Stylish, contemporary suites come with en-suite bathrooms and open fires. Some rooms offer exclusive access to private terraces facing a rooftop plunge pool. Meals are served in an enchanting courtyard filled with orange trees framed by delicately carved plasterwork pillars and huge carved doors. From Dh2,500 (£153) a night for a double room with en-suite [...]

On average, about 90 per cent of the properties are sold at each auction.In Scotland, property auctions are less mature, but their popularity is growing. SVA Property, which holds six auctions a year, saw 600 people at its June auction, where 49 lots were up for sale. All but five lots were sold.”Auctions have the [...]

Nigel tried to call his sister and her fianc?lan Farthing, to no avail. Then he saw the newsflash.Since the media tumult immediately after his sister’s death, Mr Dando, who joined BBC Bristol in January, has managed to keep himself out of the spotlight, speaking to the media only to publicise the appeal fund for a [...]

Under the leadership of Detective Superintendent Hamish Campbell they gathered in offices next to Earl’s Court police station in west London The advantages and disadvantages were clear. Because the 37-year-old victim was a high-profile television celebrity there would be immediate and constant media coverage, which would help to flush out witnesses And there was a [...]

Thank you for remembering and loving John.”The rebranded airport is the first in Britain to be named after an individual – putting Lennon in an elite global club including John F Kennedy (New York), Leonardo da Vinci (Rome) and Charles de Gaulle (Paris).Liverpool’s new £32.5m second terminal, which is due to open next spring, will [...]

Yugoslav officials complained that evidence had disappeared and witnesses refused to cooperate.Milosevic decided to refuse counsel following a three­hour meeting Monday with two lawyers from Belgrade. Afterward, they told reporters that Milosevic has refused to accept the validity of the court, established in 1993 by the UN Security Council to prosecute those believed responsible for [...]

Although she now rules the state, she must win appeals against the convictions within six months or risk forfeiting the job.On the campaign trail that led to her party’s return to power, she was quite straightforward. “Karunanidhi criminally harassed me,” she told her supporters “I want to destroy him. Will you give me the mandate [...]

As you draw closer, you can make out the towers and walls that kept invaders at bay for centuries. To penetrate modern-day Orvieto, with its labyrinth of medieval streets, you need to jump aboard one of the pert electric buses that potter round the centre, or stroll up the steep cobbled lanes on foot. Aromas [...]

Standard & Poor’s, the credit rating agency, placed GKN on credit watch for a possible downgrade.S&P said: “GKN’s business risk may be weakened by the demerger, as it reduces the group’s overall diversity of operations and increases reliance on the automotive sector.”This is of concern since more than 20 per cent of total sales volumes [...]

The battered white Ford Fiesta was found abandoned near the train station a few hours later.On Wednesday detectives released a photograph of the white E-registration car believed to have been used in the hit-and-run in ann attempt to jog witnesses’ memories. Dozens of people telephoned the police to give information about the incident. Sources said [...]