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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 [...]

Pending investor complaints against listed cos fall sharply

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MUMBAI: With Sebi's web-based system ensuring efficient redressal of investor complaints, the number of pending grievances came down sharply to 5,736 at the end of last financial year. According to the latest data compiled by the markets regulator, the cumulative number of pending investor grievances against market entities at the end of March 2015 stood at 5,736 as against 9,147 a year ago. Pending complaints stood at 49,113 at the end of 2008-09, and dipped to 37,880 at the end of the following Read more [...]

For Americans, most important events in 2015: mass shootings and Islamic State …

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Americans also are much less likely than they were a year ago to believe that 2015 was better for the United States — 17 percent compared with 30 percent a year ago. Thirty-seven percent think this year was worse for the country than last year, while 44 percent don't think there was much difference. On a personal level, 29 percent believe 2015 was better for them than 2014, while 21 percent feel it was worse, compared with 15 percent in 2014. Jason Pruitt,43, a corporate pilot Read more [...]

Vulnerable patients moved 50 miles after closure of York psychiatric hospital

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Vulnerable mental-health patients are been treated miles from home because their 240-year-old psychiatric hospital was found to be unsafe. Bootham Park Hospital in York was shut down in September after inspectors said patients treated at the 18th-century building were at risk of suicide or serious harm because NHS managers had not removed potential ligature points. The patients were moved from the Grade I-listed building to hospitals up to 50 miles away; staff in community care and other Read more [...]