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Winston Churchill
This month Liz and I have had the fascinating experience of visiting the places where Winston Churchill – Britain’s wartime leader and its best-known statesman – grew up, lived and became famous, including Blenheim Palace, the Houses of Parliament and the Cabinet War Rooms, with his grand-daughter Celia Sandys as our guide. [Read more…]
Glasgow – The administrators of crisis-club Rangers urged the Scottish Football Association to hold an “immediate” appeals process after they hit the Glasgow giants with a shock 12-month transfer embargo. Rangers were also fined a total of £160,000 by the SFA late on Monday while controversial owner Craig Whyte was handed fines totalling £200,000 and […]
Rangers to appeal transfer ban is a post from: All4Data
With just under 100 days to go to the London 2012 Olympic Games, UK Athletics has today become the first National Governing Body to announce it will buy tickets to ensure that British athletes’ families can watch them compete in every round in the Olympic Stadium. With P&G, a British Olympic Association Partner, having already […]
UK Athletics to fund athlete tickets is a post from: Time-to-Run UK
The Mizuno Reading Half Marathon, now in its 29th year, kicked off the second runbritain Grand Prix – which enjoys a Brits-only prize fund totalling £55,000 across five events – with 13,104 finishers crossing the line inside Reading Football Club’s Madejski Stadium. The popular event, which is one of the UK’s fastest half marathons, sold […]
Deed, Heslop top UK finishers in Reading is a post from: Time-to-Run UK
UKA have today announced the appointment of two new Directors to the board of UK Athletics from 1 May 2012. Dr Sarah Rowell and Sarah Smart will join the Board of UKA following an open recruitment process as Non-Executive Directors. Smart will also chair the Board’s Audit Committee. Rowell, a former UK marathon record holder […]
UKA Board Appointments is a post from: Time-to-Run UK
Never Let The Facts Get In The Way Of A Good Story Take a little look at what we found online. Don’t you think it’s funny? We do. We had a good old giggle. After all, we love a bit of self irony, just as well really. Although it’s funny, this one’s not accurate but […]
Lotus clear the mistruths is a post from: Auto n Spire
Fiesta Studio 1.25
The Ford Fiesta Studio three-door, 1.25-litre petrol is the UK’s most cost effective Small Hatchback of the Year under £13,000 according to a leading car buying website, Parkers. [Read more…]
In some countries – Argentina, Hungary, Portugal – governments have already expropriated private-sector pension funds as a means of dealing with serious financial problems. There are “warning tremors” that such policies of seizure could spread to developed nations, warns FT commentator Tony Jackson. In the UK governments have long regarded pension funds as an irritant: […]
Threat to pensions is a post from: Business UK
Despite being ravaged by recent high winds and inclement weather, 86 per cent of UK homeowners neglect to periodically inspect their roofs for damage, according to a new survey conducted by consumer advice website Roofapedia.com. [Read more…]
Visit South Devon this Easter and you can enjoy the delights of miniature pig racing…
Global-Travels – 21,23,25,30
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