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Top grouse moor sold for 5.25m
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ONE of the country's premium grouse moors changed hands for the
first time in more than 440 years. .
Wemmergill Moor, in Upper Teesdale, County Durham, has been bought
by pub and fast-food tycoon Michael Cannon.
The entrepreneur, who is originally from Bristol, last night
pledged to bring money and jobs to the area.
He also unveiled plans to regenerate thousands of acres of
moorland rich in rare species of wildlife.
The 17,000-acre moor, which includes six tenanted ...
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Top grouse moor sold for 5.25m
The Northern Echo
; ONE of the country's premium grouse moors changed hands for the first time in more than 440 years. . Wemmergill Moor, in Upper Teesdale, County Durham, has been bought by pub and fast-food tycoon Michael Cannon. The entrepreneur, who is originally from Bristol, last night pledged to bring money and
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RUSHDIE'S LATEST IS INTRIGUING EVEN WITHOUT ITS CONTROVERSY THE MOOR'S LAST SIGH IS BANNED IN INDIA, BUT ITS OFFENSES TO RELIGION ARE FEW, AND ITS INTRICATE FAIRY TALE IS ENGROSSING.(COMMENTARY)(Review)
The Virginian Pilot
; Byline: LENORE HART THE MOOR'S LAST SIGH A Novel SALMAN RUSHDIE Pantheon. 435 pp. $25. It's been said that if a writer isn't making someone mad, he's not doing his job. Salman Rushdie has obviously taken this to heart. Forget bad reviews. Rushdie managed, with The Satanic Verses, to enrage all
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Man on the moor
The Scotsman
; The Moor of Rannoch Hotel may not qualify for five-star classification, but it has a piece of bathroom equipment you don't often come across, even in the most sophisticated of places: a Spider Ladder. This delicate balsa-and-thread construction comes complete with a spider sticker and a set of
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Moor gets D-I shot; Former Cuba City to Illinois State
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
; The offers were impressive, and definitely tempting. Three NCAA Division II schools offered Jube Moor a scholarship to play basketball for them next season, and all that remained was a visit to Division I Illinois State, which planned to offer Moor only a walk- on invitation. By the time Moor left
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THE MOOR'S LAST SIGH, by Salman Rushdie; Pantheon (448 pages, $25) (Sunday, 1-4, release) (BEGIN ITALICS) ''In a way I had been in Indian country all my life, learning to read its signs, to follow its trails, rejoicing in its immensity, in its inexhaustible beauty, struggling for territory, sending up smoke signals, beating its drums, pushing out its frontiers, making.(Originated from my way through its dangers, hoping to find friends, fearing its)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; cruelty, longing for its love. Not even an Indian was safe in Indian country, not if he was the wrong sort of Indian, anyway _ wearing the wrong sort of head-dress, speaking the wrong language, dancing the wrong dances, worshipping the wrong gods, travelling in the wrong company. In Indian
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Volunteers at ready to give moor safety
Plymouth Evening Herald, The
; What will the Dartmoor Rescue Group be doing this weekend during the Ten Tors? We will be based at various locations throughout the moor, some at Okehampton, some at Princetown, Gutter Tor and Homing Beam. We will have 120-150 members out. The weather forecast is good, but you will be standing by
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'I lost half of my family in the space of six months' The mother of tragic Andrew Moor told today how her husband passed away six months after her son died.
Aberdeen Evening Express
; The mother of tragic Andrew Moor told today how her husband passed away six months after her son died. And she offered sympathy to the family of Craig Hobin who was acquitted of killing dad-of-two Andrew with a single punch. Jennifer Moor, of Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port, said: "I lost Andrew in
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Man bags sporting rights on grouse moor
The Northern Echo
; ... who acted for the buyer, said: "Top quality grouse moors with potential for improvement are a scarce commodity."It is great news that another enthusiastic shooting individual has made this commitment to grouse shooting and conservation on a wider scale."
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Menace of the moor; Dive-bombing owl has Ilkley ramblers on the run.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: CHRIS BROOKE IT swooped out of nowhere, giant wings flapping and fearsome talons at the ready. As a result, no sensible walker has been venturing across Ilkley Moor baht'at. They have needed protective headgear for the best part of two years. That is how long the European eagle owl, with
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 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
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Dr David Moor arrive at court.
Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
; A GP accused of murdering an 85-year-old patient urged a jury to try to picture the extreme pain of the pensioner's last hours. Dr Dave Moor is accused of injecting 85-year-old retired ambulanceman George Liddell with a massive amount of diamorphine in a deliberate attempt to end his life. Moor
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