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By Jerome Smail and Caroline Culot. An investment fund holding a 4% stake in Foxtons has joined calls advocating for a sale of the business. Milkwood Capital is the latest entity calling for Foxtons to explore a sale, bringing the total proportion of shareholders pushing for the move up to 10%. Earlier in the year, Canadian investor Converium Capital, which owns 6% of Foxtons, began lobbying the company’s board to carry out a strategic review regarding a potential sale. Echoing the sentiment, Rhys Summerton, director of Milkwood Capital, told the Sunday Times at the weekend: “In 2015, Foxtons was a…

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The Fab Four signed the back of the card after a stunned cabbie was hired to give them a lift to their gig. At the time Beatlemania was at its peak following the release of the band’s first film, A Hard Day’s Night. Schoolgirl Sandra Lambert, then called Sandra Gerrard, was 13 when she tried to buy tickets to see her idols perform their hits at the De Montfort Hall in Leicester. Sandra aged 19 in the late 1960s with younger sister Val (Image: Hansons) Despite queueing at the ticket office all day, all three concert dates were sold out…

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Callum Thewlis, from Brighton, was charged with two counts of the rape of a girl aged between 13 and15 and two counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a girl aged between 13 and 15. It followed a report police received in 2018 from a teenage girl who reported being raped on two occasions. She was supported by specialist officers and an investigation was launched. Thewlis, who was 17 at the time of the offences, was arrested in February, 2018, and following a thorough investigation was charged and brought before the court. At Brighton Magistrates’ Court on February 16, 2023,…

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Location : The M5 southbound between junctions J18 and J19 . Lane Closures : The hard shoulder and lane 1 are closed. Reason : Broken down vehicle. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 03:00 and 03:15 on 21 November 2023. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 03:00 and 03:15 on 21 November 2023. Lanes Closed : There is one of four lanes closed. Source link

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Former Green councillor David Gibson said the policy would be a step backwards, adding: “Surely it is better that private rented is a choice rather than a compulsion. “Having previously opposed forcing homeless people into insecure private rented housing against their will, please can the new administration explain what has changed their view and why this new approach is preferable now?” He was speaking at a meeting of Brighton and Hove City Council’s housing and new homes committee on Wednesday. Labour councillor Andrei Czolak, deputy chairman of the committee, said the use of private rented housing was a suitable way…

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Junior Treasury minister, Gareth Davies confirmed that Mr Hunt would not be touching the payments, worth up to £600 for some pensioners, in Wednesday’s autumn statement. His comments came after Government minister John Glen was recorded saying the money could be better spent tackling child poverty. Mr Glen, who was chief secretary to the Treasury at the time – the second most senior minister in the department after Mr Hunt – also questioned whether the triple lock which guarantees increases in the state pension was sustainable. The minister, who became the Paymaster General in last week’s reshuffle, was speaking at…

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Location : The A1M southbound entry slip at junction J60 . Reason : Road Management. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 03:15 and 03:30 on 21 November 2023. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 02:45 and 03:00 on 21 November 2023. Lanes Closed : All lanes are closed. Source link

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