PROPERTY NEWS March 31, 2011 PYRENEES SECOND HOMES PRICES SET TO SOAR A new flight path from London City to Pau, France is getting property agents excited. Andrew Hawkins of Chesterton Humberts says: “This will make the already popular area more accessible, making it more attractive for buyers.” Prices there are currently lower than Provence and the Cote D’Azur, so [...]
CAMBRIDGE March 31, 2011 HIGH STREET, WEST WICKHAM Price: £460,000 This grade II listed thatched roof cottage is tucked away from main road and wrapped within beautiful gardens. There are three bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs. Downstairs there is a lobby, sitting room, dining room, farmhouse kitchen and bathroom. Contact: Tucker Gardner on 01223 708269 or go to www.tuckergardner.com [...]
Cool loft living, thanks to the Victorians March 31, 2011 THE grandly impressive school buildings of the Victorian era tend to present wonderfully idiosyncratic conversion opportunities. This month’s property of the month is a case in point. Thackeray School in Battersea was a typical Victorian development – a towering redbrick affair, if rather more elegant than some examples of the genre. Built between 1876 and [...]
Jake gets deja vu March 31, 2011 FILM SOURCE CODE Cert: 12A EVER wondered what it would be like to wake up in someone else’s body and live the last eight minutes of their life over and over again? Probably not, but that’s exactly what happens to Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhal), in this suspenseful action thriller. The “Source Code” of the [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND March 31, 2011 FILM KILLING BONO Entertaining comedy drama set in 1970s Dublin about a fledgling U2’s jealous rivals. HOP Disappointing cartoon about the son of the Easter Bunny, as voiced by Russell Brand. ORANGES AND SUNSHINE Earnest, harrowing drama about the forced migration of kids in care to Australia. DVD TAMARA DREWE Gemma Arterton and Roger Allam [...]
Taqleed can land Lincoln for Gosden March 31, 2011 FINDING the winner of the Lincoln Handicap, the flat season’s traditional curtain-raiser, used to be an impossible task. No favourite won the straight mile cavalry charge between 1980 and 1998, and there were four 33/1 winners during that nightmare period for punters. However, things have changed and the race simply isn’t what it used to [...]
Little Master can help to claim big prize for India March 31, 2011 SRI LANKA vs INDIA TOMORROW – 10.00 AM SKY SPORTS 1 THE World Cup has got that morning-after-the-night-before feeling of overindulgence about it; however, if the knock-out phase was the Alka-Seltzer to the group stages, then a final between Sri Lanka and India will bring even the weariest back to life. Few can dispute that [...]
Spurs query Newham role in West Ham stadium bid March 30, 2011 TOTTENHAM have raised fresh questions about the role of Newham council in helping West Ham’s successful bid for the Olympic Stadium after taking the first steps towards seeking a judicial review of the contentious decision to award the £530m venue to the Hammers. The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) yesterday confirmed that Spurs had sent [...]
‘Tottenham face uphill struggle’ March 30, 2011 LEADING sports lawyers believe Tottenham would find it difficult to succeed in overturning the OPLC’s decision with a judicial review. Here is a selection of their comments on the latest development in the row. Robert Campbell, head of litigation, Faegre and Benson: “Judicial review is probably the only legal route available to Tottenham so to [...]
Tendulkar tees up final showdown March 30, 2011 INDIA will contest the World Cup final on home soil against Sri Lanka on Saturday after they secured a 29-run win over Pakistan in Mohali. Sachin Tendulkar won the man-of-the match award despite falling 15 runs short of his one hundredth international century as the hosts failed to fully capitalise on the breezy start given [...]
