Glasgow Doors Open Day 2015: Our pick of the best and most unusual places to visit

HAVE you ever wanted to sneak into some of Glasgow's most iconic, historic and unusual buildings? This year marks the 26th Glasgow Doors Open Day programme, running from September 14 to 20, so you can take advantage of more than 100 unlocked doors and free events across the city. The programme is even more special than usual, as the main hub for the Doors Open Day activity will be held in The Civic Room – formerly the Linen Bank building – which has been inaccessible to the public for a number Read more [...]

Artikelly WWII cluster is listed

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Xiaomi Mi 4c listed on Oppomart

The Xiaomi Mi 4 flagship phone is more than a year-old, which makes the Xiaomi Mi 5 overdue. There is some speculation that the manufacturer is waiting for the Snapdragon 820 SoC to be available for the Mi 5. However, a recent teaser for the long-awaited phone suggests that Xiaomi is tired of waiting, and will use the Snapdragon 810 on its next flagship model anyway.Regardless of when the Xiaomi Mi 5 does finally see the light of day, the Xiaomi Mi 4c has already been certified by TENAA. Today, the Read more [...]

House of ‘Bread’ actress Jean Boht goes on sale for £3.25m

Liverpool actress Jean Boht is selling her eight bedroom house for £3.25m. The star of 80s sitcom Bread has her property in Windsor, Berkshire, listed for sale on website Rightmove. The Grade II listed house, arranged over five floors, comes with four reception rooms and a walled garden and is within walking distance of Windsor Castle and The Theatre Royal. It’s a far cry from the home Jean’s character Nellie inhabited on Elswick Street in Dingle during Bread. A two bedroom house there was Read more [...]

House of Bread actress Jean Boht goes on sale for £3.25m

Liverpool actress Jean Boht is selling her eight bedroom house for £3.25m. The star of 80s sitcom Bread has her property in Windsor, Berkshire, listed for sale on website Rightmove. The Grade II listed house, arranged over five floors, comes with four reception rooms and a walled garden and is within walking distance of Windsor Castle and The Theatre Royal. It’s a far cry from the home Jean’s character Nellie inhabited on Elswick Street in Dingle during Bread. A two bedroom house there was Read more [...]

Fenway rock club and restaurant Church of Boston pulls the plug on live music

Following weeks of rumors and speculation about the future of the venue, Fenway rock cub Church has closed. Sources tell Vanyaland that the owners made the decision to shutter the venue yesterday afternoon after reaching a deal to sell the rock club portion of the building. Church’s adjacent restaurant, we are told, will remain open. However, the 225-capacity live music room, which has been dogged by feverish neighborhood opposition since opening in the late 2000s, has cancelled all of its upcoming Read more [...]

Ofcom allows ITV exclusive live TV coverage of 2015 Rugby World Cup

With Vern Cotter’s Scotland squad looking as if it has the power and the scorers to go somewhere this year, there will  be an enthusiastic audience for the televising of the matches in the 2015 Rugby World cup.Ofcom has given consent for ITV to broadcast exclusive live TV coverage of the event.The tournament begins on 18th September. The majority of matches, including all games involving England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales and matches from the quarter-finals stage onwards, will be shown on ITV, Read more [...]

Hot Property: Making the grade

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Cambridge council house for sale for £700k as fears new right-to-buy may cost …

Comments (1) Two Cambridge council houses have been put on the market for £700,000 and £600,000 respectively – prompting fresh fears about looming changes to right-to-buy.The properties in Beche Road and Grafton Street are both listed on Rightmove for the astronomically high sums, with the city council having agreed to dispose of the properties back in June.It also agreed to sell another property in Shelly Row which is expected to command a similar sum when Read more [...]