Monthly Archives: February 2015

France: Glory runs down Lima for Listed success

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GROWING GLORY (Francois Rohaut/Stephane Pasquier) revived memories of Liliside when running down the front-running Romeo Lima to claim a first Listed success. Pasquier sat at the head of the chasing pack as Ioritz Mendizabal looked to make the most of Romeo Lima's speed from the front, before throwing down his challenge a full two furlongs from home aboard the daughter of Orpen. Growing Glory finally took the measure of the leader 100 yards from the line and was always just holding the Read more [...]

Former ANZ chairman held HSBC Swiss bank account, leaked files reveal

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The former ANZ Bank chairman Charles Goode held an account with HSBC’s Swiss private banking arm and asked to be identified only as “Mr Shaw” in his dealings with the bank, according to file notes in leaked bank documents. Goode – who maintains close ties to the Liberal party and sits as a director on two of the party’s associated entities – is one of hundreds of Australians identified as offshore account holders in an investigation by the Guardian and the International Consortium of Read more [...]

Tips for exterior makeovers

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The latter decades of the 20th century weren’t our finest in terms of architecture, and some houses from the 1950s onwards just aren’t that attractive. If your home is among those aesthetics forgot, an architect or builder will be able to help you transform the exterior. Detached houses are the best candidates for an extreme makeover, because there isn’t an adjoining reminder of the old look, but properties of all shapes and sizes can benefit from an exterior Read more [...]

British drug mule Lindsay Sandiford is told she is ‘listed for execution’ in Bali

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British grandmother on Death Row in Bali could face next monthLindsay Sandiford, 58, received official letter informing her of her fate  Sandiford smuggled cocaine into Indonesia and is set to face a firing squadShe must file a final appeal urgently but cannot afford £50,000 legal fees British Government has refused financial help and time is running outFormer CPS chief says UK 'hypocritical' not to fight against death sentenceBy Simon Parry In Bali For The Mail On Sunday Published: Read more [...]

Luxury homes are now on the market at KEVII in Midhurst

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EIGHT luxury homes are among the first new houses to be completed on the controversial former King Edward VII hospital site at Midhurst. The up market homes have been built by Millgate, one of the two housing developers brought on board by specialist developers City Country to help pay for the ambitious project to restore the listed historic buildings of the former sanitorium.In July last year City County announced it had sold land parcels to Millgate and Cala Homes Read more [...]

Plea over free-to-air sport events

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Westminster needs to do more to ensure major sporting events are shown on free-to-air TV or devolve broadcasting powers so Holyrood can act on the issue, Scottish sport minister Jamie Hepburn said. He made the call after the BBC lost the rights to screen golf's Open Championship live, with Sky set to broadcast the famous tournament from 2017. Mr Hepburn said he is "extremely disappointed" that what is "arguably the world's greatest golf tournament" will no Read more [...]

Sport minister Jamie Hepburn: Make more major sporting events free-to-air

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Westminster needs to do more to ensure major sporting events are shown on free-to-air TV or devolve broadcasting powers so Holyrood can act on the issue, Scottish sport minister Jamie Hepburn said. He made the call after the BBC lost the rights to screen golf's Open Championship live, with Sky set to broadcast the famous tournament from 2017. Mr Read more [...]