London band Bastille were blown away by the number of people that turned out to see them play at Glastonbury. Officials confirmed that it was the largest crowd they had ever seen at the John Peel stage. [Read more…]
Holiday Fear For Brits, Getting ill
June 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
More than 2,000 British holidaymakers have confirmed that their top fear when travelling abroad is ‘getting ill and ending up in a foreign hospital’, according to new, independent research from on-call telephone interpreter service, i-interpret4u. These findings are also reflective of recent headlines which revealed that hospitals in Spain are more concerned with money than medicine as UK taxpayers who have the misfortune to need emergency treatment while abroad are being ripped off or indeed, turned away if they don’t have adequate travel insurance. [Read more…]
Harpenden run route
June 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Harpenden Run Route
Whether you live in Harpenden or just visiting, lace up those running shoes and head for the Nickey Line. Approximately 8 miles long it was formerly the Harpenden to Hemel Hempstead Railway Line which opened in 1877. [Read more…]
Terre a Terre Celebrates
May 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
As Brighton Festival 2013 enjoys its final weekend Terre à Terre, Brighton’s celebrated Vegetarian Restaurant considers the unique lunch they hosted for Guest Director Michael Rosen alongside patrons of the festival and the artistic team earlier in the Month. [Read more…]
Managing The Forth’s Future
May 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Forth Bridge
The Scottish Parliament has passed a Bill for the establishment of a new operating company to manage the Forth Road Bridge, the new Forth Replacement Crossing and the surrounding road infrastructure. [Read more…]
APD A Barrier To Tourism Growth
May 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Air Passenger Duty
Ministers, Airports and tourism leaders have joined forces to demand that Air Passenger Duty (APD) be devolved as soon as possible.
Ahead of the busy summer holiday season, figures illustrate that the latest increase means that from 1st April, a family of four flying in economy class from the United States has to pay £268 to add Scotland/the UK to their European itinerary, or a couple from Spain have to pay an extra £52 to fly premium economy return here. [Read more…]
Rainforest celebration
March 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Paul Williams Events, the company noted for staging a diverse array of high-profile events in Wales, is supporting Size of Wales’ celebratory event on March 21 by sponsoring the technical aspect of the event. [Read more…]
Kate Nash launches Girl Talk
March 6, 2013 By 1 Comment
Kate Nash – Girl Talk
Kate Nash launches third album, ‘Girl Talk’ at St Martins Lane in London.
The celebrity-packed event ushered in the platinum selling, multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter’s highly anticipated third album. Written on the bass guitar, lending Kate’s new sound a more raw punk feel, she says, “It’s definitely a pop record, but has a new sound and feel to it. I played bass in a punk band called The Receeders for a couple of years and I love how powerful playing bass and using my voice like that made me feel. ʻGirl Talkʼ is full of colour, pop harmonies and melodies, and I feel like my voice has matured and that I can do more with it. Music is my escapism and vice, and my life is in every song. I’m happy to share the next chapter.” [Read more…]
The Swallows And Amazons Way
February 5, 2013 By 1 Comment
The Old Vicarage
It is not very often we get the chance to turn fiction into fact or to indulge ourselves in a childhood fantasy but once you have entered the beautiful oak gates of The Old Vicarage nestled in the South Down National Park you are swept back in time and find yourself emerged in one of the most famous children’s story books of all time, Swallows and Amazons. [Read more…]
Launch of JustEnded Introductions site
January 19, 2013 By 1 Comment
JustEnded.co.uk
Anyone who is newly separated, or bereaved from a long term partner is naturally going to feel a whole range of emotions, from a huge sadness and desolation, to lack of confidence and feeling as though life will never be the same or even better again. [Read more…]
