Sheffield

House prices a safe haven for investors

Despite the downturn, it is an investment that has been as safe as houses, rising by an average of 111% over the decade, reports Rupert Jones Forget the stockmarket and high-interest savings accounts – the best place for your...

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My Week: Belle de Jour

According to Hugo Rifkind MONDAY A disappointing blind date with P — during which I also French-kissed G and discussed Baudelaire with L — and then I got home to find I’d locked myself out. So off went the stilettos and the...

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Ten of the best: teachers

Abelard Abelard was a brilliant early-medieval theologian and rhetorician who agreed to take on Héloïse as a pupil. The two began an affair, and when it was discovered, she was sent to a nunnery and he was castrated. The story...

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Thorntons chocolates: After the meltdown

Peter Thornton was ousted from the family business – Thorntons chocolates – by his brothers and cousin. He talks about the bitter rivalries that ended his career Peter Thornton always knew he would inherit the family chocolate...

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Protect the vulnerable from mis-selling

Sat Link Services sold my elderly mother insurance for satellite TV she didn't even have In May, my 89-year-old mother was persuaded by a cold-calling telephone adviser from Sat Link Services Limited of Bognor Regis to take out...

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'I was a loser until my son came along': Comedian Michael McIntyre on the moment his life changed...

Comedian Michael McIntyre only recently joined the ranks of the mortgaged-to-the-eyeballs, but he is already fretting about the chances of his house falling down. 'It keeps me awake at night,' he explains, and not entirely in...

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Brothers visit Liverpool as part of public transport Children In Need trip

Nov 21 2009 by Staff Reporter, Liverpool Echo TWO brothers dropped into Liverpool as part of a cross-country trek to raise money for Children In Need. The city was one of 10 being visited by Chris and Karl King on public...

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Wed 25th Nov: BMC Winter Lecture - Reading

Events listings in the UKC Events Diary - Upload your events Sun 8th – Sun 29th: Aviemore Bouldering Series 3 weeks to do the 10 problems Sun 22nd: Edge Junior Bouldering Series Edge Climbing Centre, Sheffield, John St. 11.30 -...

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Tender: Sheffield: adult and other education services

UK-Sheffield: adult and other education services SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Address: Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions, CD Sourcing, Commercial Directorate, Level 4,...

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21 Nov 2009 - Bring Me The Horizon @ LMUSU

Full Line Up: Bring Me The Horizon For BMTH, it all started in Sheffield in March 2004, when these kids got together from the ashes of a collection of defunct bands and began to write music. Taking their influences from bands...

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