7 h. ago A new neighourbood is being built in Salford as work starts on hundreds of homes

A mix of new housing is on the way.

Politics

7 h. ago A new neighourbood with hundreds of homes is being built in Salford

A mix of new housing is on the way.

Politics

10 h. ago Want to own a home steeped in California film, music and sporting history? It can be yours

A Pasadena couple built their ‘forever home’ in 2006

Culture

61 h. ago The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west

Once home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of expansion: tech data centers Driving down the interstate through the dry Nevada desert, there are few signs that a vast expanse of new construction is hiding behind the sagebrush-covered hills. But, just beyond a massive power plant and transmission towers that march up into the dusty brown mountains, lies one of the world’s biggest buildouts of data centers – miles of new concrete buildings that house millions of computer servers.This business park, called the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, has a sprawling landmass greater than the city of Denver. It is home to the largest data center in the US, built by the company Switch, and tech giants like Google and Microsoft have also bought land here and are constructing enormous facilities. A separate Apple data center complex is just down the road. Tesla’s gigafactory, which builds electric vehicle batteries, is a resident too. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Eccentric hidden gem village in England with very unique homes

The village was custom-built in the 1830s and is home to a range of different architectural styles, all with a wealth of history and attention to detail

Politics

5 d. ago True story behind house in middle of M62 and 'stubborn farmer' who lived there

Stott Hall Farm in Yorkshire is one of the most famous homes in England, an 18th-century farmhouse built splat bang in the middle of a busy motorway. The stuff of urban legend, an unearthed documentary reveals the truth behind the iconic "Little House on the Prairie".

Society

6 d. ago The quaint Greater Manchester town with one big problem that's 'about to get worse'

Hundreds of new homes will be built in a town already on the brink of capacity

Politics

9 d. ago 'This is an insult': Fury as 200 new homes WILL be built on fields despite massive opposition

Thousands signed a petition against development on Mirrlees Fields

Politics

1 week ago The massive plans that will see 230 homes built on green belt at side of M61

A developer has claimed the site is 'entirely suitable for residential development having been assessed as grey belt'

Politics

2 w. ago The neighborhood that Disney built: Swanky community boasts luxe homes and $30k

In the California desert loved by Walt Disney, a new community is being built. Residents started moving into homes in Cotino in Rancho Mirage earlier this year.

Politics

2 w. ago More than 200 new council homes to be built at Battersea Power Station

The Standard revealed last year that the council was unhappy with “unacceptably low” level of affordable provision in early phases of the scheme

Politics

2 w. ago Hundreds of homes set to be built on countryside near popular Greater Manchester beauty spot

The land has long been earmarked for housing

Politics

2 w. ago Huge new £2.5 billion neighbourhood for Docklands after Gulf backing secured

More than 5,000 homes will be built on former industrial site opposite the O2

Economics

2 w. ago Huge £2.5 billion Docklands housing development to go ahead after UAE investment

More than 5,000 homes will be built on former industrial site opposite the O2

Economics

2 w. ago Britain's largest ghost town which is still waiting for GP and dentist after eight years gets bubble tea shop

Around 1,700 homes have been built at Northstowe, ten miles north of Cambridge , since construction work started in 2017.

Politics

3 w. ago Hundreds of new homes to be built on site of old Greater Manchester B&Q store

The proposals have been given the green light by a council

Politics

3 w. ago Named and shamed: the five London boroughs where no affordable homes are being built

Named and shamed: the five London boroughs where no affordable homes are being built  London Evening Standard

Politics

3 w. ago Named and shamed: the London boroughs where not a single affordable home is being built

Mayor’s spokesman describes the figures as ‘encouraging’ as they show a 113% city-wide increase in the number of new starts

Politics

3 w. ago An Indonesian teen suspected in mosque attack built bombs alone at home, police say

Authorities say an Indonesian student suspected in last week's bomb attack on a high school mosque had assembled small-scale explosive devices at home

Events

3 w. ago British family who sold the house they built themselves now live like 'king and queen' abroad, and living costs have halved

Danielle and Mike Booth, both 36, dreamt about travelling with their two children, Emmy, 14, and Eli, 10, after a road trip around France back in 2019.

Society