From hero to zero. Just like sacked Chelsea FC boss Jose Mourinho, multi-millionaire entrepreneur Chris Akers is now fully aware that it doesn't take long for the halo to slip.As chairman of AIM-listed investment company Concha, he was feted last year when the shares were the second best market performer with a staggering gain of 2,260 per cent.Twelve months later and the stock is probably one of the worst after crashing a further 2p or 76pc to 0.6250p on a desperately disappointing announcement. Read more [...]

STAR striker Mark Gamble has been transfer listed by Wimborne Town, manager Simon Browne has confirmed. Gamble, the club's top scorer for the past two seasons, is available to loan or on a full transfer with immediate effect. Browne politely declined to comment further until the matter is resolved with the 11-goal hitman, who is still on the comeback trail having displaced two bones in his foot and sustained ankle ligament damage against Weymouth Read more [...]

11:45 17 December 2015 Brad Pinard Loic Remy of Chelsea scores (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) 2015 Getty Images Read more [...]

Thursday, 17 December 2015 By Kate Gould in Local People NOT SECURE: Ladywell Baths - m5202/C CAMPAIGNERS trying to save an iconic Grade II listed building have launched a petition. Members of the Ladywell Village Improvement Group (LVIG) and Lewisham Buildings Preservation Trust (LBPT) want Lewisham council to take action to stop the Ladywell Baths from being left to rot.They say the Gothic building, which was put on the Victorian Society’s Read more [...]

A three-course dinner, followed by dancing; Slade’s Merry Christmas Everybody belting out; many drinks consumed; and maybe even a blazing row or a swiftly regretted seasonal snog. Just an average Christmas party with colleagues? Perhaps not. What makes Friday’s event in the Norfolk town of King’s Lynn unusual is that it will be held in a consecrated church. Candlelit tables will be placed around the font of the 12th-century St Nicholas’ Chapel, after which guests will move between rows of Read more [...]

AN architecturally important Gwent valleys house dating back to the early part of the last century has been sold at auction. The Grade II listed house at 46 Garden Suburbs, Pontywaun, near Cross Keys, was built as part of the Garden City Movement dating from c1918. The property which was listed with a guide price of £68,000 sold after some keen interest for £85,000. The house forms part of a scheme built by the Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron and Read more [...]

MoreSecret Santa Spends $79,000 Paying Off for Shoppers’ GiftsThis Retailer Floods Customers with the Most Holiday Shopping EmailsKeep Scammers at Bay While Shopping for the HolidaysThe Internet’s been good to Drake lately. Not so much, however, to Drake fans who want a piece of the latest novelty Drake product. In November, luxury brand Tom Ford re-released a popular line of 25 lipstick shades, collectively named “Lips Boys.” Like the name might suggest, the line includes shades with Read more [...]

Iain Duncan Smith MP joined celebrations at a pub as it was given protected status as an asset of community value. The Conservatives Chingford and Woodford Green MP on Friday (December 11) visited the Cricketers Public House, in High Road, Woodford Green. He congratulated the manager, Tim O’Sullivan, for its new protected status after a successful application to Redbridge council by pub-goers. Now that the pub is listed, the owner must Read more [...]

Brett Ferres has been transfer listed by Huddersfield following an investigation into his "conduct away from the field". The 29-year-old forward was last month provisionally suspended by the Super League club, just four days after helping England win their Test series against New Zealand. A statement from the Read more [...]

Dark Souls 3 is now listed on Steam, along with a note saying the game will be available from 12 April. On the page is a vague plot description, which reads as follows:  “As fires fade and the world falls into ruin, journey into a universe filled with more colossal enemies and environments. Fans and newcomers alike will get lost in the games hallmark rewarding gameplay and immersive graphics. Now only embers remain…” According to the page, the game has received a Pegi rating of 16 – the Read more [...]