Monthly Archives: December 2015

New Year’s Eve: the country houses that you can rent out

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Brad Pitt shot scenes from his new film, Machine, at Hedsor, the cast of Downton Abbey descended to shoot a charity ball earlier this year, and Tom Hardy made a appearance when filming parts of Legend. The DJ Mark Ronson held his 33rd birthday at Hedsor and Phil Harvey, the manager of Coldplay, got married there, says Nick Shephard, 34, whose family owns the pile. One of the newly refurbished bedrooms at Hedsor  Photo: John Lawrence While the very thought of welcoming strangers into your family Read more [...]

Manawatu athletes feature strongly in age-grade rankings

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Matthew Peters is the fourth-ranked junior high jumper in the country. Last week I covered the local athletes who appeared in the open-grade listings of the Athletics NZ national ranking lists, this week I will look at the age-grade listings.The Athletic New Zealand age groups are junior - athletes those aged under 20 on December 31, 2015 - and youth athletes - those under 18 on this date.The Read more [...]

Royston second in UK for increase in average house prices after 19 per cent …

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Comments (0) Royston experienced the second highest increase in average house prices across the UK's major towns and cities last year, according to new research. The town, which lies around 50 miles north of London, saw its average house prices increase from £299,905 in 2014 to ££357,049 in 2015 – a rise of 19.1 per cent. The surge left the town just shy of the top spot, coming in behind the 22.2 per cent increase in Newham, Greater London, whose average Read more [...]

Game recap: New Orleans Saints 38, Jacksonville Jaguars 27

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The New Orleans Saints ended the home portion of their 2015 season on a winning note Sunday at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome as they hammered the Jacksonville Jaguars 38-27. Quarterback Drew Brees, who was listed as questionable all week with a torn plantar fascia on his right foot, was sensational, passing for 412 yards and three touchdowns. It was the 13th time Brees has thrown for more than 400 yards, tied for second in NFL history with Dan Marino. His top target was receiver Brandin Cooks who Read more [...]

What’s on in 2016? Nottinghamshire’s Top 16 events and attractions

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Nottingham Council House and Old Market Square From the opening of a new gallery of national importance to accommodation in ‘Byron’s backyard, Nottinghamshire is full of must-visit new openings and major events for 2016.  Gardener’s Cottage at Newstead Abbey Newstead AbbeyOpening in January 2016, visitors will now be able to stay in the original Gardener’s Cottage in the beautiful grounds of Newstead Abbey, once the home of the romantic poet Lord Byron. Set within the heart Read more [...]

Grade II* listed barn dating from Industrial Revolution could be turned into …

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A GRADE II* listed barn and relic of the Industrial Revolution could be turned into unique holiday homes if Blaenau Gwent councillors approve an application next month. Roundhouse Farm in Nantyglo dates from the late 18th century and houses the Round Towers – the last private castle built in Britain in order to protect industrialists from a potential worker’s revolt. Now the owners of the farm, which includes a farmhouse, barn and the towers, want to transform part Read more [...]

Call to demolish listed Great Barr Hall to save green belt

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An MP is calling for the Grade II listing of a historic Birmingham mansion to be removed because she claims it is being unfairly used to enable green belt development. The 18th century Great Barr Hall, built by the Scott family, has been left to rot for more than 30 years and is now propped up with scaffolding. Now Historic England is to review its historic listing following a request from Walsall South MP Valerie Vaz. A planning application for the dilapidated hall, submitted last year, includes Read more [...]

Robert Spitzer dead: Influential psychiatrist who helped remove homosexuality …

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Dr. Robert Spitzer - a psychiatrist who played a leading role in establishing agreed-upon standards to describe mental disorders and eliminating homosexuality's designation as a pathology - died Friday in Seattle. He was 83. Spitzer died of heart problems, said his wife, Columbia University Professor Emerita Janet Williams. Dr. Spitzer's work on several editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or the D.S.M., defined all of the major disorders “so all in Read more [...]

Edinburgh house prices up 7.1%

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A SPIKE in the value of city properties has created the perfect conditions for those looking to sell their homes, experts have said. House prices across the Capital soared by 7.1 per cent between September and November compared with the same period last year. And the value of properties across east central Scotland also showed an increase of 4.7 per cent in the same time period – with 17.1 per cent more homes being sold throughout the area. Property giant Read more [...]