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UK-based renewable energy firm Helius Energy has announced that it has signed an option to lease an 18-acre site located within Avonmouth Dock, on the Bristol Channel, for the proposed construction of a 100MWe biomass power plant. Helius is expected to submit an application under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for development of the project and will enter into a statutory consultation process with relevant authorities and conservation bodies. The option to lease is exercisable...
NURSERY staff and parents have donated a food hamper worth pounds 60 to care home residents. Caeglas Resource Centre in Cardiff Road, Hawthorn, Pontypridd, was presented with the hamper from Bees Knees day nursery in Treforest. (c) 2008 South Wales Echo. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.
By Elizabeth Lawrence THE life of legendary North East opera singer, Owen Brannigan is to be celebrated in a documentary on ITV Tyne Tees tomorrow. Fronted by lifelong fan and fellow regional opera star Graeme Danby, The Owen Brannigan Story will chart the rise of "Branny" - as he was affectionately known - from his beginnings in Annitsford, Northumberland, to his performances at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. At the heart of the programme are rousing performances from Graeme,...
THE annual Experimentica festival, which brings together international multi-disciplinary artists, returns to Wales next week. Alongside contributors from Japan, London and Bristol, Cardiff- based performers good cop bad cop, will be bringing their theoretical project, Brodys Notes, to the festival at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff. The performance consists of duo John Rowley and Richard Huw Morgan using techniques of interrogation, bullying and cross- examination to force each other to...
By Shirley Anne SHIRLEY Anne Owen's paintings and drawings reveal the beauty and wildness of the Welsh coast, captured in the deep of winter. Her new show, featuring more than 40 paintings and 60 drawings, is a tour de force for the artist, whose long love affair with the environment prompted the project. It brings into focus the consequences of rising water levels on the coastline and raises long held cultural memories of the advance of the sea. Inundation of the land has been a...
By Jade Wright FORGETAmyWinehouse, the original beehive queen of retro pop is back. MariWilson is coming to Birkenhead to promote newalbumEmotional Glamour. See her and long-standing creative partner,Adrian York at the Pacific RoadArts Centre on Tuesday. Tickets from pounds 16. (c) 2008 Liverpool Echo. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.
LEISURE centres are offering events for the over 50s this month to celebrate an Older People's Festival. Temple Park Centre, South Shields, has swimming and gym sessions for just pounds 1 in October. Hebburn swimming pool is also offering swimming and gym classes as well as aquafit sessions. The activities at Monkton Stadium include gym and a Bodyblast fitness class. Coun Tracey Dixon, South Tyneside's lead member for culture and well-being, said: "We have a range of discounted offers...
By Neil Macfarlane SCHOOL truancy rates in Darlington are continuing to fall. During the spring term, the town's pupils recorded the 15th best attendance record in the country, compared with 19th best during the autumn term. And attendance at Darlington schools - once among the worst in the country - is now better than the national average. A figure of 5.71 per cent of pupils played truant, compared to the UK average of 6.23 per cent. In 2005, Darlington had the 12th-worst unauthorised...
By JONI AVERILL The 22nd annual Eastport Chamber of Commerce Salmon Dinner, which was scheduled for Sept. 7, "had to be canceled because of extreme weather conditions," explained Eleanor Norton of Eastport. However, "a group of citizens from the Chamber of Commerce and Christ Episcopal Church decided to try again" to continue this tradition. As a result of that effort, the public is now invited to enjoy Salmon Sunday, with seatings at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, at Eastport...
By GRAEME SMITH PROPOSALS have been unveiled for the creation of a new GBP700m community on the edge of Aberdeen. The development, on the Banchory & Leggart estate just off the A90 at the southern gateway to the city, would be within a new country park and include 3000 homes and a business park hat could create 6000 jobs. The proposal has been submitted for inclusion in the Aberdeen City and Shire Structure Plan - the blueprint for development in the region between now and 2030 - which...
