey EpsteinClaimed underage girls were ‘procured for sexual activities’ by MaxwellBy Sam Greenhill and Daniel Bates and Rebecca English for the Daily Mail Published: 22:28 GMT, 2 January 2015 | Read more [...]

Aurore overcomes drift to land Listed spoils

Aurore d'Estruval and a muddy Tony McCoy in action at Sandown   PICTURE: Getty Images   Report: Sandown, Saturday 32Red.com Mares' Hurdle (Listed) 2m4f, 4yo+ AURORE D'ESTRUVAL defied a market drift before the off to stay on powerfully in the mud up the Sandown hill to take a decisive victory. Trained by John Quinn for Carl Hinchy, Aurore D'Estruval returned the 6-4 favourite having been as short as evens at one point but travelled and jumped well throughout for jockey Tony McCoy, who Read more [...]

The best pâtisseries in London

Mmmmmm pastry… NORTH BELLE EPOQUE Traditional French café and cake shop situated in a Grade II-listed building. Get your sugar kicks from an array of éclairs, macarons and creamy mousse-based cakes. 262 Upper St, N1 2UQ.   EAST VIOLET CAKES This rustic-looking cake shop and café is a popular pitstop that offers US-styled treats: fruity muffins, fudgy brownies, frosted cupcakes and seriously sweet whoopie pies. 47 Wilton Read more [...]

Major homes plans for Scaitcliffe Hall revamp

Major plans to convert one of Todmorden’s famous listed buildings - and at one time the town’s biggest hotel - into more than 30 homes have been submitted to Calderdale Council planners. Proposals have been submitted by London based company MAC-RK Engineering to convert various buildings at Scaitcliffe Hall, Burnley Road, Todmorden, into various types of homes.The Highbury New Park based company, via agent Mr Andrew Rollinson, of Rollinson Planning Consultancy, Read more [...]

MP urges rethink on ‘short-sighted’ plan to flatten an old Bradford Council …

AN MP is calling for a re-think on plans to flatten an old Council building and sell it off for housing. Bradford Council wants to demolish its vacant Flockton House office, in Flockton Road, Bowling, and sell the land to a developer. It has already secured permission to pull down the building, and its asset management team is now seeking outline planning consent for 30 homes on the site. But local MP David Ward isn't happy with the idea, saying the building should be Read more [...]

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Why everyone is talking about Princess Beatrice’s …

By Sebastian Shakespeare for the Daily Mail Published: 00:13 GMT, 3 January 2015 | Updated: 02:00 GMT, 3 January 2015 8 View comments When the Queen’s granddaughter Princess Beatrice was looking for company on New Year’s Eve, there was only one choice. She sought out Bee Shaffer, whose mother Anna Wintour rules imperiously as the queen of fashion at American Read more [...]

Bengals’ Green listed as doubtful for AFC wild card

CINCINNATI -- Wide receiver A.J. Green remained out of practice for the Bengals on Friday and is listed as doubtful to play in Sunday's AFC wild card game at Indianapolis. Green is still under the NFL's concussion protocol after he suffered a head injury in the fourth quarter of last Sunday's 27-17 loss at Pittsburgh. Green was scheduled to be examined Friday by a neuropsychologist but head coach Marvin Lewis said after practice that Green's status had not changed from Thursday. Green was allowed Read more [...]

FOR SALE: Stoke Goldington pub The Malting House listed for £590000

Comments (0) A Stoke Goldington pub has been put up for sale just two years after being refurbished and rebranded. The Malting House, in the village's High Street, has been listed for sale for £590,000 by Taylor Co Property Consultants. The pub recently closed due to 'staff shortages', but it has now been listed on Right Move. The description states: "The property is throughout in very good order having been bought and totally Read more [...]