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X FACTOR finalist Rhydian Roberts will bring high-voltage operatic magic to the switch-on of Sheffield’s Christmas lights this Sunday.

The event will be hosted by Antony Cotton who plays Sean Tully in Coronation Street, and Bobby Knutt, a South Yorkshire comic will also be making an appearance.

The event, organised by Sheffield Council with Real Radio, will be hosted by breakfast show presenters Daryl Denham and Gayle Lofthouse on the main stage in Barker’s Pool. The stars from The Lyceum theatre’s Christmas pantomime Aladdin, including Strictly Come Dancing evictee Phil Daniels - Kevin Wicks in EastEnders - will be there, alongside Mickey Mouse and other children’s TV characters.

View the full story at www.thestar.co.uk

Letter written to accompany a petition sent to Number 10 Downing Street in October 2008 by Nick Johnson.

Our Money Our Choice.

Dear Prime Minister,

As we all know these are difficult times that we are in and I’m sure that makes your job even tougher than it would be normally. You must however be made to understand that it has affected everyones lives and that it is our money you are using to bail out the inept bankers who have put us all in this situation including yourself.
We the British nation did not vote you into power, neither did we give you permission to use 50 billion pounds of our money to bail the bankers out, by the time we have finnished I’m sure the amount of money we will have put into our failing markets will be much higher.
As a well respected businesman myself, if I had to put that sort of money into another business to keep it afloat I would look long and hard at the management team that had caused the mess in the first place.
I call for two things.
Firstly, a restructuring of our banking system top to bottom, by that I mean, put in measures that make sure this can never happen again and get rid of, or sack the people responsible for this mess both in the banking industry and Government.
Secondly. If you are going to use large sums of our money, I for one would like a say in the way it is used. I would like to have some control over to who and when, I lend my money. I would like a referendum on the subject seeing as I will be one of millions of people who will have to pick up the bill.
We all make mistakes, but if we make a huge one at work then we normally find ourselves unemployed, can you please tell me how it is possible the people concerned are still working in the same office on the same inflated salaries as if nothing has happened.

Yours Sincerley,

Nick Johnson

City centre flats dominate a survey indicating the 10 areas in England and Wales with the biggest annual fall in property prices.

A recent survey conducted by mouseprice.com suggests Deansgate in Manchester, Erebus Drive in Thamesmead in London, Elmwood Lane in Leeds, and Millsands in Sheffield, South Yorkshire (15.1% drop) have witnessed the biggest falls in prices.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

The survey was based on Land Registry sale price statistics and updated with valuation data gathered from surveyors.

Click here to view the full story from the BBC.

In the Yorkshire Post most recently, I read that DOZENS of students who used a Leeds letting company are still waiting to get their deposits back over a year after they handed back the keys, it was claimed last night.

Leeds University Union (LUU) says tens of thousands of pounds remain owed and more people come forward every week to report a dispute over unreturned deposits.

Many of the complaints centre on Leeds-based Providence Properties and Providence Lets.

One parent whose daughter has been waiting 14 months for the return of £250 from Providence Properties said he was now considering taking the dispute to county court. Housing officials at the university say that some students have won their county court cases but are still waiting for their money. Read the full article by Andrew Robinson …

Cudworth Impact Team will be carrying out an estate walkabout on Tuesday 23rd September in the West Green area between 10am and 11.30am.   They will be meeting at Burton Crescent at 10am and will cover the following streets. Read more…

Landlords with Property to rent in Barnsley, South Yorkshire can advertise property To Let for free here

If you own or manage Property To Let in Barnsley or any other South Yorkshire location then you can advertise for free.

David Wood of David A Wood & Associates a low cost fixed fee estate agent in South Yorkshire and operating from offices in Barnsley is offering all landlords in Sheffield the opportunity of advertising their property to let for free on his companies web site.

Landlords and letting agents with property to rent in Doncaster or any other South Yorkshire location can list up to 500 properties for free and take full control of their listings, all enquiries are delivered directly to the account holder, all rentals are negotiated between the landlords or agency direct with each enquirer, there’s no fee or commission to pay what so ever.

There’s one stipulation, the Property for Rent must be located within the South Yorkshire region in the areas of Barnsley, Sheffield, Doncaster or Rotherham. To find out more email Christopher Wood

Graham Beale’s forecast for the housing market

The chief executive of the Nationwide Building Society has told BBC News that he thinks house prices could fall as much as 25% from their peak.

This prediction implies that 2.5 million homeowners could be pushed into negative equity. Graham Beale also said he does not expect to see signs of recovery in the housing market until 2010. Nationwide is by far the UK’s biggest building society and is closer to the housing market than many others.  Over the course of the business cycle it provides slightly fewer than one in ten of all the mortgages in the UK - though its recent share of new home loans has been a bit less.

So Nationwide’s chief executive, Graham Beale, carries weight when prognosticating. Read more …

By Robert Peston
BBC business editor

The number of people renting a home has soared by nearly 20% during the past three months as the housing market turmoil puts people off buying a property, a survey shows. Around 64% of letting agents outside of London said demand for rental property outstripped the number of homes they had on their books, falling to 41% within the capital, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA).

Unsurprisingly, given the boom in demand, rents are also rising, with average rents for a house increasing by 3% to £387 a week during the three months to the end of August, while rents on flats have jumped by 7% to around £253. Read more …

This year, George Wimpey will be unveiling their newest development through three showhomes – one spacious five bedroom, three story detached house and a three and a four bedroom townhouse. All their new properties will be styled and furnished to the very best in modern living. Penistone, South Yorskhire, is an unspoilt small town with excellent schooling facilities, a beautiful countryside just a short hike away and all major commuting links on its doorstep (see map).

Smack Bang in the middle of Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Barnsley and Doncaster

There are regular bus services to and from Barnsley, Sheffield, Huddersfield, Stocksbridge  (see  Travel South Yorkshire for time tables). Also there are regular trains to and from Sheffield, Huddersfield, Barnsley, Leeds, Manchester (see Northern Rail for towns serviced and time tables). By road, Penistone is only 15 minutes from the M1, 10 minutes to the A628 Woodhead Pass and 30 minutes from Huddersfield.

Details on new developments and initiatives offered by George Wimpey can be found at www.georgewimpey.co.uk

Layout plan of Emarald Green, Penistone, South Yorskhire

Penistone show is held annually and is a fantastic family day out, I would recommend anyone who hasn’t been before to come along and find out why this event is so popular throughout Yorkshire.

“The aims of Penistone Show are to provide an agricultural show, which promotes the countryside, agriculture & horticulture and associated interests. There are various livestock on display i.e. Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats, Pigeons, Hens, Bantams, Shire Horses, Lurchers, Terriers, Companion Dogs and many more. There are exhibitions and displays including Vintage vehicles, Owls, Farriers, Dry Stone Walling, Hounds, Handicrafts, Horticulture, Photogaphy etc. Also promoted is the local farmers market where you can buy fresh produce direct from the growers, Butchers, Bakers, Cake makers, Jam Makers. The list is endless.”
- Penistone Show Homepage

Most popular countryside show in South Yorkshire

FreeIndex is a UK-wide business directory that is now integral to the online marketing strategy of over 85,000 businesses.

Funded by discreet 3rd party advertising, the site is absolutely free of charge to all UK businesses that wish to advertise their products and services. Unlike other UK directories which buy and sell their data, FreeIndex is spam free. We guarantee never to cold call you and never to sell your company data to anyone else who might.

With well over 650,000 unique monthly visitors, the site is now one of the most detailed sources of company information in the UK, and features human edited content, pictures, reviews, product catalogues, jobs and maps.

The site was initially launched in 2003 when Martin Turner (the founder of FreeIndex) set out with the idea of creating a new kind of directory that was not funded by charging businesses to be included. Every company that is featured on the site has added their business details themselves and can update this information whenever they like. To ensure that the overall quality is kept high all updates are manually reviewed by a content team.

The point is that whether you have a huge marketing budget or none whatsoever, FreeIndex allows all UK companies to achieve a professional and effective presence on the web completely free of charge.

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