Monthly Archives: May 2015

Rally Australia listed for 2016 World Rally Championship

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APPROVAL for the biggest event on the Coffs Coast has been approved for a 2016 incarnation by the FIA World Rally Championship Commission. At a meeting in Paris, Rally Australia was included among an initial nine events proposed for next year's FIA World Rally Championship. Australia, Argentina, Finland, Italy, Mexico, Monte-Carlo, Sweden, Poland and Spain were proposed to the FIA by the Munich-based championship organising company, WRC Promoter. This year's Coates Hire Rally Australia Read more [...]

Live Like the Dowager Countess – Downton Abbey Manor Home for Sale

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For fans of the PBS series Downton Abbey, the chance to live like a Crawley is a little bit more obtainable today – the Dowager Countess's house is on the market. Byfleet Manor is most recognizable as the home of Lady Violet Crawley, who's played by Emmy-winning actress Dame Maggie Smith on the period drama. The countryside home, located in Surrey, just outside of London, is listed for $6 million. Photos of the elaborately decorated rooms are included with the listing.The manor's history extends Read more [...]

Google blocks extensions not listed in the Chrome Web Store for all Windows …

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Google today announced Chrome extensions not in the Chrome Web Store are now blocked for all Windows users. The company says it will expand this policy to Mac users in July 2015. Google says its decision stems from a desire to protect Chrome users — by ensuring extensions can be installed only if they’re hosted on the Chrome Web Store, the company can limit the spread of malicious extensions. The policy changes were actually first announced in November 2013, and were supposed to go into Read more [...]

Architect pleads guilty to illegal listed-building work

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A Warwickshire architect has been fined £4,000 and ordered to pay £10,000 in costs after being convicted over unauthorised alterations to a grade II-listed farmhouse Neil Shepherd, of Grafton Lane, Binton, pleaded guilty to two charges under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act relating to renovation work at Lower Farm, at Admington, near Atherstone-on-Stour.Shepherd’s court appearance comes less than two years after he was castigated by the Architects Registration Read more [...]

Fancy owning Violet Crawley’s Downton Abbey home? It’ll cost you!

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The Dowager Countess' country abode has been put on the market. The eight-bedroom manor house, which has been home to the Crawley matriarch since Downton Abbey's inception, is up for sale.  Which we guess makes sense, both in Downton Abbey-land (it's only natural Violet is downsizing now the show is ending) and in the real world, where the home's current owners are sure to secure a small fortune from Downton fans keen to buy themselves a piece of the show's history.  Indeed, Read more [...]

Homes for sale west Wales: The Grade-II listed Gothic mansion with its own …

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VIEW GALLERY If you've ever felt like escaping to the country and living the quiet life, this amazing Grade-II listed Gothic mansion ticks all the right boxes. Seven bedrooms, all with en-suite facilities? Tick. A self-contained flat with two bedrooms for visitors? Tick. Your own private valley and trout stream, all set in 59 acres? Tick. That's exactly what's on offer for £1,350,000 for the spectacular Lancych Mansion. It's an impressive spectacular regency Gothic house set in its own Read more [...]

Brakspear boosts managed pub estate with Grade II listed George Hotel

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Brakspear has added to its fledgling managed pub estate with the purchase of a Grade II listed site in the Cotswolds. The George Hotel, in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, is the pub operator and brewer’s fifth managed site. Brakespear has set itself a target of 10 managed sites by 2017.Situated on Shipston’s main square, the George is a food led-business with a restaurant and private dining and function rooms. It also has 16 letting rooms.Brakspear said the site would Read more [...]

Shining a light on large scale summer events

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Published: 13 May, 2015 by Sunderland AFC The home of Sunderland AFC is shining a light on summer events, with new seasonal menus and a host of special offers. The Stadium of Light, Sunderland, which can cater for up to 1000 delegates in its range of versatile suites, has just unveiled its tailored food offerings for events taking place in June, July and August. The menus, specially designed by the award-winning chefs at Read more [...]