Groombridge Place – which starred in Peter Greenaway’s 1982 film The Draughtsman’s Contract – has been bought by a private owner. ‘She has got to make savings and she can’t wait too long for that to happen,’ one ministerial source said.Bart’s attracted attention because of its high-profile international campaign to be saved, which was supported [...]

If they become Olympic champions again, and it is a big if after Friday’s disappointing compulsory programme and considering their current mental state, it will be one of the great achievements of British sport. We have thousands of dead – police, officials, judges, presidential candidates It hasn’t worked because of the law of silence. One [...]

He had come under fire for appointing a school friend and the wife of a former civil service colleague as chairmen of two of the organisation’s regional committees.Mr Byatt told the select committee: ‘Every one of these appointments can be justified on merit.’. Other inhabitants of the square include William Pitt the Elder and Clive [...]

We are advising Labour councils that tenants should have the right to decide who manages their homes.’Mr Soley added: ‘If the services do not come up to scratch, they should have a free, and informed, choice in selecting a different managing agent – including a neighbouring council if they wish.’. Her poems have appeared in [...]

He represented his university, and his country, in cross-country running and athletics and but for an injury might have been selected for the 880 yards at the 1928 Olympics. ‘This is designed to be the best way to avoid inadvertent borrowing through late payment.’. This is a good way of injecting new life into ripe [...]

One said: ‘We know very well they could mobilise crowds overnight to demonstrate against the Emperor if they wanted to.’Peking formally invited the Emperor to visit China in June last year. Over the past three years, the proportion of state school sixth-formers accepted at St Anne’s has averaged 53.9 per cent compared with 38.8 per [...]

MARTIN BRUNDLE is almost certain to take over Nigel Mansell’s place at Williams Renault and the mantle of Britain’s leading driver next season. ‘Take time, get as many references as possible, talk to friends, check addresses, check ‘phone numbers.’Police believe the woman simply wanted a child. Heavily armed troops and police fanned out in the [...]

The long periods of pressure they applied tended to yield long-range shots from Gary McAllister, free-kicks rather too complex for their own good and centres aimed at the ineffective Chapman, whose main contribution was to be booked for a foul on John Polston.Chapman headed an early centre from Imre Varadi wide of the post, and [...]

Stewart, wearing the colours of the Washington Redskins, adopted the appearance of a psychologist when he talked about the prospects of the fourth round. At present they can claim an ‘enhanced’ rate on top of the normal legal aid charge with no upper limit. As the team manager, Geoff Cooke, was at pains to emphasise, [...]

And the casino industry itself, though it turns over millions nightly, and in its huge earnings of foreign currency might be considered a national treasure, it is so scared of speaking out that it has almost lost its voice.Recently, however, the Gaming Board has begun to ease its application of certain rules, most significantly on [...]