A fire has swept through the Torch skyscraper in Dubai, one of the tallest residential buildings in the world.


Strong winds helped the blaze to spread across the 336.1m (1,105ft) high building in the marina district.


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I am looking for a reliable and reasonably priced courier to deliver sweets, so various packet/parcel sizes.
Please can anyone recommend one that they use?
Thank you :-)

Isle of Man government mulls move to raise pension age to 74

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 9th November 2014 10:38.

Crown dependency’s treasury says bold transformation of system needed to ensure national insurance fund stays solvent The Isle of Man government......

Has anyone got the definitive criteria for Consent to Let through Woolwich?

Looking at 2 years max so within their rules, the rent covers the mortgage payment just, I have over 25% equity in the house and have been with Woolwich for years:
1. New tenant going in but been getting...

Does anyone have any experience of these? As my CCJ wasn't from a CCA, Spreadex are threatening to get one and I was told they are actually more powerful than a normal bailiff and just break in to take stuff??

Quarterly Land Registry Results

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 13th May 2014 16:46.

Contrary to reports that investment demand in Prime Central London (PCL) residential has dissipated, the just released Land Registry statistics for...

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I have had a long on-going battle with NPower over a meter change from commercial to residential.
I wont bore you with the details but part of my complaint was being dealt with by NPower residential. After several months they eventually resolved the issues.
When I asked for compensation...

My wife works as a support worker working with young people with constant care and supervision. Her hours of work are 2pm until 2pm the following day, but at 10pm she has to stay on the premises and sleep until 7am then continue through until 2pm making 24 hours.

They now want her to...

JP Morgan and Credit Suisse pay $417m to settle securities charges

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 16th November 2012 20:27.

JP Morgan Chase and Credit Suisse will together pay $417m (£263m) to settle charges that they misled investors in residential mortgage-backed......

Just thought id rant about a client of ours.

Wants to buy a house for £380k, wants a mortgage soley in his wife's name.

His wife currently shows an income of £300 per month as a part time M&S employee, and a owner of a residential care home, bought only a few months...

Hello,

I hope someone can help. I've not been around for a while and in that time it has been relatively quiet in terms of debt collector contact. But, I received a couple of new letters and I'm not sure what to do.

The main one is Barclaycard. I sent them CCA requests from...

BT to increase phone call charges by 5%

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 27th August 2011 05:59.

*BT to increase phone call charges by 5%* ---Quote (Originally by 5corpio)--- Telecoms giant BT is to raise call charges for residential...

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