Monthly Archives: May 2015

Demolition begun on former home of WW2 aircraft designer Sir Sydney Camm

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VIEW GALLERY Demolition has begun on the 30-year home of prolific aircraft designer Sir Sydney Camm, leaving campaigners ‘sickened’. The house, at 29 Embercourt Road in Thames Ditton, has been under threat since September when a planning application was submitted to Elmbridge Borough Council for its demolition and the construction of four houses in its place. But when that planning application from Leatherhead-based Shanly Homes was rejected for its size and scale, a pre-demolition notice Read more [...]

Retro: Sheffield links to wartime Lusitania disaster

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File photo dated 25/12/1911 of the Lusitania moored in the Mersey, as the owner of the RMS Lusitania has accused the Irish Government of abandoning the shipwreck to pirates and treasure hunters after stringent rules on diving scuppered his plans for recovery. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday April 6, 2015. Gregg Bemis, an 87-year-old US entrepreneur, said tough conditions imposed on his lifelong quest to save valuable and historically important Read more [...]

Bobby Brown and Pat Houston granted co-guardianship of ailing Bobbi Kristina

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Bobby Brown filed for guardianship over his daughter's $20m estate in late AprilPatricia Houston is the late Whitney Houston's sister-in-law and former manager, who is also the current President of The Whitney Houston estate Bobby and Whitney finalized their divorce in April 2007 which nullified Brown's claim to her estate Maternal grandmother Cissy Houston updated fans clarifying that her grandchild is 'no longer in a medically induced coma' The 22-year-old only child of the late 48-year-old Read more [...]

Ed Miliband’s 8ft election plinth listed on eBay after Labour leader stands down

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Ed Miliband's EdStone has appeared on Ebay after internet pranksters mocked its future in the wake of the Labour leader's resignation. Jokers have listed the 8ft plinth on the auction site after the party's crushing election defeat to the Tories saw Mr Miliband quit. In one listing the description of the slab - which bore Mr Miliband's election pledges - states: "Stone monolith. One careful owner. Unused garden decoration - limited edition." Another listing saw the plinth described as: "£30,000 Read more [...]

Mapped: where the biggest houses in the UK are being built

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The other top five areas for large new homes also surround the capital. Elmbridge - in what is often dubbed "broker belt" because of the large number of City of London financiers who live in the affluent towns of Esher and Weybridge - South Buckinghamshire, Maldon and Guildford rank second, third, fourth and fifth respectively - according to analysis from the property group Savills, using data from the Department of Communities and Local Government. The "volume" housebuilders, the listed construction Read more [...]

We Tested How Googlebot Crawls Javascript And Here’s What We Learned

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TL;DR 1. We ran a series of tests that verified Google is able to execute and index JavaScript with a multitude of implementations. We also confirmed Google is able to render the entire page and read the DOM, thereby indexing dynamically generated content. 2. SEO signals in the DOM (page titles, meta descriptions, canonical tags, meta robots tags, etc.) are respected. Content dynamically inserted in the DOM is also crawlable and indexable. Furthermore, in certain cases, Read more [...]

What’s on in Thanet – 47 things to do in May in Margate, Ramsgate, Broadstairs

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Comments (0) It's the merry month of May and time to get out and about to enjoy the best that Thanet has to offer. Here are just 47 of the amazing events going on this month, if you know of something that's happening that's not listed be sure to let us know. E-mail newsdesk.thanet@KRNmedia.co.uk or find us on Facebook.Ballet Central 2015On Friday, May 8 Ballet Central 2015 takes over the historic Theatre Royal Margate with a programme of ballet, neoclassical, Read more [...]

Grade-II listed 1920s lavatory for sale in Wales for £50000

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Listen public toilets that have been shut for 15 years are now on saleExpected to go for more than £50,000 as 'leisure and tourism development' Loo overlooks Whitmore Bay on Barry Island and has magnificent views By India Sturgis for MailOnline Published: 15:38 GMT, 8 May 2015 | Updated: 16:01 GMT, 8 May 2015 1 View comments It would be a good way to spend Read more [...]