All the Somerset roads where major roadworks are planned in 2021
Many of these projects are expected to cause disruption
00:00, 3 JAN 2021
Roadworks are due to be carried out in a number of locations across Somerset in 2021
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SCOTLAND’S first statue of Bonnie Prince Charlie astride his horse could be at the heart of a new town under plans by a battle trust. The Battle of Prestonpans Trust is looking into creating the first equestrian statue of the Jacobite hero in his home country, overlooking the site of his most famous victory. The trust has been in talks with developers who are building the new town of Blindwells in East Lothian, which lies east of Prestonpans and on part of the site of the famous battle of 1745. And as detailed plans for the new town layout were unveiled (see story on Page 5), the trust revealed it hoped to have a centre dedicated to the famous battle open in the town by 2027.
by Stan Arnaud
Madonna and Guy Ritchie got married in Scotland in 2000.
It was the undisputed “celebrity wedding of the year” when pop superstar Madonna tied the knot with movie director Guy Ritchie in a Highland castle two decades ago.
With Gwyneth Paltrow, Donatella Versace, Stella McCartney, Rupert Everett, Sting and his wife Trudy Styler among the A-list guests, it was an event that briefly bathed the exclusive venue and a quiet Sutherland town in the spotlight of worldwide attention.
Rock star Sting and wife Trudi Styler at Dornoch Cathedral in Sutherland.
And, while the star couple may have gone their separate ways, Skibo and Dornoch remain firmly associated with the multi-million selling singer referred to as “Madders” by the local minister who married them.
Savills is selling this Grade II listed townhouse on Wells Cathedral Green for £895,000
When it comes to cities in the post-Covid world, it seems that small is beautiful. Urban dwellers may be hankering after more space, but for many of them rural isolation is not the answer.
House price data suggests that our appetite for a “middle way” – something between village calm and metropolitan buzz – means that some small cities are in higher demand than a year ago.
Using data from property firm TwentyCi, the estate agency Savills identified the cities where the rise in agreed sales this year compared with 2019 most outpaced that of their surrounding region.
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