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Scotland’s richest man has announced a loss of almost £9.3 million on his Highland hospitality and estates business.

he listed his sprawling 26-acre estate in Oyster Bay for an eye-watering $49 million. Records show Joel acquired the property, initially spanning 14 acres, in 2002 for $22.5 million.

A picture of an old footbridge shared online has sparked people to share some fantastic childhood memories.

An old documentary featuring one of Scotland's most deprived council estates has resurfaced online nearly 40 years after it was filmed.

A number of Scottish families may be due a fortune in unclaimed estates from their relatives.

HM Treasury has published details of 51 unclaimed estates belonging to people who were either born or died in Greater Manchester.

Manchester's new Lord Mayor says she 'would never have dreamed' of being appointed to the civic role after growing up in care from the age of six months. Clayton and Openshaw councillor Donna Ludford, who became Lord Mayor of Manchester this week (May 18), wants to 'break down barriers' while in office.

You can't beat a nice stroll through the grounds of a magnificent country estate or stately home. Whether it is deer spotting in rugged open grounds, walking through a well kept garden, or enjoying fine antiques inside a beautifully decorated house, there are plenty of estates you can visit.

South Ayrshire Council is set to include dozens of common good properties in an en masse review of council owned estates.

Companies representing the estates of Jimi Hendrix Experience members Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell have requested that legal action filed with the courts in New York by the Hendrix estate and Sony Music be dismissed on jurisdiction grounds. That legal action seeks court confirmation that agreements reached between the Hendrix estate and Mitchell and Redding back in the early 1970s are still in force.The UK-based companies representing the Redding and Mitchell estates have filed their own litigation in the English courts, specifically against Sony Music UK.

Robin Williams and George Carlin have filed a lawsuit against Pandora, claiming the platform has been “willfully” streaming the late comedians’ recorded routines without proper licensing.According to Rolling Stone, the families of the comics filed the copyright infringement suit on Monday (February 7) alongside related complaints from fellow comedians Andrew Dice Clay, Ron White and Bill Engvall.The estates claim that the works of both comedians “continue to be exploited, performed, broadcast, and streamed” across Pandora’s platforms without the proper permission and without any “substantive response” to warnings issued by literary agency Word Collections over the past couple years.“While Carlin would have been thrilled for his works to live on through valid licenses and payments, he would have seven dirty words to say about Pandora’s actions and willful copyright infringement, no doubt,” Carlin’s paperwork states.Williams’ estate is seeking $4.1million in damages, while Carlin’s is looking for $8.4million.Rolling Stone reports that the filings allege Pandora improperly offered 27 of Williams’ works through its digital broadcast radio service. The routines in question reportedly derive from the Mrs.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorPrimary Wave Music announced that it has acquired the music rights from the estates of Layne Staley and Mike Starr of the Grammy-nominated Seattle band Alice In Chains.The deal will see the publisher acquire a stake in the Layne Staley’s and Mike Starr’s music publishing catalog, as well as master royalty income stream; terms of the deal were not disclosed.The work of the band’s main songwriter, Jerry Cantrell, was not included, nor drummer Sean Kinney or later members Mike Inez and William DuVall. However, the deal does encompass shares in some of the band’s biggest hits, such as “Man in the Box,” “Rooster” and “No Excuses,” as well as their biggest hit, “Would?” The latter song, released in 1992, and not only appeared in the era-defining Cameron Crowe film “Singles” but was also included on the hit soundtrack.

The driver of a Vauxhall Vectra led police on a chase through estates in Bolton during the early hours, driving on footpaths in an attempt to escape.

David Spade has put his luxurious Beverly Hills home on the market for $19.995 million.The 57-year-old comedian is moving on from the elite Trousdale Estates mansion after moving into a $14 million home in the Hollywood Hills, according to the Wall Street Journal.The actor is poised to make a pretty penny if he's able to get something close to his asking price, as he'll currently earn $16 million more than he originally paid for the house. Moving on:David Spade, 57, is selling his longtime Beverly Hills mansion for nearly $20 million, after purchasing it in 2001 for only $4 million, according to the Wall Street JournalSpade's mansion was built in 1978 and designed by the modernist architect Edward Fickett, according to Dirt.Prior to his purchase, the home has had a bevy of A-list occupants, including Warren Beatty, Prince and another Saturday Night Live alumnus, Eddie Murphy.

A new list of Scottish surnames has revealed those family names who could be in line for a small fortune in unclaimed estates.

They'll be welcoming their first child together in a matter of days - and it looks like Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom will have more than enough room to raise their little one.The couple, who got engaged in February 2019, were spotted checking out three massive properties over the weekend in the super exclusive community of Montecito, California - about an hour and a half north of Los Angeles and just 10 minutes from Santa Barbara, where the singer was born and raised.Each of the sprawling estates Katy and Orlando looked at have an asking price of $10 million and above, are at least 10,000 sq ft and sit on several acres of land - all of them nestled in the lush rolling hills of Santa Barbara county.

Manchester doesn't stand still for long.