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The last chance battle to save Hulme Hippodrome as it goes up for auction for nearly £1million An unrealistic price and misleading listing has left locals fearing for the buildings future Updated The magnificent - but crumbling - Hulme Hippodrome (Image: Ian Grundy) The historic Hulme Hippodrome theatre has been put up for auction this week, sparking a huge public outcry. The Edwardian theatre was one of the countrys finest musical and comedic spaces in its heyday but has since fallen into a...

Two local artists are auctioning their artwork to raise funds for a community horse stables. Kate Winskill and Raph Thomas, from Richmond, have created pictures of Park Lane Stables’ ponies in a push to keep the premises open. In January it was announced that the Teddington riding school, which specialises in lessons for people with disabilities, will close unless it can raise £1 million. An application by the Teddington Society to list the site as an Asset of Community Value (ACV) w...

There are concerns for the future of Stevenages Box Wood - Credit: Archant With parcels of a protected ancient woodland regularly being put up for auction - the latest just last week - the Comet sheds some light on who is selling off the land. Concerns over the future of Box Wood in Stevenage have been mounting after 60 acres were parcelled up for sale last year. A 12.6 acre plot on a 999-year lease was included in an auction last Tuesday, but a bidding war between two parties only reached ...

Inside The Lamb & Flag Picture: Savills/St Johns College The Lamb & Flag (Oxford) Limited took over the management of the pub in 1997 to use the profits generated to fund scholarships for graduate students. The students on the scholarships will not be impacted by this decision and the scheme will continue for now, with funding provided directly by the college. Steve Elston, deputy bursar of St John’s College, said: “The Lamb & Flag, like many other businesses in the hospitality industry...

Grosvenor House. Picture by Spencer Mulholland A PETITION has been launched looking to register a former childrens home into an Asset of Community Value (ACV). Grosvenor and Riverside House, on Churchfields Road, was a children’s home in the 1950s, and a youth and community centre from the 1970s. The petition seeks to cancel the current sale of the property, and to "forbid it from being redeveloped into residential housing and instead permit Rise Resound Rebuild CIC to renovate the prop...

CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save a community hub have urged district councillors to back a bid to buy the building. An extraordinary full council meeting of Ryedale District Council (RDC) has been called for Wednesday, January 27, to consider the future of the Hungate Centre in Pickering. Members are being asked to support the purchase outright - or potentially in a partnership – based on preserving the Centre for use by the community. The Hungate Centre in Pickering, which is owned by Ro...

A VILLAGE’S last remaining pub could now be run by members of the community after an application put forward to convert it into homes was refused. The Anchor Inn, in Mistley, has been closed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic but was acknowledged as an Asset of Community Value in October 2020. This meant if any planning applications were given the green light the community would still have the right to bid to buy the premises to save it from being torn down. The parish counci...

A VILLAGE’S last remaining pub could now be run by members of the community after an application put forward to convert it into homes was refused. The Anchor Inn, in Mistley, has been closed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic but was acknowledged as an Asset of Community Value in October 2020. This meant if any planning applications were given the green light the community would still have the right to bid to buy the premises to save it from being torn down. The parish counci...

A VILLAGE’S last remaining pub could now be run by members of the community after an application put forward to convert it into homes was refused.

A VILLAGE’S last remaining pub could now be run by members of the community after an application put forward to convert it into homes was refused.