Monthly Archives: April 2015

Eager Belfast househunters queue to snap up more than £6m worth of property …

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Houses at the exclusive Belvoir Park development are selling out fast - with more than £6million worth of property shifting in a matter of hours. Househunters hoping to set up home at the South Belfast development will have to move quickly as 20 out of 27 sites from phase one have already been snapped up. Some buyers were so keen to secure their dream home that they turned up at 6am today to make sure they were first in the queue when the properties went on sale at 5pm today. Simon O’Brien from Read more [...]

Hong Kong opens £193m luxury Buddhist monastery to public

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Watched over by a 76-metre-high bronze goddess of mercy, Hong Kong’s newest Buddhist monastery – which features bulletproof VIP rooms – has opened to the public. The Tsz Shan monastery, built in Tang dynasty style, covers a vast 500,000 sq ft and cost £193m. It has been funded by Li Ka-shing, 86, a Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, listed as the richest person in Asia – worth $31.9bn in the Bloomberg billionaires index last year. One of its several grand halls – there is a Grand Read more [...]

Listed: The Owls weren’t the first to receive a blessing

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The Dalai Lama will visit Aldershot Town for the second time this summer Blessings and curses were going on in British football long before high ranking Buddhist Somdej Phra Wannarat visited Sheffield Wednesday to bless Hillsborough. Thailand’s top ranked Buddhist blessed all parts of the stadium after being invited to S6 by new Owls owner Dejphon Chansiri. Somdej Phra Wannarat blessed Hillsborough last week And Read more [...]

Listed: The Owls weren’t the first to receive a blessing

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The Dalai Lama will visit Aldershot Town for the second time this summer Blessings and curses were going on in British football long before high ranking Buddhist Somdej Phra Wannarat visited Sheffield Wednesday to bless Hillsborough. Thailand’s top ranked Buddhist blessed all parts of the stadium after being invited to S6 by new Owls owner Dejphon Chansiri. Somdej Phra Wannarat blessed Hillsborough last week And Read more [...]

Justin Bieber, John Mayer, And Michael From 5SOS Listed In Reddit ‘Sex With …

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The users of Reddit are known for being among the most fascinating type of people on the Internet, but nothing could prepare us for the newest rising topic to be doing the rounds: 'Girls who have slept with rock stars; How was it? What was your perception of the person afterwards? What did your friends and family think (if you told them)? etc'. Erm, so the creator didn't exactly go for the 'short 'n' snappy' title, but it caught our attention none the less. SECRETS EXPOSED. Copyright: [Getty/ Instagram/ Read more [...]

Church structures Listed for historic significance

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Distinctive St Cuthbert’s Church in Lytham has had its grounds and walls, parish hall and war memorial Grade Two-Listed by Historic England. The Anglican church, built on Church Road in 1834-5 to replace a 1770 church on the same site, has been Grade Two-Starred Listed since 1971. The new Listings recognise its associated structures as being noteworthy. The church is built in the perpendicular style with a buttressed tower and crenellated parapet. Its grounds already feature a Grade Two-Listed Read more [...]

Dealwatch: A&O, Linklaters and Slaughters take lead on Virgin Active sale to …

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Dealwatch: AO, Linklaters and Slaughters take lead on Virgin Active sale to South Africa-listed Brait Details 16 April 2015 11:56 by Sarah Downey Magic Circle trio Allen Overy (AO), Linklaters and Slaughter and May have taken instructions advising on Virgin Group's £682m sale of an 80% stake in international health club operator Virgin Active to South African-listed private equity group Brait. The Linklaters team advised Brait on Read more [...]