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Premium Content Subscriber only OFTEN overshadowed by the horror events of 2013, the 2010/11 Bundaberg floods were the worst in 40 years, ripping through homes, businesses and bringing about a temporary closure of the port. The days of December 28-29 saw the worst of the flooding event. Boats on the Burnett River during the 2010 floods: Footage of boats on the Burnett River during the 2010 floods. Hundreds of homes were evacuated in the event, sparking fears of looting. Water Sts Si...

Simon Jackson is managing director at SDL Surveying The slow trickle of lenders returning into higher LTV areas over the course of the past few weeks might not entirely suggest a wiping of the slate in terms of attitude to risk for the months ahead, but it does seem to signal that a line in the sand might be drawn as we move into a new year. As I write I think I’ve seen maybe half a dozen lenders announce new 90% LTV deals in recent days and that has to be seen as a positive, especially given...

National residential surveying and valuations firm, SDL Surveying, has revealed an increase in the number of transactions placed through the business during the year has fuelled an ongoing recruitment drive and an internal restructure. SDL Surveying said that, despite the number of transactions being placed through all surveyors dropping by approximately 200k in 2020, it had increased its transaction numbers by over 50k. As a result, and in order to improve its capacity, it had increased its nu...

Here is what they had to say: "I dont feel it goes far enough" Cllr Stephen Berry (Harnham, Conservative), said he felt the scheme did not go far enough. He also said he did not feel the motion covered the process needed to go through before a fresh proposal is considered. "It was not people friendly" Cllr Kevin Daley (St Francis and Stratford, Conservative), said he spoke to hotels, charity shops and other businesses around the city centre who suffered as a result of the scheme. One ...

>> my dad taught me to stand up for myself. he taught me to do the right thing and to walk around with a set of ethics and, you know, to kind of grow a pair and -- thats about it. you know? >> after 20 hours looking on the internet for someone selling his bike locally, jake widens his search and hits paydirt. >> i was focusing on portland on craigslist, and i just had kind of a whimsical thought, maybe ill check out seattle and i did and two minutes later got my bike posted up there. >> photogra...

>> my dad taught me to stand up for myself. he taught me to do the right thing and to walk around with a set of ethics and, you know, to kind of grow a pair and -- thats about it. you know? >> after 20 hours looking on the internet for someone selling his bike locally, jake widens his search and hits paydirt. >> i was focusing on portland on craigslist, and i just had kind of a whimsical thought, maybe ill check out seattle and i did and two minutes later got my bike posted up there. >> photogra...

Thing and to walk around with a set of ethics and, you know, to kind of grow a pair and -- thats about it. you know? >> after 20 hours looking on the internet for someone selling his bike locally, jake widens his search and hits paydirt. >> i was focusing on portland on craigslist, and i just had kind of a whimsical thought, maybe ill check out seattle and i did and two minutes later got my bike posted up there. >> photographs showing every scratch and custom feature leave no doubt in jakes mind...

>> they create an online profile for a fake person named simon jackson. >> may 20th, 2012. >> after 20 hours looking on the internet for someone selling his bike locally, jake widens his search and hits paydirt. >> i was focusing on portland on craigslist, and i just had kind of a whimsical thought, maybe ill check out seattle and i did and two minutes later got my bike posted up there. >> photographs showing every scratch and custom feature leave no doubt in jakes mind, the bike on sale for a b...

Thing and to walk around with a set of ethics and, you know, to kind of grow a pair and -- thats about it. you know? >> after 20 hours looking on the internet for someone selling his bike locally, jake widens his search and hits paydirt. >> i was focusing mostly on portland on craigslist, and i just had kind of a whimsical thought, maybe ill check out seattle and i did and two minutes later got my bike posted up there. >> photographs showing every scratch and custom feature leave no doubt in jak...

He taught me to do the right thing and to walk around with a set of ethics and, you know, to kind of grow a pair and -- thats about it. you know? >> after 20 hours looking on the internet for someone selling his bike locally, jake widens his search and hits paydirt. >> i was focusing on portland on craigslist, and i just had kind of a whimsical thought, maybe ill check out seattle and i did and two minutes later got my bike posted up there. >> photographs showing every scratch and custom feature...