TOP 100 ENGLAND SITES
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| Southwold beach hut for sale at £40,000 (needs a little TLC) A ramshackle beach hut in the Suffolk coastal town of Southwold is being offered for sale at £40,000, despite its lack of a door, its broken window and its peeling paint. Hut No 242 measures 5ft by 7ft, has no mains water, gas or electricity and council rules state that nobody can stay the night in it. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Hull sign Zaki for rest of season Hull sign Egypt striker Amr Zaki on loan until the end of the season from Zamalek. news.bbc.co.uk |
New York Times to charge for online access The New York Times plans to charge readers for full access to its internet site next year, marking a new frontier in the battle by publishers to force readers to pay to read the newspaper online. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Don’t write Japan off. The giant is stirring When a car full of boy-racers overtakes an older, sputtering jalopy, onlookers give the slower vehicle barely a glance, though the racers themselves might offer it a finger-related gesture. Given that today’s boy-racers happen to be China, and that their super-charged economy has defied the global recession and is about to surpass Japan as the world’s second-biggest, the focus on the overtakers may be understandable. But it is regrettable. Japan merits more than a glance, and certainly not a rude gesture. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
The curse of the MacLeods — a very dodgy builder In his estate office, Hugh MacLeod of MacLeod, the 30th chief of the clan, is scratching his beard and pondering a request. Could he don a kilt and pose for a photo outside Dunvegan Castle, the ancient family seat, on the wild north west coast of Skye? “No, I’m not doing that,” he answers bluntly. Hackneyed images of the country laird are, MacLeod acknowledges, what people have come to expect of clan chiefs — but, as his trainers and North Face jacket suggest, this chief does not believe in playing to the crowd. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |