Monthly Archives: May 2015

Hucking villagers save £160k in bid to buy local pub The Hook and Hatchet

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A community has more than £160,000 behind the bar to use in its efforts to buy a village pub. About 100 people have pledged to financially support a plan to purchase The Hook and Hatchet, in Hucking, in a bid to protect the site from developers. The campaign was launched in January when the building’s freehold was put on the market by Shepherd Neame for £450,000. Villagers and business owners who are pulling together to buy the pub. Picture: Martin App In recent weeks, Read more [...]

Firm climbs aboard Corn Exchange plan

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Fame and Power, Holy Boss Win Listed Stakes

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Juddmonte Farms' Fame and Power was allowed to set an uncontested but honest pace and wasn't threatened en route to a quality score in the $100,000 Sir Barton Stakes for 3-year-May 16 at Pimlico Race Course (VIDEO). Later on the card, Jerry Durant's Holy Boss took the $100,00 Chick Lang Stakes for 3-year-old sprinters with a good move from third to first. With Martin Garcia riding for trainer Bob Baffert in the Sir Barton, Fame and Power set the tone for what became nothing more than a chase-around. Read more [...]

Prince Charles is the new patron saint of unfashionable causes

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Which other country, after all, would see more than half a million people sit shivering in their garden or local park for an hour on a January weekend to record the number of birds they see – so that trends in birdlife can be monitored? Similarly, who can fault the dedication of those who fought to save Desmoulin’s whorl snails (Vertigo moulinsiana) – a mollusc so teeny (around 1.5mm long) that most of us would squash hundreds of the things with a clumsy Wellington boot? Yet 20 years ago, Read more [...]

£40m of property for sale in resort

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Bloom - Albany Hotel, Albert Road, winner of Holiday Accommodation Over 10 bedroom section 140 hotels and more than 50 other businesses are up for sale across Blackpool But would-be investors are struggling to buy into the town as they are turned down by investors, The Gazette has been told Estate agensts have said people remain interested in the resort though And those running successful businesses are confident the town is on the Read more [...]

Telescope zooms clear of Newbury rivals

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Telescope (right) puts daylight back to his rivals in the Al Rayyan Stakes   PICTURE: Getty Images   Report: Newbury, Saturday Al Rayyan Stakes (Registered As The Aston Park) (Listed) 1m4f, 4yo+ ALL eyes were on Telescope and the 8-13 favourite duly delivered in the style of a Group horse tackling inferior opposition as he romped to a six-length victory. Chinned close home on his seasonal comeback at Newmarket two weeks ago, Telescope gained a confidence-boosting success on his first Read more [...]

Favourite Things: Chapter and verse on love for friendly Sheffield

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Suzannah Evans at Bank Street Arts Suzannah Evans, aged 32, grew up in the West Midlands. She went to university in mid-Wales before moving north to Leeds in 2005. She came to Sheffield two-and-a-half years ago to live with her partner Will. After many years devoting her spare time to poetry while working various jobs, including housing and debt advice, she has finally managed to carve out a career working with Read more [...]