Monthly Archives: April 2015

Short-listed Artists announced for £2000 Cumbrian Artist of the Year Prize

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The Cumbrian Artist of the Year Exhibition opens this Saturday 25th April at the Rheged Centre with 5 artists in the running to win the £2000 award now revealed. From an astounding 74 initial entries representing the very best of Cumbria’s contemporary artists an expert panel, including Rory Stewart MP, selected 25 artists to take part in the exhibition at Rheged. The five artists short-listed for the ultimate prize are Richard Hughes, Di Mcghee, Phil Morsman, Alan Stones, and Sarah Tew. Painter Read more [...]

‘Most expensive house in Wanstead’ listed for £2.65m

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The “most expensive house in Wanstead” was put up for sale for £2.65m yesterday. The gated property in Wanstead Place, with five bedrooms and four bathrooms, was listed online yesterday (April 22) by estate agents Bairstow Eves. Facilities include a number of remote-controlled gadgets including curtains, blinds, roof windows and even a fireplace. There is under-floor heating throughout, a surround sound music system, CCTV, garden with outdoor TV and a “bespoke” Read more [...]

Mayweather Vs. Pacquiao Tickets Finally Go On Sale Today

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Boxing fans have waited nearly six years to buy tickets to the ‘Fight of the Century’ as Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao and their respective camps endured a series of roller coaster negotiations since 2009 to bring the two fighters into the ring together. So, what are a few more weeks? Tickets for the fight, which was agreed to in February, will finally go on sale today, only nine days before Mayweather and Pacquiao are set to square off at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Read more [...]

Walton Canonry mansion where Salisbury Cathedral painting was created, for sale

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Walton Canonry has view of Salisbury Cathedral enjoyed by John Constable while taking studies for famous painting300-year-old home with six bedrooms and views of Salisbury Cathedral and Avon has gone on the market for £7millionConstable painting Salisbury Cathedral From The Meadows was bought by the Tate for £23.1million in 2013 By James Dunn For Mailonline Published: 10:27 GMT, 23 April 2015 | Updated: 12:47 GMT, 23 April 2015 Read more [...]

Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s former apartment listed on Airbnb

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If you want to live like Kurt Cobain but don’t have the spare $400,000 to buy his Washington childhood home, you’re in luck. An LA apartment that the Nirvana frontman shared with Courtney Love a few years before he died has been listed on short-term rental website Airbnb, at the price of about £760 ($1,140) per week or £200 a night. Cobain and Love lived in the Fairfax flat from 1991 to 1992, during the height of Nirvana’s fame – according to the apartment’s current tenant Brandon Kleinman, Read more [...]

Three Queens Liverpool 2015 – Travel advice and guide on how to catch a …

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Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to descend on the banks of the Mersey next month to catch a glimpse of Cunard’s Three Queens. The Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria will be visible from both sides of the river, and from New Brighton and Crosby beaches to the city’s historic docks. Today Merseytravel unveiled travel advice and plans for public transport during what is expected to be a full waterfront and coastal spectacle. Liz Chandler, director of corporate development Read more [...]

Anzac Day should be quarantined from politicians – a solemn moment to reflect …

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Time eventually heals old battlefields. A gentle, grassy furrow might indicate where men once hacked a trench and the verdant expanse beyond where they eviscerated each other with bayonets. But what happened a long time ago is rarely evident on the surface of old war grounds. The earth, enriched with flesh, blood and bone, regenerates. Saplings sprout into trees, poppies bloom. Houses, churches, monuments – again all too often to men and to war – are built and rebuilt. Tourists have comprehensively Read more [...]

China-listed firms’ earnings growth to hit three-year low in 2015 – survey

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Earnings growth at China-listed companies is likely to be the slowest in three years in 2015, in line with an economy the government expects to expand at the weakest rate in a quarter of a century. Reuters surveyed analyst estimates of full-year net profit at 704 Shanghai- and Shenzhen-listed firms that recently booked 2014 earnings, and found average growth for 2015 of 7 percent. That compared with 7.7 percent in 2014 and a spike of 18 percent in 2013.Driving the decline Read more [...]

Fairway Shops in Kāʻanapali, Other Maui Properties Listed for Sale

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<!----> Fairway Shops. Photo courtesy Colliers International Hawaiʻi. By Wendy Osher The Fairway Shops in Kāʻanapali is on the market and is being sold for an undisclosed price. Colliers International has the listing and is marketing the leasehold property, lead broker, Mark Bratton confirmed in an email communication. The 35,000 square foot center is located on Kekaʻa Drive and was valued at $13.9 million ($7.5 million in assessed land value and $6.3 million in building value) Read more [...]

MEN and Macclesfield Express short listed for press awards for Manchester …

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The Manchester Evening News and our sister paper, the Macclesfield Express have been short-listed for prestigious press awards. The Society of Editors Regional Press Awards are designed to celebrate the best in British regional and local journalism. The MEN has two entries in a short-list of six for the Campaign of the Year. They include the astonishing achievement which stemmed from our coverage of a fire at the Manchester Dogs' Home. Around 60 animals were killed with hundreds others having to Read more [...]