Helen Gurley Brown’s Penthouse Listed at $20 Million

Legendary Cosmopolitan editrix-in-chief Helen Gurley Brown told Vanity Fair in 2007 that her four-story apartment, which extends up into one of the three towers of the Beresford building on New York City’s Central Park West was “the best apartment in New York City.” And this month, more than three years after her death, the magnificently eccentric penthouse popped up for sale at $20 million. The gutsy, Chanel-clad sexual-politics pioneer and her late husband, four-time Oscar-nominated producer Read more [...]

Listed: The top 20 high street chains that lead the way on food hygiene ratings

The food standards agency has revealed which of the largest high street chains have the highest proportion of top-score hygiene ratings. The UK Government body, which is responsible for the five star rating scheme, has released which big names have the highest level of food hygiene to celebrate five years of the scheme. The ratings are determined by local authority food safety officers and run from zero to five - with a five rating meaning very good food hygiene standards. Here we list the 20 Read more [...]

Multi-million pound restoration of Hall nearly complete

THE multi million-pound restoration of Middlesbrough's only Grade I-listed building will be complete in the New Year. Acklam Hall will open its doors in February, after a complex 18-month restoration to renovate dozens of its original rooms and features to their original grandeur. The redevelopment of the 17th-century building will create over 20 new jobs in Middlesbrough as well as opportunities for local suppliers. The hall dates back Read more [...]

Rahul-Sheena ‘relationship’ listed as one of the motives behind murder

Mumbai : Rahul Mukerjea, ex-lover of Sheena Bora, arrives for questioning by the CBI in connection with the Sheena Bora murder case in Mumbai on Friday. (Source: PTI) The “relationship” between Peter Mukerjea’s son Rahul and Indrani’s daughter Sheena Bora has been listed by a Mumbai court as one of the motives behind Sheena’s killing. “On the basis of record and prosecution’s case two motives can be gathered..one is of relationship between step brother (Rahul) Read more [...]

Northumberland attraction up for heritage awards

The Alnwick Garden has been short-listed in three different categories in a national awards scheme which celebrate the best visitor experiences at heritage attractions. The shortlist for the renowned 2016 Hudson’s Heritage Awards has been announced and The Alnwick Garden is in the running in the Best Family Day Out, Best Loos and Best Event/Exhibition categories.Established in 2011, the Hudson’s Heritage Awards are an independent scheme, judged by an expert panel Read more [...]

Listed Ludlow building to be converted into flats

Shropshire Council planners have given the go-ahead to plans to convert rooms at a four-storey townhouse in the middle of one of Ludlow’s busiest streets.The upper storeys of 4 to 5 King Street, above Costa Coffee, have been empty for years despite the interest of various developers up to 2009, when plans to bring the rooms back into use stalled.But now it looks as though that might change as SEP Properties Ltd has been given permission to create six flats in the Grade II listed Read more [...]

Rundown Darlinghurst home with no kitchen listed for $1.2 million

No kitchen. No decent bathroom. No upgrades. All original features absolutely untouched. A cinch for … around $1.2 million. A three-bedroom house in Darlinghurst, close to St Vincent’s Hospital, has just come on to the market for the first time in 75 years after the same family lived there since 1940, when it would have cost under $4000. They rented the home until 1968, then bought it off the owner in 1968 for $8000. With only a single tap for the kitchen, they probably used a separate Read more [...]

AFL’s Darren Collins who strangled woman will not have his sentence extended

A court ruled that Darren Collins' non-parole period will not be extendedHe was sentenced to life after being found guilty of strangling a woman Collins' claimed Jacqueline Franklin wanted to be choked during a sex actThe mother-of-five's remains were found buried in a shallow grave in 2013 Ms Franklin's aunt said she hoped Collins would 'rot in hell' outside court By Daniel Peters and Belinda Grant Geary For Daily Mail Australia and Aap Published: 05:19 GMT, 24 November Read more [...]

Colts left tackle sprains knee ligament, listed week to week

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Colts left tackle Anthony Castonzo has sprained the MCL in his right knee and is listed as week to week.Coach Chuck Pagano confirmed the diagnosis during his regular Monday news conference.Losing Castonzo would be another big blow to an offense that is already without Andrew Luck, who is expected to miss most of the rest of the regular season with a lacerated kidney and partially torn abdominal muscle.The offensive line has struggled to protect Read more [...]