Nottingham’s ugliest building could be listed – protecting it from demolition

Comments (8) Nottingham's ugliest building could be protected from the bulldozer, blocking any hope of developing the 45-acre site.Imperial Tobacco's Horizon Factory, England's last cigarette manufacturing plant, is scheduled for closure – but conservation agency Historic England has confirmed to the Post that it may press for the huge concrete building to get Listed status.A Grade 1 listing would mean the factory, designed in the 1960s, getting the same "hands-off" Read more [...]

Aftermarket Cruise Control Components Now Listed for Sale Online at Spare … – Virtual

Aftermarket cruise control components are now for sale through the GetYourPart.com website at http://getyourpart.com/aftermarket-cruise-control-sale. Midland, TX (PRWEB) April 26, 2015 Modern steering and speed control systems now help American automakers to better control all aspects of vehicle handling in consumer automobiles. The GetYourPart.com company is now listing its new inventory of aftermarket cruise control components that is available for web ordering at http://getyourpart.com/aftermarket-cruise-control-sale. The Read more [...]

Aftermarket Cruise Control Components Now Listed for Sale Online at Spare …

Aftermarket cruise control components are now for sale through the GetYourPart.com website at http://getyourpart.com/aftermarket-cruise-control-sale. Midland, TX (PRWEB) April 26, 2015 Modern steering and speed control systems now help American automakers to better control all aspects of vehicle handling in consumer automobiles. The GetYourPart.com company is now listing its new inventory of aftermarket cruise Read more [...]

Clinton Foundation admits ‘mistakes’ on how it listed foreign donations

Related: From Iron Lady to #GrandmothersKnowBest: Hillary Clinton is playing the 'gender card' to win The Clinton Foundation issued a statement on Sunday in which it admitted it “made mistakes” over the listing of donations from foreign governments on its tax forms. At the same time, the author of a forthcoming book, which alleges that donors to the family’s interests may have received government favours , called for an urgent investigation. Barely into her run for the White House in 2016, Read more [...]

In memory of Richard West, 1930-2015

Dick West, a foreign correspondent and longtime contributor to The Spectator, has died. Here’s a profile we ran about him in 1989.  One side of Richard West’s character is his contrariness. At a time when others fear salmonella he refuses to have his breakfast eggs kept in the refrigerator. At the height of the Band Aid fundraising success, Bob Geldof was added to his list of pet hates. More recently he has criticised the blandness of the Independent (‘for Guardian readers with Read more [...]

Winning time: 1m 58.58s

Legatissimo swept clear in the hands of Wayne Lordan to run out an impressive winner of the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes at Gowran Park. Epsom Oaks. Click here to bet. Wayne Lordan: On target at Gowran Read more [...]

(UPDATED) 5 Ways to Help victims of the Nepal Earthquake

(UPDATED, Sunday, April 26, 10 a.m. MST):For extensive coverage of the updates from Buddhist leaders and monasteries in the area, see the Lion’s Roar article here.The death toll now stands at over 2400 as aftershocks hit throughout the country and will surely climb as ever more remote areas are surveyed.Continued offerings of prayers, meditations, transferences of merit, etc are still no doubt deeply welcomed.Some commenters have asked for a more “Buddhist” organization to donate to, for which Read more [...]

More than 2000 people dead after monster 7.8 tremor flattens Nepalese capital …

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal today causing massive damage in the capital KathmanduNepalese officials reported at least 1,950 dead and warned the toll could rise as rescue teams search for survivorsThe effects were felt in neighbouring countries with at least 53 dead in India, 17 in Tibet and four in Bangladesh  Quake also triggered a massive avalanche on Mount Everest killing 18 people and injuring at least 30 climbersBy Hannah Parry and Stephanie Linning and Sara Read more [...]

Longbridge 10 years on: The men who still love Rover and Austin cars

Rover finally closed its doors at Longbridge 10 years ago but there will always be people who will love the cars this iconic factory produced. Here are just a few who have dedicated their lives to lovingly restoring and maintaining their Rovers and Austins Henry Morgan and his Austin A35 Henry Morgan bought his Austin A35 straight from Longbridge in 1957 – and still drives it today! It cost him £575 and 12 shillings and he and his wife Brenda drove it 700 miles to and from Lands End on their Read more [...]