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​VisitEngland’s top 16 highlights for 2016

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Comments (0) From the Capability Brown Festival, which celebrates the 300th anniversary of 'Capability' Brown, to the anniversary of literary legends including Shakespeare, Beatrix Potter and Charlotte Brontë, it's set to be another exciting year in England. Here, VisitEngland looks at some of the highlights to look forward to in 2016…Anniversaries1. 300th anniversary of Lancelot 'Capability Brown', Countrywide (30 August)Arguably England's greatest landscape Read more [...]

Why the future of the BBC’s sports coverage is made even more uncertain now …

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Last week Sky announced that it will be making Premier League highlights available on demand next season, after renewing its rights to "near-live highlights", the value of traditional highlights programmes, in particular, the BBC’s flagship football show, Match of the Day, into question and again leads to serious discussions about the future of sport on the BBC. BBC Sport was, along with ITV, traditionally the television home of top-level sport in the UK. In addition Read more [...]

Nottingham in 2016: 16 top things to do

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Comments (0) It might be more than six weeks until Nottingham welcomes in the New Year and before the Winter Wonderland has opened, But attention is already turning to what's on the menu for 2016. Nottingham is earning a glowing reputation for the quality and diversity of events that it hosts throughout the year. Looking ahead to next year, Experience Nottinghamshire have announced a wide range of events and delights that residents and visitors can look forward Read more [...]

Companies should get listed within six days of share sale: Sebi

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NEW DELHI: Sebi today asked stock exchanges and other market intermediaries to ensure that companies get listed within six working days of completing their initial share sale and the norms would be effective from January 2016. To ensure more transparency, the bourses would also be required to provide investors with details about status of their public issue applications through SMS and e-mail. As part of streamlining the process for public issue of shares and convertibles, Sebi has reduced the Read more [...]

Villagers ‘heartbroken’ after popular Great Missenden independent cafe goes on …

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Fierce competition from a chain coffee shop has forced the owner of a neighbouring independent cafe to put his business up for sale. Coffee Approach, in High Street, Great Missenden, is listed for sale on the Daltons Business website with a leasehold price of £165,000 and an annual turnover of £260,000. However, in June Costa Coffee opened next door to the independent business. Villagers set-up a petition titled Great Missenden Against Costa to campaign against the chain opening, because campaigners Read more [...]

24 ‘historic and interesting’ buildings in Blackburn and Darwen listed for …

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A LIST of 24 “historic and interesting” buildings in Blackburn and Darwen has been drawn up for special protection by the borough council. They include the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Clayton Street, Blackburn, the town’s Soho Foundry in Cicely Lane, Little Harwood War Memorial, Darwen Vale Schools and Astley Bank in Darwen. MORE TOP STORIES: Blackburn Rovers aim for swift appointment after owners Venky's sack boss Gary Bowyer Read more [...]

Listed former coach house with period features in Warblington

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Viewing is essential of this rarely available listed former coach house in Warblington. The property, in The Gardens, is set under a slate roof and is full of character with many period features such as an exposed brick fireplace and chimney breast, Gothic style windows, exposed beams, garden well and beautiful stained glass windows.There is parking to the front for several cars, a walled garden with neat lawn and flower borders. Accommodation comprises: entrance hall, sitting/dining Read more [...]

Listed former coach house with period features in Warblington

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Viewing is essential of this rarely available listed former coach house in Warblington. The property, in The Gardens, is set under a slate roof and is full of character with many period features such as an exposed brick fireplace and chimney breast, Gothic style windows, exposed beams, garden well and beautiful stained glass windows.There is parking to the front for several cars, a walled garden with neat lawn and flower borders. Accommodation comprises: entrance hall, sitting/dining Read more [...]

Balcombe mansion recognised for its part in WI’s history

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A village mansion in Balcombe has been ‘re-listed’ to celebrate its role in the history of the Women’s Institute which is currently marking its centenary. The WI movement began in 1915 to encourage women to grow and preserve food in the face of wartime shortages and played an instrumental role in getting village halls built across the country. The Fox Inn And this week the Department for Culture, Media and Sport re-listed Balcombe Place in Balcombe - the home of Read more [...]