Monthly Archives: June 2015

Strong demand pushes home sales closer to asking prices

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•Mapped: the last affordable London boroughs in which to buy•30-second briefing: how affordable are homes for first-time buyers? “Buyers may be disheartened by the decrease in the typical discounts on offer but can take cheer from the fact that almost a third of houses are listed today below their original asking price,” said Zoopla’s Lawrence Hall. “On the flip side, vendors can be pretty confident of achieving close to their initial asking price.” Even in regions where the housing Read more [...]

RIBA awards: Step inside the Liverpool home long-listed for the Manser Medal

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VIEW GALLERY Liverpool architects have been recognised in the long-list for RIBA’s New Home of the Year. Snook Architects, with offices on Duke Street, have been longlisted for the 2015 RIBA Manser Medal for the design of ‘Westmorland’, a California-style home based in Liverpool. The Manser Medal is the Royal Institute of British Architect’s award for the best new house in Britain, and celebrates the best of British design Neil Dawson, the project’s architect and director of Snook Read more [...]

10 Cambridge buildings (or structures) you didn’t know were listed

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Comments (0) With more than 1,500 listed buildings in Cambridge city, there will definitely be some that you recognise. But the ones that you never would have expected to make the grade are even more interesting. Listed buildings are those which are seen as of architectural of historical interest, and they are split into three categories. Grade I buildings are of "exceptional interest", Grade II* buildings are of "particular importance" and Grade II buildings Read more [...]

Labour’s new leader has one mission: avoiding extinction

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The question of how to choose a Labour party leader, or the criteria to be applied are issues that, as yet, have not been properly addressed. The process of selecting a few individuals and then defining them as occupying a place within the left/right spectrum, or more broadly, attempting to otherwise assess their popularity within the party or the nation as a whole, amount to vague generalities that are hardly helpful. A more methodical approach is called for. Before turning to individuals and their Read more [...]

Big names turn out for Jamaica’s big show

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Image Text: TOP GEAR: Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce SEVERAL OF the island's top athletes, as expected, have been entered to compete at this week's Supreme Ventures sponsored Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) National Senior Championships at the National Stadium. The event, which serves as a qualifier for a number of senior international meets, such as the IAAF World Championships in Beijing this August, Read more [...]

Fashion: Take a look at the designer items made here in in Leicester

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Comments (0) Meet The Manufacturer is an annual trade show celebrating the creativity of more than 100 UK textiles businesses - including a stylish display on the catwalk featuring items made right here on our doorstep. Gemma Peplow reports...It's 5.30pm at the Tobacco Dock, a grade I-listed warehouse building in East London, and models are walking a catwalk to appreciative murmurs and camera phone-snapping from an attentive, well-dressed audience. From the second Read more [...]

Hezbollah’s ‘external security’ branch remains listed by Australia as …

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Hezbollah’s secretive “external security” branch will remain listed as a terrorist organisation in Australia after security agency advice that the group is still involved in the “planning, coordination and execution of terrorist attacks”. The parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security regularly reviews the organisations on the list, which Hezbollah’s external security organisation (ESO) joined in 2003. ESO operatives have been accused of several terrorist attacks against Read more [...]