Monthly Archives: April 2015

Grant for church renovation work

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The Friends of St. Matthew’s Churchyard, Lightcliffe, has received £14,700 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the sympathetic renovation of the old churchyard on Wakefield Road. Led by volunteers, the project will create a peaceful, welcoming space in the middle of Lightcliffe that can be enjoyed by all the local community.Over the next two years, The Friends group will use the Heritage Lottery funding to clear overgrown areas, improve paths, install information boards and seating, Read more [...]

‘Smurf’ look for listed pub The Entertainer in Sittingbourne leaves critics …

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A pub’s change of name and appearance has caused a bit of a stir. In the last week, the outside of The Entertainer, formerly The George and Dragon, in Sittingbourne High Street has been painted blue and the premises renamed Bargain Boozer £ Pub. It’s led to some people slamming the building’s appearance and signage on Facebook. The pub has been renamed the Bargain Boozer £ One person wrote that it now looks like ‘Papa Smurf’s house’, while another said: Read more [...]

London garden bridge plan is a misuse of funds say critics

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It was heralded as a potential architectural wonder, a corridor of green across the river Thames, but an escalating backlash is now threatening to wreck plans for London’s £175m garden bridge. Before a crucial judicial review into the project next month, local campaigners against the bridge have called for a parliamentary inquiry into the “misuse of public funds” over a scheme that once came with the promise that it would be entirely paid for by private sponsors. So far, London mayor Boris Read more [...]

Taxing time for the Scots market

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The new land and buildings transaction tax will distort the market over the coming months. Picture: Jane Barlow Housing market activity in Scotland is set to decline over the coming months as buying and selling levels are distorted by the launch of the country’s new property tax system. The land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT) came into force on Wednesday, replacing UK stamp duty north of the Border. With the Read more [...]

Listed transport firms’ sales rise by 22% to SR5.64bn

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Sales (revenues) of the listed transport firms grew by 22 percent to reach SR5.64 billion in 2014 compared to SR 4.64 billion in 2013, according to a financial report.Meanwhile, net profits of the listed transport companies dropped by 20 percent to SR851 million compared to SR1.06 billion by the end of the previous year, Al-Hayat daily said in a report.The transport sector is composed of four companies whose market capitalization reached SR23 billion, or 1.20 percent of the Saudi stock market. Their Read more [...]

Retailers short-listed for awards

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Angus ‘Mud Hut’ to go on the market after £390000 restoration

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An award-winning National Trust for Scotland property in Angus is soon to go on the market. The A-listed old schoolhouse at Logie, known as “the Mud Hut”, was restored for £390,000 in 2009 and won the Europa Nostra Award for building conservation.Its tenant Joe Wishart is leaving the house after six years and spoke of a “great, great adventure” in the building he went to church in as a child.The property is made from straw and clay, and Read more [...]

Cycling: McCallum comes out of retirement

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Why the Uruguayan fishing village of Jose Ignacio is the celebrity haven …

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Jose Ignacio is a tiny fishing village on the Atlantic coast of Uruguay - the smallest country in South AmericaStars including Shakira and Ronnie Wood have been spotted at resort alongside restaurateur Giuseppe Cipriani Sandy lanes, understated boutiques and casual beach bars make up the small fishing villageThe key summer dates from travel are between Christmas and Easter By Sarah Gordon for MailOnline Published: 08:09 GMT, 3 April 2015 | Updated: 12:38 GMT, 3 April 2015 Read more [...]