Monthly Archives: July 2015

Grade II listed stately home turned into £5 million cannabis farm by criminal gang

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A criminal gang cultivated a £5 million cannabis farm out of a Grade II listed stately home. The mob turned the large home into a drug production depot after paying the owner Paul Davies to rent it out. They turned 10 rooms in the house into a cannabis farm with a street value reportedly around £5 million. Today three members of the group were found guilty at Carlisle Crown Court of conspiracy to supply cannabis between May 2011 and May 2012. Five other members, including Davies, pleaded guilty Read more [...]

Exclusive: The Faces and Fake Names of People Behind Planned Parenthood Attack …

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See more of our coverage on the misleading Center for Medical Progress videos here. When operatives from the Center for Medical Progress sat down for lunch with Planned Parenthood officials last February at the a/k/a Bistro in Pasadena, a city just outside of downtown Los Angeles, their hidden cameras caught over an hour of conversation between themselves and Dr. Mary Gatter, the medical director at Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley. Parts of that conversation have since become Read more [...]

Michael Bloomberg buys £16m house in exclusive London street

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Michael Bloomberg is to follow the likes of Mick Jagger and Roman Abramovich when he moves into a £16m ($25m) mansion on one of London’s wealthiest streets. The former mayor of New York is reported to have paid £1m ($1.56m) more than the asking price for the seven-bedroom grade II*-listed mansion on Cheyne Walk, Chelsea. The property, which was once home to the novelist George Eliot, is accessed by a private road and decorated in an extravagant period style. Its ornate interior includes a sweeping Read more [...]

US home prices rose 4.9 pct. in May, lifted by strong sales

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices rose steadily in May, pushed higher by a healthy increase in sales this year.The Standard Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index increased 4.9 percent in May from 12 months earlier, down slightly from a 5 percent pace in April, according to SP Dow Jones Indices.Home sales have jumped in recent months as an improving economy boosts hiring and enables more people to afford a purchase. Yet the higher sales haven't encouraged more people to sell their homes, Read more [...]

‘Listed’ building plan could scupper Powergen regeneration | Solihull Observer

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LONG-ANTICIPATED plans to redevelop the Powergen site have been dealt a blow this week after revelations it could become a ‘listed’ building. An online petition has been launched calling for the site, which has been derelict for more than 20 years, to be protected and an application has been made to Historic England to ‘list’ building – which, if successful, would force the current proposed developments to be halted. The petition argues the former headquarters for Britain’s Read more [...]

‘Listed’ building plan could scupper Powergen regeneration

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LONG-ANTICIPATED plans to redevelop the Powergen site have been dealt a blow this week after revelations it could become a ‘listed’ building. An online petition has been launched calling for the site, which has been derelict for more than 20 years, to be protected and an application has been made to Historic England to ‘list’ building – which, if successful, would force the current proposed developments to be halted. The petition argues the former headquarters for Britain’s Read more [...]

Plans for 140 new houses

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Craigavon is to get another new housing development, the ‘MAIL’ has learned. According to the latest planning applications, 
plans are afoot to build 140 new homes in the 
area.The dwellings are earmarked for property across from Brownlow Integrated School. The development is expected to fringe between the Tullygally Road and Brownlow Road and it will be 
adjacent to Lismore 
Manor. The developer is listed as Boconnell Properties, a 
well known Lurgan company Read more [...]

Council planning notices

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Alnmouth: Alistair Ridley, Aln House, 17 Northumberland Street, partial removal of boundary wall and creation of parking area to rear. Alnwick: Dr Mrs Stephen Jan Montgomery, Hope House Farm, Hope House Lane, two-storey rear extension, single-storey porch extension to side, rooflights, new parking area; Mr Mrs James Hulbert, 17 Augur Terrace, construction of first-floor rear extension and conversion of garage. Bamburgh: Eric Christer, 2 Ingram Road, change of use of basement flat Read more [...]

Gladstone Theatre in Ottawa listed for sale at $995000

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The current owner of the Gladstone Theatre in Ottawa says he no longer enjoys the stress of operating the business, and has listed the building for sale for just under $1 million. Steve Martin, the current owner of the Gladstone Theatre, says he doesn't enjoy the stress of managing a theatre and that he wants to focus on acting. (CBC News) "I really don't actually have the skill set or the business acumen to produce theatre and to manage and operate a theatre," Steve Martin told CBC Read more [...]

And finally… Stately home demolished after failing to sell for £1

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Image courtesy of David Lauder (If you are looking for today’s Building Briefs please click here) A stately home has been demolished after it failed to find a buyer – despite being priced at just £1. According to the Scotsman, the sandstone mansion, Whitehall House, was in need of repairs costing around £1.2 million, but after its owners failed to find a buyer, permission was given to knock it down. After no buyers came forward, owner Douglas Pryde, a financial advisor, was given permission Read more [...]