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AWARD-winning York Hotel Grays Court has revealed expansion plans. Owner Helen Heraty is applying to City of York Council to convert a coach house into seven new en-suite bedrooms for the boutique hotel. Guests would continue to have meals such as breakfast in the main hotel building. The proposal follows a successful 12 months for the hotel which neighbours York Minster and has unique access to the city's Bar Walls. It won three prestigious awards, being named the best hotel in York, Yorkshire and best small hotel in England. The hotel also opened a garden bar last summer which k...

So he was able to call on congressmen and senators, like that, and say, hey, get these dogs off my back. >> this morning, the s&l crisis goes to capitol hill. the senate ethics committee is looking into charges against five senators accused of intervening with federal banking officials on behalf of s&l owner charles keating. >> the keating five are john mccain and democrats alan cranston, john glenn, donald riegle and dennis deconcini. they reportedly received a total of $1.3 million in donations. former bank board chairman edwin gray says the senators tried to subvert the regulatory process. ...

>> the keating five are john mccain and democrats alan cranston, john glenn, donald riegle and dennis deconcini. they reportedly received a total of $1.3 million in donations. former bank board chairman edwin gray says the senators tried to subvert the regulatory process. >> i was told to come alone. i did. >> did you find that unusual? >> absolutely. never happened before. the whole time i was in washington, i never saw that. >> no witnesses? >> no, no witnesses. deniability. perfectly built into the meeting. >> they said they wanted us to not take the enforcement action against lincoln savin...

Officials on behalf of s&l owner charles keating. >> the keating five are john mccain and democrats alan cranston, john glenn, donald riegle and dennis deconcini. they reportedly received a total of $1.3 million in donations. former bank board chairman edwin gray says the senators tried to subvert the regulatory process. >> i was told to come alone. i did. >> did you find that unusual? >> absolutely. never happened before. the whole time i was in washington, i never saw that. >> no witnesses? >> no, no witnesses. deniability. perfectly built into the meeting. >> they said they wanted us to not...

Kind of went south on him. >> examiners from the federal home loan bank found what they described as a ticking time bomb. the examiners also uncovered evidence of improper bookkeeping and possible fraud. then the federal examiners were summoned for an extraordinary meeting with five united states senators. each senator had gotten large campaign donations from keating, his family, and their associates. >> in the most explosive testimony yet, edwin gray, the former chief regulator of the savings and loan industry told banking committee chairman henry gonzalez that four u.s. senators asked him to...