East Vancouver Cone House listed for nearly $1.4 million

If $1 million is the price of a typical Metro Vancouver home, what's the going rate for an unusual one?Well, if you're in the market for a home with a giant copper cone on top of it, the bidding starts at $1.398 million.That is the recently listed asking price on MLS for the Cone House, an east Vancouver home located two blocks east of Main Street on 26th Avenue.The 24-year-old home, designed by award-winning Vancouver architect Tony Robins, is two storeys with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a patio, Read more [...]

eBay UK: Detail on 18 month no sale 10p fines

This week eBay UK announced that from summer 2015 they are going to impose a 10p charge for listings that run 18 months without a sale. We’ve managed to get some more detail on how this is going to work. Timings First off this isn’t going to kick in until the Summer on a yet to be specified date. From then on listings which haven’t sold within 18 months will be charged an additional 10p fee on top of the usual insertion fee when renewing the item. From the go live date eBay will look Read more [...]

ARCHIVE: This event has now finished Day Tour for Tourism Week

Share In celebration of English tourism week we are hosting a day kayaking tour along some of the most stunning English cliff sides towards the highly popular needles. Come along and enjoy a spot of tea and cake on a secluded beach surrounded by chirping birds, and crashing waves. You won't get an experience like this anywhere else! Book fast - only 4 spaces available! Email for more details: contact@adventureactivitiesuk.com or call 01983 755 838 Read more [...]

Day Tour for Tourism Week

Share In celebration of English tourism week we are hosting a day kayaking tour along some of the most stunning English cliff sides towards the highly popular needles. Come along and enjoy a spot of tea and cake on a secluded beach surrounded by chirping birds, and crashing waves. You won't get an experience like this anywhere else! Book fast - only 4 spaces available! Email for more details: contact@adventureactivitiesuk.com or call 01983 755 838 Read more [...]

Alterations planned at Hall

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Bitcoin Swaps Exchange Enters Merger Agreement to Get Listed Publicly

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Liverpool Philharmonic Hall’s new performance space named

A new performance space at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall will be called The Music Room, Philharmonic bosses have revealed. The 160-250 variable capacity space is being created as part of the £13.8m refurbishment of the Grade II* listed hall in Hope Street. It is due for completion in autumn 2015, as part of the overall programme of works to the 1939 art deco landmark which started in May last year. The Music Room will have its own entrance on Sugnall Street at the back of the building. Richard Read more [...]

Homes for sale in Wales: This £2m Gothic folly is one of the most impressive …

VIEW GALLERY Ever watched Grand Designs and wondered what it would be like to own a house like that yourself? Well, now is your chance to buy a house that featured on the Channel 4 show – if you’ve got a £2m budget. With its combination of spectacular character and cutting edge design, the cameras followed Kemeys Folly’s progress as the Grade II listed castle became the stunning house it is today. A former hunting lodge, the folly was built in 1712 by local landowner George Kemeys. It Read more [...]

Huge Hula Hoop crisp up for sale on eBay

Vicky Warrall, an administration worker from Runcorn in Cheshire, was tucking into her lunchtime packet of Hula Hoops when she stumbled across a whopper - a Hula Hoop that had never been cut into individual rings - and so measured around 4.5 inches long. She decided to cash in on her 'amazing' discovery and has put it up for sale on eBay. The eBay listing claims it is the 'world's longest hula hoop' - a claim she is basing on the fact that the last time someone sold a long crisp like this Read more [...]