Haatch plan to redevelop Stamford social club poses danger to listed buildings …

The Hub, home of Haatch, in Wharf Road/Blackfriars Street, Stamford. EMN-150428-161925001 Plans to redevelop the former Cummins Social Club in Stamford pose a “very high” danger of damage to a medieval stone barn, a court has heard. The Cecil Estate Family Trust has challenged the plan to knock down the building in Blackfriars Street and build a four-storey office block in its place. Lawyers from the trust told Read more [...]

It’s award number nine for Markinch hotel

Some of the Balbirnie House Hotel team pictured ahead of the awards ceremony Pic: Lifetime Photography A local hotel has lifted Scotland’s top wedding award for the ninth time in 11 years. Balbirnie House Hotel in Markinch has secured the title of 2015 Scottish Wedding Hotel of the Year at the hotel industry ‘Oscars’. The venue has once again beaten off strong competition from the many wonderful hotels and Read more [...]

Kensington and Chelsea council says house stripes must go

A local council has ordered an end to the circus surrounding a candy-striped Kensington and Chelsea multimillion-pound townhouse, telling its owner to remove the big top-style design which is believed to have been painted to infuriate her neighbours. Related: Candy-stripe house redesign makes Kensington neighbours see red The eight-inch red-and-white stripe paint job on the townhouse, described by one neighbour as hideous, was carried out after residents on South End, a quiet cul-de-sac, objected Read more [...]

Residents say new seafront houses in Clevedon will spoil "stunning view" of …

Comments (0) Neighbours have warned a new row of houses due to be built on Clevedon's seafront will spoil the view at a beauty spot.The Acorn Property Group is set to start building nine new townhouses on a spot of land at Marine Parade which had been occupied by only one house until now.The land forms a gap between a row of terraced houses to the left on Marine Parade and another row to the right on Wellington Terrace. The spot has offered walkers on Marine Read more [...]

Two Warwickshire people still listed as missing in Nepal after Saturday’s …

Two people from Warwickshire were still listed this morning amongst those missing in Nepal after a devastating earthquake hit the region on Saturday. Mary Magdelina Claus, 64, from Nuneaton, and Martin James Edmonds Gattuso, 38, of Harborough Magna, near Rugby, remain on a list of British and Irish-born people believed to be missing in Nepal. An updated version of the list was released this morning. Unfortunately there was no indication of whether they had been found or not. Anthony White, of Holbrooks, Read more [...]