Vatican workers listed among users of Ashley Madison site

A number of Vatican addresses are listed among the 37 million users People working at the Vatican are reportedly among the 37 million users of infidelity website Ashley Madison. Websites of at least two dozen people with the .va address are among those who had signed up to meet married people for liaisons. There are also 15,000 people with US military addresses and 140 British government workers. The 9.7 gigabyte file called “Time’s Up!” was posted on the internet by hackers, and Read more [...]

Decline and fall of Grade I Listed Witley Court

It was once one of the great houses of the Midlands, but today it’s a “spectacular” ruin . A Grade I Listed building, Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcester, was built in 1655 on the site of a former medieval manor house by Thomas Foley. Foley was an English ironmaster and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1677 and his father, Richard, was a prominent Midlands ironmaster of Stourbridge. It’s believed that Thomas funded the Jacobean mansion with Read more [...]

Carlisle and Huntingdon get new mares’ chases

Carlisle: track stages its new race on November 29   PICTURE: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos)   TWO new mares' Listed chases will be held at Carlisle and Huntingdon this season, the BHA announced on Wednesday. The races will take place over 2m4f and will be worth at least £30,000. Carlisle will stage its race on November 29, while Huntingdon's will be run on February 25. The move is part of the BHA's ongoing attempts to improve the jumps programme for mares, which includes having a Read more [...]

Carlisle and Huntingdon get new mares’ Listed chases

Carlisle: track stages its new race on November 29   PICTURE: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos)   TWO new mares' Listed chases will be held at Carlisle and Huntingdon this season, the BHA announced on Wednesday. The races will take place over 2m4f and will be worth at least £30,000. Carlisle will stage its race on November 29, while Huntingdon's will be run on February 25. The move is part of the BHA's ongoing attempts to improve the jumps programme for mares, which includes having a Read more [...]

AIM-listed advice firm in takeover talks

National advice firm Jelf Group is in talks with insurance broker Marsh over a possible takeover. The two companies are in ‘early stage’ discussions over a possible cash deal which would see Marsh acquire the entire share capital of Jelf. Jelf shares closed at 207p yesterday but reached a high of 248p earlier today following reports that the two parties were in talks. A deadline of 16 September has been set by which Marsh will either have to announce a firm intention to make Read more [...]

Weibo bucks trend with positive earnings report, as 75pc of US-listed Chinese …

Weibo Corp’s second-quarter revenue topped estimates, climbing 39 per cent to US$107.8 million on higher advertising and marketing sales at the Chinese social-media service controlled by Sina Corp. Analysts had projected, on average, revenue of US$104.8 million, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Net income was US$4.2 million, compared with a year-earlier loss of US$15.5 million, the Beijing-based company said in a statement Tuesday. Weibo, which is backed by Alibaba Group, is competing with Read more [...]

Owner who ‘ripped out layers of history’ from listed house must pay £300000

A property developer who illegally modernised the historic building behind the hymn All Things Bright and Beautiful has been told by a judge to pay out £300,000 or go to jail. Kim Gregory Davies leaving Newport crown court. Photograph: Wales News Service Grade II*-listed Llanwenarth House was built in the late 16th century and was given its special status six decades ago because of its national importance. The Georgian-style manor in the picturesque Usk valley, south Wales, is where Irish Read more [...]

Turner and Townsend move for Sheffield listed building

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