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Culture secretary John Whittingdale has decided that the Gladstone Arms in Lant Street does not merit listed building status.

Legal experts at Peterborough-based Ferguson Financial Solicitors are celebrating after being short-listed for a national legal award. Ferguson Financial Solicitors, which specialises in legal services for businesses, is among five companies short-listed for the Modern Law Awards’ best alternative business structure category for firms with up to 25 staff.The alternative business structure (ABS) allows staff who are not lawyers to have a stake in the law firm and the category seeks Read more [...]

Comments (0) CONCERNS have been raised about the condition of a derelict pottery factory. The Price and Kensington teapot factory, in Longport, has today been included on Historic England's at-risk register for the 17th successive year. But experts fear its condition is worsening since the building was hit by a fire in 2009. It comes as Stoke-on-Trent City Council is launching a crackdown on owners suspected of neglecting their buildings. Councillor Read more [...]

Teenage swimmer Layla Black has been shortlisted for an award which recognises youngsters’ sporting achievements. The St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School pupil, who won two gold medals at the Youth Commonwealth Games in September, is among 10 athletes nominated for the One-to-Watch award presented by charity SportsAid.Layla, 15, was chosen to swim for Team GB after breaking the British record in the 100m breaststroke earlier this year. As well as her two gold medals she also won Read more [...]

China's economic growth falls to six-year low as rebalancing takes hold Meanwhile, a note from UBS highlighted Anglo American may face further downside risk to earnings from weak diamond prices. Third-quarter revenue is expected to fall by more than 50pc on soft demand for the gems. "It is a concern that cut diamond prices are still falling and there has been a material inventory build," a UBS analyst said. Ahead of its third-quarter production report on Thursday, UBS said diamonds generated Read more [...]

The OnePlus X (aka OnePlus Mini), which is widely expected to launch at the company's October 29 event, is turning out to be the company's most anticipated launch of the year after the OnePlus 2. The handset has been already leaked on several occasions and has now been listed by a third-party retailer with innards and pricing.Listed by Oppo Mart, which is a third-party online retailer, the OnePlus X can be seen sporting a price tag of $249 (approximately Rs. 16,500), which corroborates with Read more [...]

General Motors is still recalling its vehicles for the same problems that persisted last year. The company announced recalls for a few thousand 2015 models beset with defects such as faulty airbags and ignition locks. (Photo : Justin Sullivan | Getty Images) General Motors' series of recalls is far from over. The Detroit-based carmaker has announced that it is recalling 395 new vehicles equipped with faulty Takata airbag inflators and 3,300 pickup trucks and SUVs with ignition switch Read more [...]

October 18, 2015 7:36 PM Share with others: A 19-year-old man was listed in good condition after he was shot this afternoon in Overbrook. Pittsburgh police arrived shortly before 3:45 p.m. to a home in the 2300 block of Almont Street, where they found the man with a gunshot wound to his left hip. One also grazed his right forearm. He had been sitting on a porch when someone fired shots from a vehicle, police said in a news release. <!-- Read more [...]

“The race was run slowly and it was a bit of a dawdle, but he was very quick over the last two” Nigel Twiston-Davies "The race was run slowly and it was a bit of a dawdle, but he was very quick over the last two, which was lovely to see and I'm chuffed to bits."He'll go to Haydock next for the Betfair meeting and then on to the International at Cheltenham - basically he'll have the same sort of programme as last season.”Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies Read more [...]

Pontefract’s final meeting of the season tomorrow (Monday) will round off an excellent year’s racing. The highlight will be a top class listed two year old race.The 23rd running of the listed totepool EBF Silver Tankard Stakes has a rich roll of honour with past winners including Comic Strip, who won the 2004 renewal for Sir Mark Prescott before being sold to race in Hong Kong and becoming one of the most successful horses in their history. With £40,000 on offer in prizemoney, Read more [...]