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Oscar's Book Prize 2025 shortlist revealed: £10,000 prize showcases writing and illustrating talent from across UK

The £10,000 award for the best picture book for young children this year spotlights authors and illustrators based from Cornwall to North Yorkshire

Evening Standard · Apr 14, 2025

The London Stock Exchange's crisis is only getting worse

City Comment: Chief executives are losing faith in the City

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2024

What investors are watching ahead of Arm IPO

Can the Cambridge-based business keep its edge in catering to the latest technologies?

Evening Standard · Sep 13, 2023

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'Ready for another fight': appeal on Martins Creek Quarry expansion

A controversial expansion to the Martins Creek Quarry could be back on the table after Daracon filed an appeal with the NSW Land and Environment Court.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 11, 2023

Former bingo caller wins prestigious book prize

Author Jarvis, from Salford, was presented the prize by HRH Princess Beatrice

Manchester Evening News · May 25, 2023

Princess Beatrice announces winner of Oscar’s Book Prize 2023

The award was set up by Viveka Alvestrand and her husband James Ashton to ‘encourage parents to take time to share books with their young children’.

The Independent UK · May 10, 2023

Daracon reviewing quarry rejection ruling

Daracon is reviewing the Independent Planning Commission's refusal of its proposal to expand the Martins Creek Quarry.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 14, 2023

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Drug dealer asks 'is that all?' after being jailed over 'straightener' in pub

James Ashton repeatedly punched man and threw a chair at him after a dispute over stolen money

Liverpool Echo · Jan 9, 2023

From a murder at Strangeways to a poisoning at a workhouse: Manchester's horrible Christmas histories

A historian has unearthed some of the city's most grisly Christmas tales

Manchester Evening News · Dec 25, 2022

Residents blockade homes after waking up to find their driveways submerged and street flooded

Schools were closed and homes were left without water after the pipe burst

Manchester Evening News · Nov 22, 2022

Proposed expansion of quarry will bring 'terror' to village: residents

Paterson's local roads cannot withstand 40 truck movements per hour, residents say

Newcastle Herald · Nov 7, 2022

Drug dealer caught with taser after skipping bail for two years

James Ashton was caught in the Bristol area driving a Mini stolen from Merseyside

Liverpool Echo · Oct 21, 2022

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