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08 April, 2021 — By Michael White Igor Stravinsky FIFTY years ago this week a tiny, birdlike man (just 5ft 3ins) who cast a giant shadow across almost every category of modern music (classical, jazz, opera, ballet…) died. His name was Igor Stravinsky. He helped define what it was to be “modern”. And though Covid has muted commemorations for the anniversary, there are no end of broadcast/online events running right now to steer you through his life, times and achievements. Born in 1882 in Russia, he became a life-long exile, making his mark with three great ballet scores (F...

Developer Ask has pulled out of a joint venture to build a £300m tower project in Manchester. Ask has exited the JV behind the 375-apartment, 40-storey Viadux tower and an adjacent 14-storey office, it had entered into with fellow developer Salboy. It is now to be solely developed and built by Salboy, a firm co-founded by billionaire Fred Done. It is currently under construction by Salboy’s construction arm Domis. According to documents filed with Companies House, Ask Real Estate ceased control of the company formed to deliver the scheme, Ask Central, on 23 February. Three directors, Jonat...

Dan Whelan Salboy is to deliver the £300m scheme’s 40-storey residential tower in Manchester alone, but the future of the 240,000 sq ft office element, which Ask Real Estate was overseeing, is uncertain. The vehicle behind the 375-apartment Viadux – Ask Capital – has changed its name to Salboy Capital, and Ask directors John Hughes and Jonathan Cross have resigned, according to documents filed with Companies House.  The three remaining directors are Salboy’s co-founder Fred Done, and managing director Simon Ismail, alongside Lee McCarren, managing director of Domis Property Group,�...

BIRMINGHAM – A Birmingham man has been arrested for dealing firearms in Mississippi. According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Jecorey Tyshawn Edwards Allen was arrested on Jan. 14 in the Southern District of Mississippi. A 21-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court charges the 26-year-old with one count of dealing in firearms without a license, one count of traveling across state lines while dealing in firearms without a license, and 19 counts of falsifying information on firearm acquisition records. A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Alabama indi...