Three fight cards in one week makes for a lot of excitement and it will all culminate with the featherweight title finally going on the line as Jose Aldo faces Conor McGregor at UFC 194. Prior to Aldo and McGregor squaring off on Saturdya night, there were be two more cards on Thursday and Friday as well. Thursday night sees rising women's star Paige VanZant in her first main event as she takes on former strawweight title contender Rose Namajunas. On Friday night, the finals for the Read more [...]

newslideA long time ago (March last year), in a desert not so far away, rumours starting circulating that the movie event of 2015 – Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens – might be filming among Abu Dhabi’s sand dunes.At first we thought it was just speculation, or a cruel joke, and that we were being over-optimistic. After all, although Abu Dhabi’s Film Commission and twofour54 have been making great strides in attracting more local and international production to the emirate, this Read more [...]

Police used sniffer dogs as partygoers arrived at the Stereosonic festival in Melbourne. Photo: Craig Sillitoe A teen had to be taken to hospital in a critical condition at the Stereosonic festival in Melbourne as police arrested nearly 70 partygoers for drug offences.There were six suspected drug overdoses at the festival held at the Flemington Showgrounds on Saturday while a Read more [...]

Springpath, the hyper-converged software startup, has cancelled two US briefing events with journalists and industry types. It's also canned its global PR agency, and calls to its contact phone number are not answered. The two events are the IT Press Tour this week, and Tech Field Day in February. It was listed as a sponsor for the November IT Press Tour as recently as November 16 but is no longer a sponsor for the event. Read more [...]

Details Category: Venues Events Created on Friday, 04 December 2015 16:15 Regent Street Cinema, part of the University of Westminster, hosted the 3rd Venuemasters London (VML) networking event on Tuesday 1 December to celebrate the unique space for hire within academic venues in London.70 guests enjoyed welcome drinks served in the cinema bar, before entering the stunning auditorium armed with a box of popcorn. Once seated, guests relished Read more [...]

A skydiving company from the North East was one of a hundred small businesses chosen to showcase themselves at the Treasury this week. Skydive Academy Ltd runs parachuting and skydiving experiences from Shotton Airfield in County Durham . Director Ian Rosenvinge travelled to the Treasury on Friday to mark the UK’s third Small Business Saturday. He represented Skydive Academy Ltd at a Christmas fair attended by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne. Mr Rosenvinge said he was very proud Read more [...]

Email the editor The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has seen a 34 per cent year-on-year increase in association bookings from January to October.The London-based medical venue says there has been particular increase from medical and pharmaceutical related associations, which accounted for 57 per cent of all meetings at the venue in December.The RCP says the increase in confirmed business and enquiries Read more [...]

VISAKHAPATNAM: The International Day of Persons with Disabilities was celebrated in the north Andhra region Thursday. To mark the occasion, the district administrations of Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam organised various programmes and distributed various assets among the disabled persons.In Visakhapatnam, while participating in the celebrations, collector N Yuvaraj said that three per cent of the population in the country was  suffering from various disorders. For the welfare of the Read more [...]

A popular Christmas festival has been cancelled due to expected high winds. Businesses, children and shoppers had been preparing for the St Nicholas Festival in Whitley Bay on Friday, December 4, and Saturday, December 5.But North Tyneside Council has made the disappointing decision to cancel the event due to high winds forecast this weekend. Stallholders had been expected to gather in the town centre from Friday lunchtime, with a children’s lantern parade Read more [...]

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