Bexley Real Estate

Police fitted in to public need

Senior Sergeant Roy Appley CATE BROUGHTON Senior Sergeant Roy Appley The city was pitch black. It was 9.30pm on February 22 and Senior Sergeant Roy Appley had seen 39 trapped people out of the Hotel Grand Chancellor on to solid ground when he was faced with another very tough call. He was at the collapsed CTV [...]

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A year on: What we have learned so far

  The royal commission of inquiry must report its findings by November. A coroner is still to complete inquiries into the 185 deaths. Jarrod Booker looks at the status of the city’s ravaged landscape. Canterbury Television (CTV) Building The royal commission will hear evidence on the collapse of this building – in which 115 people [...]

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Quake – a year on: What we have learned so far

The royal commission of inquiry must report its findings by November. A coroner is still to complete inquiries into the 185 deaths. Jarrod Booker looks at the status of the city’s ravaged landscape. Canterbury Television (CTV) Building The royal commission will hear evidence on the collapse of this building – in which 115 people died [...]

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Property sales

Information shown is obtained from sales disclosure forms on file at the Tippecanoe County assessor’s office. By law, buyers and sellers are responsible for the accuracy of information provided on the forms. Lafayette 1015 Hartford St.: Dec. 30, 2011, $65,900, Jerry V. Cole to Donald Sapp 4101 Doten Drive: Dec. 30, 2011, $62,500, Bonnie Howe [...]

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Backyard chicken issue isn’t yet resolved

By BILL EICHENBERGER ThisWeek Community Newspapers Friday February 17, 2012 11:26 PM Delaware City Council again discussed urban chickens Feb. 6, and the issue won’t be decided until two public hearings are held. Council voted 4-3 against new legislation directing city manager Tom Homan to “prepare an amendment allowing residents to keep chickens on single [...]

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London borough pension fund tenders multi-manager real estate mandate

News analysis: Why are pension funds suddenly guarded on infrastructure? 10 Feb 2012 Thursday people roundup 09 Feb 2012 US real estate stands to benefit under euro-zone break-up – DTZ 09 Feb 2012 LaSalle, Quantum target core assets over $100m in JV 10 Feb 2012 Patrizia acquires €1.3bn worth of residential with LBBW Immo deal [...]

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London Met makes 500 arrests in raids on gangs

Anti-gang police have made more than 500 arrests and seized weapons including 14 guns, a crossbow and a Samurai sword in a three-day blitz on London’s crime network. A total of 515 arrests were made and a “huge” amount of drugs, cash and weapons seized as a result of the raids, spearheaded by the newly [...]

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Met’s new task force makes 515 arrests in three-day blitz

Met’s new task force makes 515 arrests in three-day blitz Justin Davenport, Crime Editor 15 Feb 2012 Police arrested a total of 515 people and seized an armoury of guns and weapons in a three day crackdown on gangs last week. Scotland Yard released figures today showing that officers seized 14 guns, 37 knives and [...]

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Mandate roundup: IPE-Quest, London Borough of Bexley

ABN Amro Pensioenfonds beperkt gevoeligheid dekkingsgraad 30 Jun 2011 Wednesday people roundup 06 Jan 2010 Rolls-Royce agrees £3bn longevity swap with Deutsche Bank 28 Nov 2011 ANWB draagt twee derde bij aan tekort pensioenfonds 4 hours ago Northern Trust wins E13.1bn Halifax custody 13 Apr 2004 IPE Top 400 Asset Managers: AUM surges by 24% 01 Jun [...]

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Burglary gang who targeted homes in Merseyside jailed for 22 years

A GANG that ransacked people’s homes while they slept was sentenced to 22 years behind bars. Shaun Kelly, John King, Phillip Manning and Tanya Southward, targeted as many as 40 properties throughout Merseyside and Cheshire over a six-month period, breaking in and taking valuables, in almost all cases, when the owners were sleeping in their [...]

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Messen’ Around: Child rearing 101

When my children were born, the staff at Hillcrest Hospital did an outstanding job of caring for their needs. However, with both children, the hospital staff made a vital mistake when they sent us home. They forgot to give us the child-raising handbook that I was certain came complimentary with the birth of all children. [...]

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Boris Johnson prepared to fight in Mayoral election battle

Boris Johnson prepared to fight in Mayoral election battle 3:01pm Wednesday 8th February 2012 in Skip social links Print Email Comments(0) As Mayor of London Boris Johnson kick-starts the campaign to defend his title in the Mayoral Elections in May, reporter JIM PALMER talks to him about his upcoming fight. “MAYBE you could spar with [...]

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Rockdale fire fighters train at Horse Park

Photo by : Sue Ann Kuhn-Smith Fire fighter Joshua Duck uses a thermal imaging camera to detect heat inside different spots in the wall of the structure. Sue Ann Kuhn-Smith Photo by : Sue Ann Kuhn-Smith Rockdale County Fire and Rescue Lt. Brandon Marlow, left, with Fire Fighter Nick Oliveri train last week at the [...]

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Adrift in limbo land

PHILIP MATTHEWS RED-ZONED: The Lilburne family of Retreat Rd, from left, Daniel, 14, Michael, 12, Ben 16, Becky, 5, mum Jackie and Jem, 8, Earnest debates on how Christchurch’s new flagship CBD will evolve are meaningless to many residents lost in the void of dying suburbs. For them, the future is as simple as a [...]

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The rear of the building was formerly Lamorbey Swimming Centre, which was …

The rear of the building was formerly Lamorbey Swimming Centre, which was built around 1964 on the site of a former cinema 2:10pm Saturday 4th February 2012 in Skip social links Print Email Comments(0) A SIDCUP building which was at the heart of the community for 74 years is set to go under the auctioneer’s [...]

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Thieves target Christchurch homes being demolished

Thieves are targeting Christchurch homes being demolished in the badly quake-hit suburb of Bexley. Demolitions of red-zoned homes bought by the Government started in the suburb this week with 11 properties in Seabreeze Close, Waireka Lane and Kokopu Lane. But property from some homes in the area has been stolen, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) [...]

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Chance of big quake greatly reduced

The chance of another big quake in Christchurch has dropped by 20%, one expert says. GNS Science spokesman Kelvin Berryman says there’s a mere one percent chance of another magnitude seven quake or larger in Canterbury over the next year. Berryman released new projections to a CERA briefing today. He said the forecast probability of [...]

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Magistrates court is a law unto itself

How do you put a price on history? It’s a question that has Salford council bosses scratching their heads after they put the former magistrates’ court building in Bexley Square up for sale. The Grade-II listed building, off Chapel Street, closed on December 21 after 171 years of dispensing justice. It is jointly owned by [...]

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Magistrates court is a law unto itself

How do you put a price on history? It’s a question that has Salford council bosses scratching their heads after they put the former magistrates’ court building in Bexley Square up for sale. The Grade-II listed building, off Chapel Street, closed on December 21 after 171 years of dispensing justice. It is jointly owned by [...]

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Red-zone demolition notifications ‘not practical’

By Hamish Clark The demolition of Christchurch’s red zoned suburbs has begun, but some of those who used to live in the doomed houses are only just finding out their old homes will be first to go. The diggers moved in to the devastated suburb of Bexley today to flatten 11 houses whose owners accepted [...]

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