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Instead you can contact your local authority which has the power under the Derelict Sites Act, 1990, and the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1964, to deal with derelict sites and dangerous structures. It will be up to the local authority to track down the owner and serve them with notice to clean up and make their property safe. Property owners are required by law to make sure their property does not become derelict or contain any dangerous structures. Getting a property onto the derelict sites registry is a long process involving several notices to the owners, and so on, but a side wall that is shakey with the potential to fall out on the public pathway should get the attention of the local authority very quickly. There is provision in the legislation for the local authority to fix the dangerous wall, chimney stack and so on and to bill the owner.
Ex-mobster a big hit warning college, pro athletes about gambling's ...
FAIRFAX, Va. -- It's clear right away - long before the woman sitting up front asks, ''Did you shoot anyone?'' - that this guy with the straight-out-of-central-casting Brooklyn accent and gold chain is not your typical college lecturer. It's clear from Michael Franzese's life story - the 17 years in the mafia, the millions upon millions of ill-gotten gains, the ''Yuppie Don'' nickname, the prison term - that he is a breed apart from the professors usually addressing this crowd. And it's clear, from the wide eyes and dropped jaws in a George Mason University auditorium on a recent evening, that these kids in their gray hooded sweat shirts are listening intently, drawn in by Franzese's message and mien. They're hearing Franzese deliver the same, simple points he makes to college athletes and coaches, to NBA rookies and Major League Baseball players and umpires, to professional tennis players and NFL veterans.
Daily Blabber Celebrity Gossip Blog from iVillage Entertainment
All the news today has been so sad that I thought I'd post a photo of our favorite mother-daughter team to lift our spirits. Here are Jennifer Garner and Violet Affleck, after spending some time and energy playing around in Kidnasium. So sweet. Hope this made you smile -- even for a second. .
Terry McCrann
WE are caught between the US slashing interest rates and our Reserve Bank putting them up. And it's against the backdrop of an Australian broker failing to settle trades for the first time since the Australian Stock Exchange switched to computers almost 20 years ago. For almost five hours last Tuesday, hundreds of millions of dollars of share trades were frozen in limbo. Video: Terry McCrann's business wrap Throw in that $8 billion forex loss by giant French bank Societe Generale, another multi-billion dollar sub-prime write-off by Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS, and it all adds up to disturbing confusion and complexity. Certainly, we are living in "interesting times". Are they about to turn interestingly nasty? For investors? For jobs? For your standard of living? In fact, the local outcome from all of this is encouraging resilience.
Kranz: Walking Away
In retirement, Olson says he has several jobs in the works that will keep him busy, including work with a large financial institution.
One thing is clear, though. "I do not have any intention of leaving Mitchell," he said.
David Kranz's column appears Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Call him at 331-2302 or write to him at the Argus Leader, Box 5034, Sioux Falls, SD 57117-5034. .
Ogilvy shows poise on and off the court
Vanderbilt basketball player A.J. Ogilvy allowed a reporter and photographer to tag along for a day on campus recently. Rand Dining Hall is almost full. Students who dont have their noses in a newspaper, a laptop or breakfast are holding cell phones in both hands, sending text messages with two thumbs on the keypad. .
Wacky World: Fancy Another Pie, Fatty?
We've all been there, it's a Saturday afternoon and your favourite team are on TV. You've parked yourself on the couch and convinced yourself not to move for anything. Nuclear war imminent? Who cares, it's about to kick off! No female within 100 yards? Check! Crate of cold beers? Check! Half time snack? ......Doh! But now there is no need to worry because home delivery pies from 'Simple Simon' have come to your rescue! These pies can be ordered online , over the phone, by fax and probably even by smoke signal (although don't quote us on that one). These delicious, nutritious (probably) and generously sized pies are then delivered to your door just in time for you to mute whichever mindless pundit is trying to explain the new version of the offside rule. Lovely Jubbly, so what's the catch? Well at the moment they're only available in Harvey Nichols so you'll probably have to re-mortgage the house to afford one.
Police officer guarding motorcade had a 'very dangerous' job
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