Monthly Archives: August 2015

What to expect at the September Apple event

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With September closing in on us, we’re eagerly anticipating the launch of the next iPhone. Apple has a yearly cycle that it likes to follow with regards to product releases, and iPhone announcements have typically happened in September/early October since 2011. With this being said, we’ve listed our predictions for the event based on the flurry of Apple-related rumours that seem to crop up around this time of year. It’s a good idea to bookmark this page, as we’ll be updating this with new Read more [...]

Plan to restore Grade II-listed building leads to objections

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A GRADE II-listed building which has been semi-derelict for 50 years could be restored to its former glory and turned into a house. A plan to turn the Old Hall, near Back Lane in Egglescliffe, near Stockton, into a home along with two nearby farm buildings has been submitted to Stockton Borough Council's planning department. There have been objections from 29 villagers worried about overdevelopment, traffic and conservation issues, however, another 11 Egglescliffe people Read more [...]

Plan to restore Grade II-listed building leads to objections

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The plan also involves the building of two new houses and a farm road at Manor Farm, on Back Lane and Village Farm on Church Road. Egglescliffe, an historic village, is in a specially designated conservation area, which makes it harder for new developments to be approved. The Old Hall has not been occupied since the 1960s and is in multiple ownership, but the application has been made by the farmer of Manor Farm. Its adjoining buildings are used for farming purposes. The application is Read more [...]

Grade II*-listed Basil Spence arts centre gets a revamp

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4 August, 2015 | By Laura Mark ACCA at Sussex University. Copyright Jim Stephenson 2015. Britain’s first university campus arts centre, designed by Basil Spence, has undergone a revamp The building at the University of Sussex has been transformed into a flexible space for exhibitions, performances, research and teaching by AJ120 firm RH Partnership.The 1969 curved-brick building, which was previously known as the Gardner Read more [...]

Precautions which may have avoided Dumfries fatal bike fall listed

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A sheriff has outlined four "reasonable precautions" which might have avoided a Dumfries woman's fatal bicycle fall while delivering phone directories.Sheila Hyslop, 50, died four days after the incident on Albert Road in March last year.A fatal accident inquiry concluded a number of actions might have helped to avoid her death.They were not overloading her bike with directories, reducing her speed, Read more [...]

Records office in Bury St Edmunds awarded listed building status

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A records office in Bury St Edmunds is among eight libraries in the country to have been granted listed building status. Suffolk Record Office, in Raingate Street, has been awarded a Grade II listing for its ‘architectural interest as a refined historicist post-war design’. It joins seven other libraries to be listed including The British Library, Bourne Hall Library and Social Centre, in Epsom as well as those in Bebington, in The Wirral; Milton Keynes; Chandler’s Ford, in Read more [...]

Revealed: the most in-demand Tube stop for house buyers isn’t even in London

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• UK city guide: The 11 best places to live to suit you and your family • Best of both worlds: Live in a French chateau yet work in London Bond Street came out as the least popular, with demand at just 13pc. The top nine most in-demand stations were all in north-west London. East London also proved popular, with most of the “biggest climbers” - the stations with the largest increases in demand - situated on the right of the tube map. East Ham, in zone three, saw a 26pc rise in demand Read more [...]

Okagbare to Lead Nigeria’s 23-man Team to World Championship

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 Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor Duro Ikhazuagbe Double Commonwealth Games gold medalist, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor, is to lead Team Nigeria’s 23-man list to the IAAF World Championship slated to begin on August 22 at the Nest of Champions in Beijing China. Unarguably Nigeria’s biggest prospect for medal at the championship, Okagbare has been listed to feature in 100m, 200m and the 4x100m relay events. The former University of Texas in El Paso graduate won a silver and bronze Read more [...]