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Richard and Karen Dance, who own the £650,000 cliffside home on the Isle of Wight, were given the go-ahead to build the controversial 25ft-long subterranean passage.
Neighbours reacted with fury after a wealthy couple were granted permission to build an underground tunnel through a cliff to their private viewing platform despite fears the rock is 'fragile'.
Plans to build the subterranean passage have divided opinion in the Isle of Wight parish with some fearing it will damage the cliff
By John Hyde2021-04-27T14:50:00+01:00 A burnt-out managing partner suffered discrimination because his firm failed to understand his condition and act accordingly, a tribunal has concluded. The Nottingham employment tribunal heard that Michael Taplin, former head of the Derby office of top-50 firm Freeths, was urged to ‘be more positive’ in the office while his mental health was deteriorating - a plea that was described by the judge as ‘grossly insensitive’. Taplin was also told by the firm’s chairman Colin Flanagan that he had ‘lost a yard of pace’ and should ‘drop back i...
By John Hyde2021-04-27T14:50:00+01:00 A burnt-out managing partner suffered discrimination because his firm failed to understand his condition and act accordingly, a tribunal has concluded. The Nottingham employment tribunal heard that Michael Taplin, former head of the Derby office of top-50 firm Freeths, was urged to ‘be more positive’ in the office while his mental health was deteriorating - a plea that was described by the judge as ‘grossly insensitive’. Taplin was also told by the firm’s chairman Colin Flanagan that he had ‘lost a yard of pace’ and should ‘drop back i...