Monthly Archives: May 2015

Lincoln listed in top ten towns for ghost sightings – and here’s some of the …

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Comments (0) Estate agents have carried out a survey that's listed Lincoln within the top towns for ghost sightings in the UK.Rightmove asked 30,000 people across the country whether they had seen a ghost and Lincoln came out seventh in the list.The Lincolnshire Echo recently reported a list of the 12 most haunted places in the county.In Lincoln, St Mary's Guildhall, Brown's Pie Shop, County Assembly Rooms, Lincoln Castle and Greestone Stairs all made the list. Read more [...]

Secret files reveal police fear that Trekkies could turn on society

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Special Branch was concerned that people hooked on such material could go into a frenzy triggered by the millennium leading to anarchy. • We should make first contact: scientists say it is time to search for aliens • The X-Files returning for new series with Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny An undated confidential report to the Metropolitan Police, thought to have been filed around 1998-99, listed concerns about conspiracy theorists who believed the end of the world was nigh. "Fuel is Read more [...]

Two estates for sale with a difference

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The challenges of life in the English countryside are highlighted by the sale of two very different estates—one the fantasy creation of a restless 20th-century genius, the other a diverse, 290-acre estate dating back more than 1,000 years and centred on the partly restored ruin of a Grade I-listed mansion that was once the grandest house on the Isle of Wight. Joint selling agents Smiths Gore (01451 832832) and Knight Frank (01789 297735) have been inundated with calls from potential purchasers Read more [...]

26 ways to make London a better place

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3. And no more novelty serving dishes First we got chicken in a basket. Then plates became square. And then someone had the bright idea of slopping your dinner on a slate. Now there are all manner of ridiculous novelty dishes, as the brilliant Twitter account 'We Want Plates' demonstrates: @WeWantPlates how my breakfast was served at a cafe in North Sydney, Australia pic.twitter.com/6bwcF9USV4— Veronica Maree (@VeeStyling) May 11, 2015 ...And some pork scratchings please. "Of course, Read more [...]

To get EPFO funds, listed firms need at least Rs 5000 crore m-cap

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NEW DELHI: To get EPFO funds, listed companies would need to have a minimum market capitalisation of Rs 5,000 crore, even as the retirement fund body will invest only the exchange traded funds (ETF) in the current financial year. According to the new investment pattern notified for investing incremental deposits of EPFO, investment would be in "shares of body corporates listed on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) or National Stock Exchange (NSE) which have market capitalisation of not less than Rs 5,000 Read more [...]

Amazing country houses fit for Mr Darcy

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Read: could Mr Darcy afford a stately home today? She first caught sight of it from high ground looking across a valley. “Elizabeth was delighted,” wrote Austen. “She had never seen a place where nature had done more, or where natural beauty had been so little counteracted by an awkward taste… and at that moment she felt that to be mistress of Pemberley might be something!” When she walked through the succession of state rooms, filled with fine objects and furniture, it made her heart Read more [...]