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Ptit Zig has ‘good opportunity’ at Kempton as Paul Nicholls seeks Listed gains Friday 8 January 2016 Owner Barry Fulton hopes to see Ptit Zig put in a clear round of jumping in the three-runner williamhill.com Chase at Kempton on Saturday.The Paul Nicholls-trained seven-year-old is not far off the best around and pushed King George runner-up Vautour close two starts back at Ascot.He then went to Huntingdon Read more [...]

A man who set fire to St Clement’s Hall with his twin brother was jailed for 18 months, including six months for other offences.Lee Hamilton, 20, of Ladies Drive in Lerwick, and his brother Drew, who lives in St Olaf Street, previously admitted setting fire to the listed building which backs on to the King Erik House old folks home.Firemen reacted promptly to put out the blaze in the smoke filled building which had “unsound” flooring.“The potential for disaster was there,” procurator fiscal Read more [...]

The Sunflower The campaign to save Belfast's Sunflower pub from demolition has received a boost with Stormont's Environment Minister agreeing to consider granting it listed building status. Mark H Durkan has ordered officials to explore the possibility of protection for the Union Street building, with its famous security cage entrance, following a request from Alliance councillor Emmet McDonough-Brown. It emerged in November, soon after the venue won best city bar at the Pubs of Ulster Read more [...]

A GRADE II* listed barn and Industrial Revolution relic in Nantyglo will be turned into bed and breakfast holiday homes after councillors approved plans yesterday. The 18th century Roundhouse Farm in Nantyglo is home to the Round Towers – the last private castle built in Britain in order to protect industrialists from a potential worker’s revolt. Yesterday Blaenau Gwent council’s planning committee debated whether to allow the owners of the barn to turn it into three Read more [...]

January 7th, 2016 at 6:16 pm - Author Matthew Wilson It is clear at this point that virtual reality is going to be expensive to get into, especially if you want a first generation device. While the Oculus Rift was given an official $600 price tag yesterday, we have yet to see official prices for the HTC Vive or PlayStationVR, though Amazon Canada may have given us a peek at one of them. Earlier today, Amazon Canada listed Sony’s PlayStationVR headset at $1,125.35 Canadian Read more [...]

Hazel Stewart was convicted of murdering her husband Trevor Buchanan and Colin Howell’s wife Lesley Hazel Stewart and husband David during her trial in 2011 Trevor Buchanan Killer: Hazel Stewart Convicted double killer Hazel Stewart's legal battle over police pension benefits inherited from her murdered first husband is to be heard in May. Attempts by the National Crime Agency (NCA) to secure an order for her to repay funds she gained following the death of Trevor Buchanan have been Read more [...]

A listed support services giant has taken a majority stake in a property developer behind a series of high-profile schemes in the North West, including the 20-acre First Street project in Manchester. Carillion has bought out the four founding shareholders of Ask Real Estate, which was formed in 2000 and is led by managing director John Hughes Read more [...]

We all make clerical errors. We fill out our emails wrong on a sign-up form, misspell an address when sending our friends party invites, accidentally CC our boss on a profanity-laced tirade, whatever. But rarely are our mistakes as costly as the one the Portland Trail Blazers made Wednesday. As CSNNW.com's Peter Socotch detailed, the Blazers accidentally left guard C.J. McCollum off the active list for their game against the Los Angeles Clippers, making the third-year guard a Read more [...]

Here are the latest Tottenham Hotspur Links to read. First up, CIES Football Observatory has taken a look at the top 100 most valuable footballers in the top five European Leagues. But the Mirror has whittled down the list to a top 15 instead to make it easier. Harry Kane has made the list of course. Next, Dele Alli is set to be rewarded with an improved contract that will double his current wages to reflect how much he’s done ever since he joined Tottenham. Alli is just the latest Spurs player Read more [...]