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5 Events That Significantly Affected Christians in 2015

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(Photo: Twitter)An image of a 3-year-old drown Syrian boy, identified as Aylan Kurdi, was tweeted on Sept. 2, 2015, after he washed up face-down on a Turkish beach after the he, his father and 5-year-old brother were trying to flee to the Greek island of Kos.Police shootings, urban riots, terrorist attacks, civil wars, refugees pouring across borders — 2015 offered no shortage of events to lament. It also gave us reasons to rejoice: the World Bank announced significant reductions in extreme poverty, Read more [...]

Dairy Crest finally closes sale of dairies to Muller

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Dairy Crest’s decision to withdraw from UK dairies comes at a time when its chief executive, Mark Allen, is aiming to push into the lucrative global baby milk formula market. Dairy Crest’s dairies business contributed over £143m in losses over the past four years and Mr Allen has said that the plunging milk prices has meant that milk production would be better off in the hands of privately owned companies, rather than a listed company. Dairy Crest was originally created by the Milk Marketing Read more [...]

Castle owners have vision to bring beauty back to gardens

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Planners have approved “a vision” to improve the setting of an A-listed Angus castle. Gardyne Castle was built as a 16th Century fortified tower by the Gardyne family of Leys, and was developed as a country house over the next two centuries by the Lyells of Dysart, whose descendants owned the estate until the 1960s.Owner William Gray Muir and his wife have spent several years redeveloping the walled garden to sit alongside neighbouring estate Read more [...]

UK floods: Looters target flooded homes as Storm Frank batters Britain with …

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Homes have been left without power and air passengers delayed as Storm Frank began to batter the UK on its way towards flood-hit areas. The latest storm to sweep the country caused widespread disruption in Northern Ireland, with thousands of homes experiencing power cuts. It is set to pour more misery on flood-ravaged homeowners in northern England today, with officials warning them to brace themselves for further damage from torrential rain and gale-force winds. Read more [...]

‘It took us eight years to renovate this beautiful Old Hall at Brandon… and …

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Comments (1) A painstaking eight years has seen The Old Hall in Brandon take on a new lease of life thanks to retired duo Ian Blacklock and Shaun Langley, where its secrets and stories have been preserved for hundreds of years to come... From the limestone and ironstone bands which embellish the age-old walls, to a heavy-set wooden front door and the garden's mulberry trees planted by royal hands, no inch of Ian Blacklock and Shaun Langley's home – The Old Read more [...]

GAMCO Reports the Results of its Offer to Purchase All Outstanding 5.875 …

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RYE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GAMCO Investors, Inc. (GAMCO) (NYSE:GBL) today announced that following the expiration of its offer to purchase for cash up to US$100 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 5.875% Senior Notes due June 1, 2021 (the “Notes”), $75,775,000 of the Notes were tendered pursuant to the Offer. The Offer, which commenced and is dated November 18, 2015, expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on December Read more [...]

Bobbi Kristina Brown’s Townhouse For Sale: Would You Live In The Place She Died?

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Bobbi Kristina Brown tragically passed away on July 26, 2015 after a seven month coma that resulted from an overdose in her Georgia home. Now that home is listed for sale. Would you ever consider living there? 11 months after Bobbi Kristina Brown, 22, was found unconscious in her bathtub on Jan. 31, the home she overdosed in has been put on the market. Would you be okay living somewhere that such a tragedy occurred? We have the details, here. Bobbi Kris tragically passed away on July 26 Read more [...]

Clippers’ Austin Rivers listed as probable against Washington Wizards

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Though the Clippers are seeking to extend their winning streak to three straight games, they eschewed a shoot-around before Monday night’s game against the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center.The Clippers may get back reserve guard Austin Rivers, who has been listed as "probable" for the game by the team. Rivers has missed the previous three games with a sprained right ankle, and had told reporters in Salt Lake City on Saturday night that he hoped to play against Read more [...]