Monthly Archives: February 2015

Custom Mewtwo amiibo Listed for Sale on eBay

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If you literally want to throw away over two hundred dollars, go ahead and drop a bid on this “customized” Mewtwo. This “amiibo” is actually very common TOMY figure that’s been glued to a stand. Its only saving grace of being hand-made is the NFC chip from Pokémon Rumble U figure that’s been placed inside the stand — although it’ll only work for that game and not Super Smash Bros. It’s got nice box art but seriously, it’s worthless. While you can see the Nintendo stamp on Read more [...]

‘Fantastic’ events people up for award

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AN EVENTS team which makes dreams come true has been praised as “the most fantastic bunch of people”. The warm tribute to Sunderland-based Make My Day Events came after it was nominated - numerous times - for a What’s On Where award.Delighted Debbie Hayes, who founded Make My Day Events with her partner Mark Shields just over a year ago, described the nomination as “unreal.”But she was keen to pass on the praise to the 25 young people that it has on its books, Read more [...]

£2 million vision to reopen church as community facility

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A village community which has plans to take on its former church and use it to bring services back to the area is bidding for a £2 million investment. The Church of All Saints, in Benington, has been closed to the public since 2003, and now a group of residents, with the help of the Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire and The Churches Conservation Trust are hoping to bring it back into use.The Benington Community Heritage Trust recently submitted a planning application Read more [...]

Listed IFA acquires two adviser firms in £1m deal

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Listed advisory consoldator AFH Financial has completed two adviser acquisitions for a total of almost £1m, adding a further £55m to the Listed IFA’s funds under management.In an announcement this morning (2 February), AFH said it has acquired Didcot-based Roxborough Consultancy, along with the assets of West Bromwich-based First Class Financial Management. Under the terms of the acquisition of Roxborough, the maximum consideration payable by AFH is £911,760 Read more [...]

Live At Leeds festival fever as hot 100 acts unveiled

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MUSIC fans were today given the lowdown on the hot 100 acts that will help kickstart this year’s festival season in Leeds. Libertines star Carl Barat, former Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes and hometown favourites Eagulls are among dozens of performers confirmed for Live At Leeds 2015.Taking place this year for the ninth time, the hugely-popular annual festival will run from May 1 to 4.Other acts announced today include Dry The River, Dutch Uncles, Emmy The Great, Read more [...]

Mosques open their doors for the day to reach out and reassure

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Mohamed Said was roughly halfway through a potted lecture on the pillars of Islam, taking in everything from the DNA of wine grapes to Malcolm X, when he brought up the troubled history of the building in which he stood. “You can check every place,” he told the 20 or so visitors in the men’s prayer room of Finsbury Park mosque, north London, during an inaugural national open day for Islamic places of worship. “We haven’t got any bombs. Yes, there is a bad history here, but we have changed Read more [...]

Updated Listing of WrestleMania 31 Week Events

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Credit: Pwinsider.com: – Here is the listing, so far, of WrestleMania weekend events in the San Jose area. All times listed are local… THURSDAY MARCH 26th:6 PM – WWE Wrestlemania AXXESS at the San Jose Convention Center.8 PM – Mick Foley one man show at Cobb’s Comedy Club in San Francisco, CA. For details on all Foley shows, visit www.RealMickFoley.com.8 PM WWNLive.com presents EVOLVE at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, CA. This will be an iPPV event. FRIDAY MARCH Read more [...]

Britain’s widening poverty gap should be causing outrage at the start of the …

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We start a short distance away, in one of the most privileged parts of the country, never mind London. This is Prince’s Gate, a grand Victorian terrace near the Royal Albert Hall, where planning permission has just been granted for what could become the most expensive private home in the capital.As super-mansions go, this one looks pretty shabby. The first three houses in the terrace are yellow, like rotten teeth in a row. There is damp growing up the walls of homes that were magnificent when Read more [...]