Agency Incalls Manchester Articles
- 08th May 2008
- Manchester Hotel Sold for £8 Million
- One of Manchester’s most popular hotels has been sold for more than £8m.
Harcourt Developments, who are a Dublin-based property and investment company, has purchased the Princess on Portland and are planning to upgrade it.
It is thought...
- 07th May 2008
- City Makes Provisions for Ticketless Uefa Cup Fans
- Big-hearted bosses at Manchester Council are hoping to put on travel and entertainment for Glasgow Rangers and Zenit St Petersburg fans that are travelling to the city to watch their teams play in the Uefa cup final at the City of Manchester Stadium.
A...
- 07th May 2008
- Flintoff Escapes Speeding Fine
- Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff, 30, has become the latest celebrity to escape a speeding fine thanks to celebrity lawyer Nick Freeman, also known as Mr Loophole.
The England and Lancashire cricketer escaped charges because his prosecution notice...
- 07th May 2008
- Four Rare Lowry Works to Go Under the Hammer
- Four rare works by Manchester artist LS Lowry will go under the hammer at Christie’s in London next month.
The recently resurfaced Lowry works include Manchester City vs Sheffield United, which dates from 1938. Lowry was thought to be a keen foot...
- 06th May 2008
- Russia Agrees Manchester United Visa Deal for Champions League Final
- Manchester United fans are one step closer to seeing their team play in the European Cup final after Russian authorities agreed to let fans with valid match tickets enter the country without a visa.
The news will come as a relief for around 42,000 tick...
- 18th April 2008
- Why is Greater Manchester Great?
- The City of Manchester was surrounded by many County Boroughs. The County Boroughs were Bury, Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale and Wigan were all located in Lancashire, with Stockport located in the County of Cheshire.
The county of Lancashire was historicall...
- 18th April 2008
- L.S Lowry’s Scrap Paper Sketches Worth Thousands
- L.S Lowry was well known for he sketching on serviettes, envelopes and any other scrap of paper available to him if he had no sketchbook.
Some of these pieces are now worth thousands of pounds, with an example of his artwork on display at the Sunderl...
- 18th April 2008
- How to Grade a Listed Building
- Any buildings or structures constructed before 1700 is eligible to be added to the Grade Listings.
Buildings that date between the years 1700 and 1840 are usually granted a Grade I or II* in the listings.
Furthermore buildings that have been creat...
- 18th April 2008
- L.S Lowry’s Art Collection Stolen
- Five pieces of L.S Lowry’s art works were stolen on May 2nd, 2007 from the Grove Fine Gallery in Cheshire.
The Surgery, The Bridge at Ringley and The Street Market were three of the paintings stolen in the burglary.
The painting of The Viadu...
- 18th April 2008
- Greater Manchester and its Forty-Seven Grade I Listed Buildings
- The English Heritage is a non-departmental public body and is sponsored by the department for Culture, Media and Sport. The organisation was set up to protect important and significant buildings and structures in Great Britain.
The non-departmental pub...
- 18th March 2008
- Job Centre Advertises for Nude Models
- The Department for Work and Pensions has come under fire as their Jobcentre Plus network advertised for nude web cam models. The Jobcentres involved in the incident are located in Chorlton and Didsbury.
An erotic Internet site called Cybertrader, whic...
- 18th March 2008
- Manchester City Demand Apology From The BBC
- The BBC has been put under pressure to apologise to Zimbabwean striker Benjani Mwaruwari. The BBC’s Inside Sport programme claimed that the striker could be banned from participating in football matches in England.
Benjani, who arrived from Port...
- 18th March 2008
- Storm Leaves Manchester in Chaos
- After been battered by the storms, Manchester is expecting some a lull in the gales that have been creating chaos.
The winds are due to drop down from 80 mph to between 30-40mph.
The M6 was closed on 12th March due to trees being blown down and afte...
- 18th March 2008
- Jodrell Bank Faces Closure
- The observatory Jodrell Bank is facing closure even though it attracts over 70,000 visitors a year.
The founder of Jodrell Bank Sir Bernard Lovell has spoken of his ‘astonishment’ that the observatory faces closure after so many years.
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- 29th February 2008
- Government finally ditch Manchester Super Casino
- The UK government has confirmed that the proposal for the huge Las Vegas – style super – casino has been abandon.
Last year East Manchester was the surprise winner of the contest to host a huge super – casino.
Soon after Manc...
- 22nd January 2008
- Manchester United Remembers Busby Babes
- Manchester United have said that they will stick by their plans to honour the 50th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster with a minute’s silence. Their announcement follows a request from the Manchester City Supporters Club to mark the occasion wit...
- 22nd January 2008
- Manchester’s Hospitals Axe 350 Beds
- Research by a local newspaper reveals that more than 350 hospital beds have been axed from hospitals throughout Greater Manchester in the last two years. These bed cuts have caused already-full hospitals to struggle with demand during busy periods and the...
- 21st January 2008
- Manchester Discovers the Weird World of the Body
- Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry is about to host one of its most controversial exhibitions yet. Body Worlds 4 is a unique exhibition by Dr Gunther Von Hagens, which shows visitors the most intimate workings of the human body.
As the...
- 21st January 2008
- Manchester’s Afflecks Palace to Close?
- According to news reports, Manchester’s beloved alternative shopping centre could close within days.
Since it opened in 1982, Afflecks Palace has been renowned as the best place in Manchester to buy curios, records and vintage clothing. It attrac...
- 18th January 2008
- Manchester Waves Goodbye to Vera
- One of Coronation Street’s most beloved actresses is due to leave the Manchester soap due to ill health.
Liz Dawn, 68, has played the role of Vera Duckworth on the street since 1964. However, an ongoing battle with emphysema has prompted her to r...
