Monthly Archives: July 2015

Project Morpheus Panel Listed for Comic Con – VRFocus

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In addition to the revelation that Project Morpheus is playable to the public at Sand Diego Comic Con (SDCC), an event which begins today at 9am PST, virtual reality (VR) will be featured in a special panel entitled ‘Virtual Reality, Project Morpheus, and the Future of Gaming’. This session will stand out from the crowd as a dedicated VR panel, as while there are undoubtedly many which will feature the technology at present it remains the only panel on the SDCC line-up dedicated to VR. The Read more [...]

BBC funding deal will force sport off screen, says Chris Bryant

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Major sporting events will be forced off the BBC as a result of the government’s planned restructuring of its funding, it has been claimed. The shadow culture secretary Chis Bryant said that the changes, which will see the BBC take responsibility for the cost of free television licences for the over-75s, will represent a real-terms cut in its funding, citing Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) figures. That, he claimed, would mean that the BBC was less able to bid for events such as the Rugby Read more [...]

Osborne insists ‘Living Wage’ will leave Brits better off despite cuts

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Intervening on Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith in the Commons, his Labour shadow, Helen Goodman asked: "Could you explain to the House why cutting tax credits for large families is a fair thing to do when it will be concentrated... on families where children are living in poverty, on Roman Catholic families, on Catholics from other minorities. "Don't you understand that every child matters?" Mr Duncan Smith replied: "I have for some time believed the way tax credits operated distorted Read more [...]

Celebrity Homes For Sale: 5 Celebrity Homes Listed Under $15M

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email print more big Over the past two months, celebrities have been selling some of their glamorous and luxurious real estate properties. Listed below are some of these celebrity homes that are under $15 million, as compiled by Zillow.Like Us on Facebook Nicole Richie and Joel Madden's Home in Bohemian Laurel Canyon: According to reports, the couple who is rumored to be going for divorce bought Read more [...]

Whittingdale accused over TV sport

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Eurosport and parent company Discovery have secured a rights deal for the Olympics from 2022, with the BBC stating it would seek talks to secure the free-to-air rights.The BBC and ITV are also thought to have teamed up in a bid to keep the Six Nations rugby union tournament on terrestrial television.Mr Whittingdale assured MPs that the Olympics will be shown free-to-air due to existing legislation, although he said it was a matter for the BBC and Discovery on whether they can reach a deal.Shadow Read more [...]

Whittingdale accused over TV sport – The Star

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Culture Secretary John Whittingdale is "forcing sport off the BBC", Labour has said, amid concerns over the level of free-to-air Olympics and Six Nations coverage. Eurosport and parent company Discovery have secured a rights deal for the Olympics from 2022, with the BBC stating it would seek talks to secure the free-to-air rights. Shadow culture secretary Chris Bryant warned that the Government's deal with the BBC would make it harder for it to compete as prices Read more [...]

Gatehouse scheme is next step in regeneration of Sheffield’s Kelham Island …

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A former industrial works in Kelham Island is set to be turned into apartments, offices and a café bar under the next stage of the area’s regeneration. The old Green Lane Works will be converted and extended to form a new mixed-use development - with the disused factory’s Grade II* listed entrance gate and clock tower preserved as its focal point.A new application submitted to Sheffield Council by Leeds-based developer Citu reveals plans for six one, two, and three bedroom apartments, Read more [...]

Gatehouse scheme is next step in regeneration of Sheffield’s Kelham Island

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A former industrial works in Kelham Island is set to be turned into apartments, offices and a café bar under the next stage of the area’s regeneration. The old Green Lane Works will be converted and extended to form a new mixed-use development - with the disused factory’s Grade II* listed entrance gate and clock tower preserved as its focal point.A new application submitted to Sheffield Council by Leeds-based developer Citu reveals plans for six one, two, and three bedroom apartments, Read more [...]

Luxury home sales in Calgary nosedive due to falling oil prices | Calgary Herald

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Calgary’s luxury home resale market has taken a hit in 2015 with $1-million property transactions down 36 per cent from last year’s record level. Sothebys International Realty Canada, in a market update Thursday, said “fluctuations in oil prices and continued economic uncertainty are expected to dampen Calgary’s high-end real estate market in the last six months of the year,” noting the NDP government’s fall provincial budget could also influence sales. Its Top-Tier Real Estate Read more [...]