Monthly Archives: March 2015

Great Barrier Reef campaign: scientists call for scrapping of coal projects

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Australia’s leading coral reef scientists have called for huge coalmining and port developments in Queensland to be scrapped in order to avoid “permanent damage” to the Great Barrier Reef. The Australian Coral Reef Society (ACRS) report, compiled by experts from five Australian universities and submitted to the United Nations, warns that “industrialising the Great Barrier Reef coastline will cause further stress to what is already a fragile ecosystem.” The report notes that nine proposed Read more [...]

Conversion work on Shrewsbury listed building well under way

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PUBLISHED: March 22, 2015 18:59 Work to convert part of Shrewsbury's Grade I listed Flax Mill into a visitor centre is well under way, it has been revealed. Work is under way at Flax Mill Maltings English Heritage has appointed Workhaus Projects to lead on the interpretation and displays for the visitor attraction, funded by the European Regional Development Fund.The company will work with consultants Creative Good and the Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings, Read more [...]

Historic tram shed to open doors to allow public its say on arts centre plans

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The team behind bold plans to transform an old tram shed into a stunning state-of-the-art community arts centre are opening its doors to the public next weekend. Completed in 1902 the imposing Grade II listed tram shed, on Clare Road and Pendyris Street in Cardiff, will be opened up on Sunday, March 29 as part of a consultation event. It will give the public the opportunity to discuss the arts centre plans with the people behind the project TShed Developments – as well as local Grangetown councillor Read more [...]

Look inside historic listed Liverpool city centre warehouse and 18th century …

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VIEW GALLERY Step inside two historic - and listed - Liverpool city centre buildings with these images taken as part of a heritage assessment of the properties. The buildings - 10 Hockenhall Alley and 11-13 Cheapside - form part of the Princes Building complex which developers want to turn into serviced apartments and a hostel. These images offer a glimpse at the condition of the vacant properties which will be transformed if the project is given the go-ahead. Plans have been submitted to Read more [...]

Inform board decisions in 30 minutes or face penalty: Sebi warns listed firms

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New Delhi: Listed firms must disclose their board decisions within 30 minutes, while all other 'material information' would need to be made public within 24 hours, Sebi said today as it tightened its corporate disclosure norms and warned of strong penal action for non-compliance.These disclosures would need to be made "as soon as reasonably practicable", but not later than the given time limit, Sebi said.Sebi chairman UK Sinha. PTIThe information, including about material events, would need to be Read more [...]

For sale: Sockburn Hall – the home of a dragon-slayer

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A DERELICT stately home steeped in history and set in one of the most romantic corners of the North-East is for sale for more than half-a-million pounds. Sockburn Hall comes complete with a ruined Saxon church, and a wonderful legend about a dragon being slain nearby. The hall, in a secluded loop of the River Tees near Neasham, was built in 1834 on the site of a medieval manor house which was once reputedly the home of Sir John Conyers, the knight who killed the Sockburn Worm. Read more [...]

The baroness, Islamic extremists and a question of free speech

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On March 6, Mr Rashid spoke at a rally organised by Cage, the pro-terrorist lobby group which had the week before provoked outrage by describing Mohammed Emwazi, “Jihadi John”, as a “kind and gentle” man who had been “radicalised by MI5”. He described Cage as “the leaders in our community – we are all Cage, and we stand with them in all their endeavours”. Ismail Patel, the director of YouElect, is also spokesman for the British Muslim Initiative, closely linked to Hamas, the terrorist Read more [...]

EXCLUSIVE Harry to guard the Queen: Prince in line for Royal Colonel role …

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Last night a Household Cavalry Colonel told the Sunday Express the 30-year-old was listed for the post and, unless he took the unusual decision to decline, the position would be confirmed by the Queen “probably next year”.“It is a ceremonial position in which he will represent the Monarch,” said the source, who added that the paperwork for him to represent the Life Guards had been passed through the regiment and sent to Buckingham Palace.Prince Harry will take the salute at regimental anniversaries Read more [...]

Historic houses for sale in Kent

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Transport, schools and value for money are gradually coaxing buyers from Fulham, Battersea and Wandsworth out of hibernation and into the garden of England, where the choice on all three counts is currently second to none, says William peppitt of Savills in Cranbrook. ‘Admittedly, the number of London-based buyers looking to take advantage of the value to be found in the Kent countryside is still more of a trickle than a tidal wave, but we have seen a significant increase in the number of those Read more [...]