Comments (0) A PLYMOUTH event described as a cross between an ultra-marathon and a music festival has been nominated for three gongs at the 2016 Running Awards – and organisers are after your vote.The Hope24 charity race has been held at Newnham Park in Plympton for the last two years, and involves runners doing as many laps of a five-mile course as they can in 24 hours.This year's winner covered 135 miles – that's 27 circuits – while the majority of athletes Read more [...]

Inverurie residents are being urged to ensure they have their say on the recently proposed plans for the town’s new health and social care hub. NHS Grampian are set to host a public awareness day on the proposed £14.6million facility at the Acorn Centre on Thursday, November 19.The event will run from 11am to 8pm. The new building will be constructed within the site of the town’s community hospital and will serve more than 20,000 patients making it the Read more [...]

By Agency 10:25AM GMT 13 Nov 2015 Tickets to popular events have been appearing on re-sale sites immediately - or even before - they go on general sale, a watchdog has found. The secondary ticketing "stitch-up" has left consumers forced to buy tickets for far higher than the face value as soon as they are released, Which? said. The consumer group spent eight weeks monitoring four of the biggest secondary ticketing websites - Get Me In, Seatwave, Read more [...]

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“Hosts are the lifeblood of the company,” Joe Zadeh, vice president of product at Airbnb, explained, and it’s easy to see why. If this seven-year-old company is to create a truly unforgettable experience for its guests, it needs to have its hosts on board — for the most part, they are the public faces of the company. To show that it appreciates this fact, Airbnb has debuted new tools at its third-annual host conference aimed at incentivizing these partners to be happy hosts. Zadeh Read more [...]

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nordic American Tankers Limited ("NAT") announced that it has today entered into an agreement to purchase 1,521,300 shares in Nordic American Offshore Ltd. ("NAO"), increasing the NAT shareholding in NAO from 4,496,980 to 6,018,280 shares or from 19.8% to 26.5% ownership, which was the NAT ownership in NAO when the latter company was established in the autumn of 2013 and listed on the Oslo OTC (over-the-counter) exchange. The NAO shares were bought Read more [...]

Email the editor Olympia exhibition centre is expected to be sold for more than £300 million following speculation it has been listed for sale by owner Capital Counties (Capco) this week. The venue, which reported a growth of 200 per cent in events in 2015, is reportedly being sold alongside an adjacent site with planning permission for a hotel and 90 flats, though Capco is yet to confirm the sale. In a Read more [...]

The Encinitas Traffic and Public Safety Commission on Nov. 9 roundly rejected a proposal to close F Street, between Coast Highway 101 and Fourth Street, for the Encinitas Station Farmers Market and Classic Car Cruise Nights. In voting unanimously to reject the idea, the commission directed staff to explore other downtown streets that could be potentially shuttered for events.“I like the concept, just not here,” Commissioner Brian Grover said. Commissioner Charlie Lisherness said in light of staunch Read more [...]

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State fans planning to attend any of the nine home events scheduled for this weekend (Nov. 13-15) are encouraged to arrive on campus early in order to assist traffic flow and parking. On Friday, Nov. 13, Penn State will be hosting five events starting from 5-7 p.m., with three of the competitions in close proximity to each other. On Saturday, the Nittany Lions will be hosting three events in the morning and afternoon, including two across the street from each other. Read more [...]

Alibaba Group’s sales for its Singles’ Day shopping festival have topped $14bn (£9bn), a 60% rise on the Chinese e-commerce giant’s performance a year ago. The numbers were boosted this year by adding the sales from various new channels, including its affiliates and investees. Overall sales on Wednesday reached 91.2bn yuan ($14.3bn/£9.4bn). The results are preliminary and unaudited, Alibaba said. Of the total value of transactions, 68% came through orders placed on mobile devices. Six Read more [...]