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Police find dead woman’s body on London’s Hampstead Heath near Grade II-listed Jack Straw’s Castle A woman’s body has been found on Hampstead Heath in north London today Body was found in woodland near Jack Straw’s Castle, a Grade II-listed building It is not yet known if the woman’s death is being treated as suspicious By … Read more
GCSE and A-Level grade boundaries should be LOWERED next year to compensate for pandemic, Ofqual says Ofqual is urging Government to ensure that exams are ‘less daunting’ in 2021 Chief regulator Dame Glenys Stacey has written letter to Education Secretary Argues that pandemic is impacting learning so exams should be more lenient By Ross Ibbetson … Read more
The reek of the past still lingers within its walls and the influence of the woman who built it, a famously extravagant heiress, persists. But inside everything has changed. Take the vast drawing-room carpet, originally woven for Louis XIV. Once likened to ‘stepping on $10,000 dollar bills’, it has been replaced by a covering of … Read more
A stunning seven-bedroom former church in the heart of London that boasts its own swimming pool and leisure facilities is currently on sale for £44million. The Grade II listed St Saviours House in Knightsbridge, London, also boasts parking for up to three cars, a vaulted ceiling, original stone pillars and period wooden beams. The incredible … Read more
Rotting Grade II-listed country home with 60 rooms, good local schools and excellent transport links goes on sale for £400,000 but you’ll need ‘a passion for property’ to restore it Blackborough House extends to 15,500 square feet and is located in the small hamlet of Blackborough, Devon The country home arranged over four storeys has … Read more
A sprawling Grade II listed property that inspired the setting for Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights has gone on sale for £1million. Ponden Hall in Stanbury, near Haworth in West Yorkshire, has fascinating and well-documented connections to Brontë, who is said to have based parts of the Lintons’ Thrushcross Grange and Heathcliffe’s farmhouse in her 1847 … Read more
A pensioner has been handed an anti-social behaviour order after taking it upon himself to restore a Victorian fountain that had fallen into disrepair. Bob Mouland, 71, was ordered to put his tools down by ‘pen pusher’ council chiefs after investing £200 of his own money to preserve Sidney Cooper Weston Fountain in Folkestone, Kent. He spent … Read more
The Queen’s moving home! Grade I-listed Belvoir Castle has lost its starring role in Netflix series The Crown in a row over money By Jo Macfarlane and Amy Oliver for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:54 BST, 5 September 2020 | Updated: 23:08 BST, 5 September 2020 It has already lost £2.5 million after being … Read more
Precious places to spend a penny: First female public loos that allowed women more freedom when they opened at turn of 20th century get Grade II listed status The first public toilets opened in the 19th century in workplaces, railway stations, etc. but were only for men It is thought that men kept women close … Read more
A-level fiasco has thrown university plans for many into chaos, but here are student bank accounts with perks that make the grade By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 29 August 2020 The recent A-level fiasco has thrown the plans of half a million students … Read more