NBA Rumors: LaMarcus Aldridge puts Portland home up for sale

NBA Free Agency is right around the corner, and LaMarcus Aldridge putting his home in Portland up for sale is not a positive sign. The Portland Trail Blazers once again looked promising but the flamed out in the postseason and are now in danger of having their Big 3 broken up thanks to free agency. Damian Lillard will be staying put and the likelihood that Nicolas Batum will be back, unless he’s traded. One name to keep an eye on though is LaMarcus Aldridge, who wasn’t too happy with management Read more [...]

IN PHOTOS: Winnipeg house listed for record-setting $11 million

WINNIPEG – Know a Winnipegger in the market for an $11-million house?Yeah, we didn’t think so.A Wellington Crescent home built in 2006 after media magnate Israel Asper’s home was bulldozed has been listed for sale at $11 million.“When you have nothing left to prove!” the MLS listing for 1063 Wellington blasts in all capital letters. “This is an art deco European gated estate that took six years to build! Live luxuriously, entertain impressively and relax unconditionally.” READ Read more [...]

Prince Charles letters reveal his concern over loss of listed buildings

The “tragic and scandalous” dilapidation of a derelict psychiatric hospital in Wales and a mill in Derbyshire are among the concerns revealed in the latest letters between Prince Charles and government ministers to be published, along with suggestions on how ministers could best use government funds. Two letters to housing ministers sent in 2007 and 2008 also reveal the prince’s concern and detailed knowledge of the issue of affordable rural housing, as well as his well-known dislike of modern Read more [...]

ICEF launches US Agent Training Course

Developed with the input of an international advisory board of educational bodies, agents and US government representatives, the course is similar in structure to the ICEF Agent Training Course but focuses on issues related to the US market. “Agents will look at this as something that will open doors to different insitutions and give them a bit more credibility” The free, online course addresses visa information, how academic credits and applications are assessed and how to best prepare for Read more [...]

Hoxne’s closed Swan pub listed as ‘asset of community value’

The Hoxne Swan is currently closed. ANL-150529-171357001 There was good news this week for locals who are fighting to save their village pub. The Swan at Hoxne has been closed for over two months and the parish council has just heard that it has been granted permission to have the pub and restaurant, in the centre of the village, registered as a community asset.The designation means that local residents would have Read more [...]

Government publishes second batch of Prince Charles’ letters – live

The correspondence published by the Government today, Thursday 4 June, shows the range of The Prince of Wales’ concerns and interests for this country and the wider world. The letters published by the Government show the Prince of Wales expressing concern about issues that he has raised in public like affordable rural housing, the quality of hospital food, the preservation and regeneration of historic buildings, an integrated approach to healthcare, climate change, and others. In all these cases, Read more [...]

Rhyl Sun Centre to be demolished and a new exhibition centre and hotel built …

The Sun Centre is to be demolished and replaced with an exhibition centre with a hotel built nearby under major plans to transform Rhyl seafront. Neptune Developments - selected by Denbighshire council to develop the Rhyl promenade - has revealed for the first time its ambitious plans for the town. These include pulling down the iconic Sun Centre attraction to build a 4,000 sq metre venue for concerts, trade shows and sporting events. The Sun Centre closed for the season in 2013 and a decision taken Read more [...]