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“The final stage of Accrington Market's £2m refurbishment is under way following the removal of the last of its old stalls.”
“The Hyndburn Council project has already seen the upper part of the Victorian market hall transformed into a business and retail zone.”
“The refurbishment began in 2009 with repairs to the building's roof.”
“Work is continuing on the new look interior, which is expected to be revealed in a ceremony on 26 June.”
“about 80% of Jersey's scallops are caught in Jersey's water and 20% in British waters.”
“UK boats have only recently begun to fish near Jersey's 12-mile limit”
“About 90% of the king and queen scallops are dredged or hand dived.”
“Social media games developer Playfish was bought by Fifa makers Electronic Arts (EA) for $300m (£170m) in 2009.”
“The force will be working hard to identify in-year savings in the areas highlighted by the government, including overtime, travel costs, consultancy and other support costs.”
“The relevant individuals at Ernst & Young have retired from the firm in the last 10 years," it added.”
“It attracted "much interest from Chinese, German and other businessmen" at a trade fair in Pyongyang last month, the agency reports.”
“It was developed by a joint venture fruit juice company.”
“More than 32,000 plant lovers are to descend on a huge garden show on the outskirts of Edinburgh at the weekend.”
“A record £1m worth of plants are expected to be sold at Gardening Scotland 2010.”
“The show opened on Friday and will end on Sunday.”
“Other attractions include 20 show gardens”
“More than 900 workers have applied for voluntary redundancy.”
“200 of the jobs will go in Northern Ireland at Enniskillen and Derrylin.”
“Quinn Insurance was put into administration by the High Court in Dublin in March after the Financial Regulator for Ireland raised concerns about its solvency.”
“They're laid off by the most profitable insurance company in Ireland for 10 consecutive years, margin-wise.”
“could save £5.4 million a year.”
“the idea had been under consideration for two years”
“He also gave chief executive Tony Hayward the board's full support, after criticism of his handling of the spill. ... Mr Svanberg indicated that, with the ultimate cost of the spill so uncertain, a decision would be made closer to 27 July,…”
“Before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill began, the company had been expected to pay out $10.5bn (£7.2bn) in dividends over four quarterly payments.”
“BP's first quarter dividend of $2.6bn has already been declared, and will be paid on 21 June.”
“Mr Hayward said the company had already spent more than $1bn (£686m) on dealing with the spill, and expected to continue spending at this rate until some time after the leak is stopped.”
“the newly merged Live Nation and Ticketmaster owns half the venues on her 23-date North American tour and is selling tickets for most.”
“Heap is playing in mid-sized venues, holding mostly between 2,000-3,000 people.”
“it would take three or four times as long to do the tour.”
“She remortgaged her flat to set up her own record label and release her second album, Speak for Yourself, in 2005.”
“At this point in my life, I just about break even when it comes to touring. But with the European tour that I was about to do, it turns out that even just doing it at a basic no-frills level, I would still be £20,000 out of pocket.”
“Heap remortgaged her flat to set up her own record label and release her second album, Speak for Yourself, in 2005.”
“Of that price, she will get around $16 (£11) per person to cover all touring costs, she says.”
“Some fans have been unable or unwilling to pay $40 (£27) a ticket for her current tour”
“Richard Desmond built a newspaper empire after leaving school at 14”
“By the age of 21 he owned his own house and two record shops”
“Mr Desmond acquired the Express titles in 2000”
“he had £1bn to spend”
“acquired the Express titles in 2000”
“donated £100,000 to the Labour Party”
“Rock has also turned documentarian for Good Hair, an investigation into the $9bn-a-year black hair industry.”
“McDonald's has recalled 12m drinking glasses promoting the new Shrek movie because painted designs on them contain the toxic metal cadmium.”
“The glasses have been sold in the US for about $2 each”
“are available in four designs depicting the animated film's main characters”
“"This is excellent news. Gwynt y Mor will be one of the single biggest private investment projects ever seen in Wales, creating up to 1,000 quality jobs and contributing many millions of pounds to the regional economy of north Wales. "It…”
“"Three German companies are doing it. Yes, there will be a few jobs. They will get Dutch people in to operate the rigs. There will be a few jobs in Mostyn where they're handling the equipment but as far as this part of the world is concern…”
“expected to be completed in 2014”
“planned to generate electricity from 2013”
“The project will involve three partners”
“Work will start towards the end of next year”
“Rhyl Flats, which was officially opened at the end of last year”
“The £2bn Gwynt y Mor windfarm will have 160 wind turbines around 10 miles off the north Wales coast near Colwyn Bay and Llandudno.”
“Work will start towards the end of next year and the the windfarm is planned to generate electricity from 2013, although it will not be completed until 2014.”
“It will also become one of the largest offshore windfarm projects in Europe, able to provide enough clean, green electricity to power the equivalent of around 400,000 homes.”
“The announcement confirmed that contracts worth £2.2m have already been awarded to companies in Wales.”
“The project will involve three partners: RWE Innogy, Stadtwerke München and Siemens.”
“Rhyl Flats, which was officially opened at the end of last year, is currently Wales' largest wind farm.”
“The £2bn Gwynt y Môr windfarm will feature more than 200 wind turbines around 11 miles off the north Wales coast near Colwyn Bay and Llandudno.”
“The RWE Innogy-led project is expected to be completed in 2014.”
“The windfarm is expected to be able to generate enough power for 400,000 households.”
“The announcement is expected to confirm that contracts worth £2.2m have already been awarded to companies in Wales.”
“Rhyl Flats, which was officially opened at the end of last year, was Wales' largest wind farm.”
“A private company will operate car parking for up to 500 vehicles on the sands in Carmarthenshire.”
“BP invests in a $50m ad campaign, NOW? That is a huge waste of $50m that should be going towards the CLEAN UP.”
“He perceives success when he sees the price of BP petrol go lower than that of its local competitors.”
“He says disastrous environmental incidents caused by companies, such as the spill, "do not necessarily lead to no-buy [action]. They lead to symbolic kinds of action, things short of boycotts."”
“Most of them are owned by independent operators.”
“BP has already had to explain that no money is being diverted from the clean-up effort.”
“In February, the council said up to 2,000 jobs could be axed during the next financial year as it tried to make savings of up to £69m.”
“Taste of Grampian is now in its 11th year.”
“Pupils from six north east primary schools will also be involved after winning through to the finals of a food contest.”
“The youngsters have been selected from dozens who were challenged to create a healthy packed lunch for £2 or less.”
“More than 14,000 people attended last year.”
“A new £10m expansion of the Glenlivet Distillery in Speyside has been opened by the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay.”
“Chivas Brothers said the investment represented a 75% increase in production capacity.”
“The Glenlivet Visitor Centre will reopen on Saturday to allow members of the public to see inside the extended distillery.”
“Alan Winchester has been appointed as master distiller”
“BP said it would need 12-24 hours of readings to determine whether or not the cap was working”
“Chief executive Tony Hayward is to hold a conference call with investors, which will be available to the public on the company's website, from 1400 BST (1300 GMT).”
“down 14.2% in May”
“One in 3.8 BA passengers have had their luggage lost, damaged, or delayed in the past five years, said the study by insurance company LV.”
“LV said that its survey of 2,007 passengers showed that Virgin Atlantic was the next worst performing.”
“It said one in 8.3 Virgin passengers reported experiencing luggage problems.”
“In third place was Dubai-based Emirates, with one in nine passengers claiming to have been affected, followed by Easyjet, one in 11.1, and Ryanair, one in 12.5.”
“The survey said that overall 29% of UK air passengers had experienced a baggage problem during the last five years.”
“The AUC's figures put BA second worst in terms of its baggage performance after TAP Air Portugal. However, these show the bags of just 2.6 passengers in 100 were delayed - although the data does not specify whether bags were lost or damage…”
“The strike is costing BA £7m per day, and has hit passenger numbers, which were down 14.2% in May.”
“If the strike from Saturday does go ahead, BA says it aims to operate 80% of long-haul flights from Heathrow, and 60% of short-haul services.”
“US factory orders increased 1.2% in April, said the Commerce Department, led by a big rise in orders for commercial aircraft.”
“The Institute of Supply Management said service industries grew in May for the fifth month in a row.”
“This is expected to show that while the US economy added about 500,000 jobs last month, unemployment remained at just under 10%.”
“He estimates that it will take until 2013 for the US economy to create enough jobs to replace the eight million lost during the downturn.”
“Last month, firms interested in developing the surrounding waterfront areas were invited to come forward with plans for its future.”
“after nearly 100 years”
“99 years old”
“mother-of-seven”
“first opened its doors in the 1920s”
“yielding catches of £40-45,000 a year.”
“Probably five years' fishing gone in six weeks and there's nothing we can do about it because it's British water.”
“had already boarded five or six boats”
