Monthly Archives: January 2015

ITV scores cricket World Cup highlights

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ITV will show highlights of all of England’s games in the cricket World Cup which begins next month. Media regulator Ofcom said on Tuesday that England’s games, including the fixture against Scotland, will be shown on the main channel as well as the semi-final and final, according to a joint proposal from ITV and Sky. Other games, including Scotland’s remaining matches, will be shown on sister channel ITV4. Live coverage of the tournament, which will be hosted by Australia and New Zealand, Read more [...]

Southport Bucket List – 30 things you must do in our town before you die

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Readers have been busy helping us to compile the ultimate Southport “bucket list” – a series of things to do in Southport before you die. Some will take a bit more effort than others and some you might be able to tick off already, but all should be good fun and leave you feeling like a true Sandgrounder. From seeing Southport Air Show, to taking in the Flower Show, to watching the sun set over Ainsdale Beach – it seems there is no shortage of things to experience in our great town. How many Read more [...]

5 tips for exterior makeovers

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2. While you can rarely be as adventurous with the colours you use on the outside of your home as on the inside, you don't need to stick to white, cream or magnolia - there are some lovely shades of masonry paint. However, you do need to consider what will go with the surrounding buildings, if there are any planning restrictions (see below) and what suits the style and period of the building.3. If a lick of paint isn't going to do much, don't despair. Rendering an unattractive exterior Read more [...]

Top 10 facts about Sir Winston Churchill

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Here are a few facts most of them missed.1. In 1963, Winston Churchill became the first person ever to be made an honorary US citizen.2. Churchill and Mother Teresa are the only people to have been made honorary US citizens during their lifetimes.3. Churchill’s mother was one-eighth Iroquois Indian.4. The champagne house Pol Roger made a special one-pint bottle of champagne for Winston Churchill, to be served each day at 11am.5. Churchill was also a great port lover but would buy only Graham’s Read more [...]

Newly-listed Benchmark to keep focus on acquisitions; plans £20m vaccine …

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UK-based Benchmark Holdings, which recently snapped up the salmon breeding companies Salmobreed and Stornfiskur, revealed big expansion plans in its latest financial report. The newly AIM-listed animal health, technical publishing and sustainability science business has just posted a net pre-tax loss of £1.4 million ($2.11m) for its latest financial year, which ended on Sept. 30, 2014. The loss was due to a 23% increase in research and development (RD) investments, which reached £6.4m Read more [...]

Shropshire residents in campaign against building near listed property

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An application has been submitted to build nine homes near the Grade II listed Provost’s House, Provost Mews and The Old Stables off High Street in Edgmond, near Newport.But a group of residents have formed a campaign group called Protect Heritage Edgmond, saying they are not opposed to development but it must be in the “right place” and not on green fields in a conservation area. The group held a public meeting earlier this month where 115 villagers voted against the proposal and Read more [...]

SOTU And Sunday Night Event Pileup Overstuff Twitter TV Ratings

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Sunday evening’s pileup of prominent TV events – including the NFL Pro Bowl, the SAG Awards, the Miss Universe pageant and a WWE pay-per-view – pushed past all but one thing to fill up the week’s Twitter TV Top 10 ratings by Nielsen. That one other thing, however, was President Obama’s State of the Union speech five days earlier, which easily attracted the most social-media conversation of the week, nearly 2,600 tweets that reached an unduplicated audience of more than 9.7 million Read more [...]

Interest in Nicoletti properties

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ONE of Australia's largest grain operations, comprising a total of about 68,000 hectares (168,030 acres), has been listed for sale in Western Australia and both domestic and international interest is already very strong. The State's largest grain grower, John Nicoletti, has listed five properties for sale, which together has about 47,000ha (about 116,140ac) of arable land. In addition, he also has a substantial grain storage facility up for sale in the offering. The properties Read more [...]