Monthly Archives: February 2015

Samsung Galaxy S6 release date, specs, price rumours & news – Benchmarks …

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The Samsung Galaxy S6 is going to be launched in just a couple of weeks now, with a release date confirmed to coincide with the MWC show in Barcelona - see below. Our team will be at the event to give you live coverage of the announcement and our hands-on opinions of all the new hardware at the event, including the Galaxy S6 itself and its heavily-rumoured curved-edge variant.  It may be a couple more weeks to go before the launch but there's lots we already know about the new handset. We've collated Read more [...]

Wonderful Westminster properties for sale

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The oldest and most charming of London’s eight Royal Parks, St James’s Park is surrounded by the three great palaces—the ancient Palace of Westminster (now the houses of Parliament), St James’s Palace and Buckingham Palace— that encapsulate the power and pomp of the world’s favourite capital city. Yet tucked away behind the grand buildings of state and empire, a handful of discreet, understated streets abutting the park have been, and still are, home to some of the richest and most Read more [...]

Ingatestone Grade II listed building set to become flats

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Comments (0) A GRADE II listed building in Ingatestone that has sat vacant for a year is now set to be converted into five apartments. Peerage House, at the junction with Stock Road in the High Street, was built in the 17th century and over the years has been a house, a pub and a hotel, before more recently, a solicitor's office. But now, after becoming vacant in early 2014, five apartments are set to grace its interior after planning permission Read more [...]

Old Rushden hospital building may become flats

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Plans to turn a former hospital building into housing have been submitted. Kier Living Eastern wants to convert the former Rushden Hospital building, known as Rushden House, just off The Drive in the town, into 14 dwellings.Outline planning permission had been given for 10 dwellings, but the increase in numbers means a new application has to be submitted to East Northamptonshire Council.The site is part of the wider former Rushden Hospital complex, which already has outline Read more [...]

Snowdrop paradise: a collector’s dream

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A collection such as this alerts you to the diversity of snowdrops – tall, short, slender, fat, single, double, glaucous or green-leaved – and of their myriad markings, as well as how long a flowering season they have. “G. reginae-olgae is out in the autumn, G. elwesii Hiemalis Group at Christmas, 'Atkinsii’ in January and 'Straffan’ right at the end of February,” he says. Since Sales likes to have his garden full of interest at all times of year, he relishes this Read more [...]

Sixties playground sculpture in Birmingham is Grade II listed

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12 February 2015 Last updated at 14:07 The work was one of a number of play sculptures commissioned for post-war public housing estates in Birmingham A 1960s children's playground sculpture in Birmingham has been listed by the government. The fish-shaped sculpture, in Curtis Gardens, is said to be the last surviving work in situ designed by the sculptor John Bridgeman. It has been listed Read more [...]

Battle of the pizza chains: Hut vs Express

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Pizza Hut Forget Franco Manca and Pizza Pilgrims – two real pizza titans are going head-to-head right now, in a battle to dominate central London. In the red corner: Pizza Express, who’ve just opened their first ever flagship restaurant on Charing Cross Road. And in the blue corner: Pizza Hut, who’ve given their Strand restaurant a mega makeover. But which chain restaurant will come out on top? Pizza Express Food Pizza Express Read more [...]

Houses for sale in Wales: Medieval farmhouse may date back to 1479 but it’s …

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VIEW GALLERY This medieval farmhouse is thought to date back to 1479 but the modern touches make this property a real one-off. Thorne Cottage has three bedrooms, three reception rooms, an outdoor swimming pool and pool house and boasts pretty gated grounds and gardens. There is also the option to buy the paddock and woods. The Grade II-listed home has been sympathetically renovated and refurbished over the years retaining its original character features. It now offers delightful and charming Read more [...]