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South Wales Argus
2 days ago
- Business
- South Wales Argus
'Newport's Queensway is full of multimillion-pound flops'
First up, Admiral House. After building works were completed in May 2014, it was sold for £20 million. Nine years later, Admiral Insurance shockingly left the building, with its employees working remotely from home. In 2023, it was reported, the building was up for sale at £14.9 million (around £5 million less than its owner paid for it). It was sold a year later to Admiral Insurance, however the building presently sits empty - 'available to rent'. Behind the railway station, we have the former Royal Mail 'Sorting Office' on Mill Street. In 2018, plans were approved for Garrison Barclay Estates to redevelop the building into approximately 50,000 square foot of 'Grade A' office space. A £12 million council loan was provided to assist, however the building presently sits empty - 'available to rent'. Up next is the Cambrian Centre. Scarborough Group International were behind ambitious plans to redevelop the so-called Station Quarter area. The project included another huge office block, next to Admiral House. In 2013, a contract worth around £14 million was awarded to SDC Construction to complete the building work. Planning permission was granted in 2016, however construction has yet to start? Then there's the old Railway Station. It was built in 1928 by Great Western Railway (GWR). This was converted into an office block after the new station opened in 2010. It's since housed the council's Information Station and later an 'Innovation Station'. The latter was part of a £1.89 million project partly funded by Newport Council. Is this building now empty also? What of the controversial new Railway Station? In the past it has been described as one of Britain's ugliest buildings. In 2013, the BBC claimed the revamp cost £22 million, including £13 million from the Welsh Government. Many have questioned the need for the new station. Could the former Railway Station building have been internally remodelled at a fraction of the cost? Finally, what of the new walkway bridge that connects Mill Street to the Queensway i.e. the Devon Place bridge. It opened last year at a whopping cost of £10.5million. A bridge was needed, but £10.5 million? There's been an obscene amount of money spent on development projects around the Queensway area. What have we got? Empty office blocks? We now understand Transport for Wales wants to blow another £40 million (estimated) on redeveloping the Queensway, including the Old Green roundabout. It feels like throwing good money after bad. How about investing money on our City Centre where it's really needed i.e. revamping Commercial Street, High Street and Charles Street. Mike Enea is a Conservative campaigner and blogger. These views are his.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Wellington cafe owners distraught after two break-ins in a week
A cafe owner has said her family is distraught after the premises were broken into twice in one Akhtar runs the Early Bird Cafe in Wellington Railway Station, which was targeted on Tuesday and again on Thursday, causing more than £1,000 in well as smashed windows, stock was stolen along with a drill, plus loose change and the staff's tips Akhtar said: "The business is like our second home, we spend so much time here and we spend so much effort trying to build it up from scratch. It feels as if someone's attacked my home. It's just too personal." While the family tried to "get on with it" after the first incident, Mrs Akhtar said the second break-in was "a really big blow"."Because it just feels personal now, like someone's got it in for us and keeps coming back," she cafe owner added that her children were very upset by the break-ins and that the family were scared the intruder would return."They think that they're going to attack my home as well," she said."So my daughter didn't sleep all night because she was really really upset." As a result of the damage, the cafe has had to close for two days to get the windows boarded up, turning customers the business had insurance, their premium would cost more than paying for the repairs, and paying out of the profits would hit their ability to cover stock, wages and mortgage payments."I know it's not a large sum of money - but it's money that will help us to pay our rent, pay our mortgages, food costs, and it's just impacted us a lot," Mrs Akhtar said. "We can't take orders from customers so our regular customers have been turned away. We can't afford to keep closing the business."With the family struggling, they received a lifeline in the form of support from a local firm, CS Solicitors, which provided them with new windows. Mrs Akhtar said: "People like CS Solicitors, when they step forward and say to us 'look, you're part of this community and we're willing to help you', it means a lot to us."Without their support we wouldn't have been able to repair the windows as quickly as we hoped." Mohammed Khan from CS Solicitors told the BBC: "These thefts are not simple, petty thefts. These shake livelihoods, they take away the trust we've built within our community and that's something we want to restore as quickly as possible."People need to be aware and come forward if they know something."British Transport Police said it received a report at 07:40 BST on 14 August of a burglary at the cafe."Officers attended and inquiries into the incident are ongoing," a spokesperson said."An investigation has also been launched into an incident of criminal damage at the same location on Tuesday August 12."Anyone with information is asked to contact BTP by texting 61016 or by calling 0800 40 50 40, quoting reference 109 of 14/08/25." Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
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Business Standard
6 days ago
- Politics
- Business Standard
Traffic advisory in Delhi on Aug 13 for Independence Day 2025 rehearsal
Delhi Police has issued a traffic advisory for August 13 for full-dress rehearsal of Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort, advising commuters to steer clear of specific routes in the morning. Tight security will be maintained throughout the full-dress rehearsal, which will include participation from security personnel, cultural contingents, and other ceremonial arrangements. When the prime minister speaks to the nation from the Red Fort's ramparts on August 15, Independence Day, similar arrangements will be repeated. 79th Independence Day 2025: Traffic restrictions around the Red Fort Below are the roads that will be closed for general traffic from 4 am to 10 am. Only labelled vehicles will be permitted: • Netaji Subhash Marg from Delhi Gate to Chatta Rail • Lothian Road from GPO Delhi to Chatta Rail • Ring Road from Rajghat to ISBT • SP Mukherjee Marg from HC Sen Marg to Yamuna Bazar Chowk. • Chandni Chowk Road from Fountain Chowk to Red Fort • Nishad Raj Marg from Ring Road to Netaji Subhash Marg • Esplanade Road and its Link Road to Netaji Subhash Marg. 79th Independence Day 2025: Advisory orders The advisory states that on the day of the rehearsal, vehicle traffic around the Red Fort would be limited from 4 to 10 a.m. General traffic would not be allowed on a number of important roadways, including Lothian Road, Chandni Chowk Road, SP Mukherjee Marg, Netaji Subhash Marg, and Nishad Raj Marg. According to the alert, traffic from ISBT Kashmere Gate, Salimgarh Bypass, Vikas Marg, and other nearby localities will also be diverted to allow for easy mobility and security measures. "These vehicles, which do not have parking labels for rehearsal, may avoid C-Hexagon, India Gate, Copernics Marg, Mandi House, Sikandar Road, W Point, A point Tilak Marg, Mathura Road, BSZ Marg, Netaji Subhash Marg, JL Nahru Marg, Ring Road between Nizammuddin Khatta and ISBT Kashmiri Gate & Outer Ring Road from Nizammuddin Khatta and ISBT Kashmiri Gate via Salimgarh bypass," it stated. How to reach important places on the I-Day dress rehearsal 2025? 1. Old Delhi Railway Station • From West and South Delhi: Mother Teresa Crescent — Park Street — Mandir Marg — Panchkuian Road — Rani Jhansi Flyover — Azad Market — Boulevard Road — Mori Gate —Pul Dufferin — SP Mukherjee Marg to reach the Railway Station or Dhaula Kuan— Ridge Road (Vande Matram Marg )— Faiz Road —Rani Jhansi Road and thereafter as above and vice versa. • From North: Mod Gate— Pul Dufferin —SP Mukherjee Marg to reach the Railway Station. • From East/North East: Pusta Road — Yudhistir Setu — Mori Gate — Pul Dufferin — SP Mukherjee Marg, then proceed further accordingly. 2. New Delhi Railway Station • From East:- Vikas Mang, DDU Marg, Bhabhuti Marg, ND Railway Station. • From North:- Rani Jhansi Road, R/A Rani Jhansi, DBG Road and reach ND Railway Station accordingly OR via Mori Gate, Pul Dufferin, SP Mukherjee Marg, Qutub Road and reach their destination. • From North East:- Yudhistir Setu, Rani Jhansi Road, R/A Rani Jhansi, DBG Road and reach ND Railway Station accordingly OR via Mori gate, Pul Dufferin, SP Mukherjee Marg, Qutub Road and reach their destination. • From West:- Pusa Road, R/A Hanuman Murti, Panchkuia Road, Connaught Place, Chelmsford Road and ND Railway Station OR via DBG Road to reach ND Railway Station. • From South:- To reach Connaught Place, Chelmsford Road and ND railway Station OR via DBG Road to reach ND Railway Station. ISBT Kashmere Gate on 79th I-day dress rehearsal 2025 • From New Delhi and South Delhi:- Mother Teresa Crescent — Park Street —Mandir Marg — Panchkuian Road — Rani Jhansi Road and Rani Jhansi flyover— Boulevard Road. • From North Delhi:- There is no restriction. • From West Delhi:- Pusa Road, R/A Hanuman Mandir, Faiz Road, Rani Jhansi Road and thereafter as above. • From North-East Delhi:- Yudhistir Setu, Boulevard Road, Mod Gate, Pull Dufferin, SP Mukherjee Marg. Old Delhi Railway Station. Restriction on movement of vehicles on I-Day rehearsal on Aug 13, 2025 • Commercial vehicles, local buses, and interstate buses that travel on the roads surrounding the Red Fort will also be subject to restrictions. To prevent disruption, the police advise commuters to plan their trip ahead of time and take public transit, especially the Metro. • To make sure they stay out of restricted areas, buses arriving from various regions of Delhi, such as Ajmeri Gate, South Delhi, Mall Road, and Baraf Khana, have been assigned specific routes. • The ISBT Kashmere Gate will be the final stop for all interstate buses arriving in Delhi from the ISBT Kashmere Gate side. • Buses will be rerouted via Majnu Ka Tilla-Outer Ring Road and will not be permitted to access Ring Road past ISBT Kashmere Gate. Special instructions for the general public for Aug 13, 2025 • It is forbidden to bring cameras, binoculars, remote-controlled car keys, handbags, and water bottles to the event, according to authorities. According to the advisory, they have also asked people to be on the lookout and notify the authorities right away of any suspicious activity or objects. • Cameras, binoculars, remote control vehicle keys, umbrellas, handbags, briefcases, transistors, cigarette lighters, tins, cartons, water bottles, and other items are not permitted to be brought to the event. • People are advised not to touch anything that seems odd. If they notice any unusual or unattended things, suspicious activity involving individuals or vehicles, or anything else out of the norm, they are asked to report it immediately to the nearest police officer. • Aerial platforms such as paragliders, paramotors, hang gliders, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), hot air balloons, remotely piloted aircraft, small powered aircraft, drones, and more will continue to be prohibited.
Otago Daily Times
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Art seen, July 17th
"Land. Form.", Joanna Dudson Scott and Sara Scott (Moray Gallery) "Land. Form." at Moray Gallery is an intriguing collaborative exhibition by two (unrelated) artists, ceramicist Sara Scott and painter Joanna Dudson Scott. The two artists have both been inspired by landscape forms in their works, with a centrepiece of the exhibition being Joanna's large asymmetrical canvas Pudding Hill. This is also the only work to address the landscape in a realistic rather than impressionistic or conceptual way. From Pudding Hill and from the landscape itself, Sara has produced a series of impressive ceramic vessels, each using a parabola as the basic form, evoking the hills and rivers of the land with horizontal washes of glaze. The surfaces have been left rough, allowing the glaze to become its own terrain, with pock-marks and rivulets imitating the natural marks on the land. From these vessels, Joanna has taken one step further removed from the landscape, using Sara's ceramics seen within a surrounding of stones and washes of colour as the subjects of her paintings. Through reduction and repetition, we are left with an essence of the land that lies beyond its basic topography, while at the same time we are able to grasp the complex relationship between the two media, paint and clay. "Tide's Return", David Green (RDS Gallery) David Green's "Tide's Return" fills and flows from RDS Gallery. The display, a 30-minute video loop, is viewed from outside. The art space glows and flows with blue and green waters, their tides moving across the walls, floor, and ceiling. The perception, of a submerged room, is alienating, disconnecting us from our expectations of a world where land is land and sea is sea. After dark, the display spills out of the gallery, illuminating Cumberland Street and beyond it, parts of Anzac Square and the Railway Station. It is at this point that the visual disassociation takes on a deeper and more poignant meaning. The station, a jewel in Dunedin's crown, sits on reclaimed land; the site of the RDS gallery is close to the original shoreline. In this age of the panic over rising sea levels, we are faced with the ghost of Dunedin still to come, one in which our central plain with its grand stately buildings is again submerged beneath the waters. In this, the dissonance becomes an all-too-real danger. The installation challenges us to think about life beyond Antarctica's great melt and not just what it will mean to the world in some abstract sense that is too soon disregarded, but what it will mean to us as individuals. "Fly Fly Away", Jacque Ruston (Pieces) Ceramicist Jacque Ruston has her first solo exhibition in several years at Port Chalmers' Pieces, a new combination fashion and art space on Beach Street. Ruston's art consists of a series of ceramic caricature busts, all done in a semi-naive style vaguely reminiscent of fellow local Jim Cooper. Clay characters gurn and pout in Ruston's works and their deliberate half-glazed rough-and-readiness gives them life and charm. Alongside, and sometimes incorporated with, the busts are a series of ceramic chains, these items suggest the human condition, permanently chained to our routines, is unbreakably bound to the rest of humanity. Ruston's works add an intriguing element with their experimental home-made glazes, often created by the simple expedient of adding bits of broken glass to the surface of her pieces before firing. The artist notes that living within the university's student flatting area means that finding broken bottles is depressingly easy and the different colours of glass add interesting streams and flows to her finished works. Despite the busts' organic, gently comic nature, there is a keen awareness of art history in many of the pieces — ancient Mediterranean sculptures and Brueghel's grotesques amalgamating and merging into joyfully irreverent finished forms.
New Indian Express
09-06-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Motorists seek lasting fix for dilapidated Adis Street in Coimbatore
COIMBATORE: Motorists commuting through Adis Street in the city's central zone have raised concerns over the poor condition of the stretch, which has remained in a dilapidated state for weeks. With the closure of Avinashi Road at Uppilipalayam Junction due to ongoing flyover construction, all vehicular traffic has been diverted through Adis Street, worsening the already deteriorated road. Adis Street is a crucial stretch for commuters travelling from Nehru Stadium and Gandhipuram to Race Course, Railway Station, Avinashi Road and beyond. The road was dug up as part of the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation's (CCMC) 24x7 Suez drinking water supply project, but after pipeline works, surface was only loosely filled with gravel and chip stones, turning the entire stretch into a dust bowl. "It is like driving through a construction site every day. The dust is unbearable and road is damaging our vehicles," said S Srihari, a daily commuter and resident of Ram Nagar. "I understand that development takes time, but leaving the road like this for long is unacceptable."
