15 h. ago Dad knew 'something wasn't right' during trip to Welsh beauty spot

Adrian Chandler and his wife had a child-free day and decided to make the most of it by heading to one of their favourite walks in the Welsh countryside, but it did not go according to plan and he ended up needing surgery

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38 h. ago London ‘emergency’ housebuilding package unveiled with lower affordable targets and grants for developers

London ‘emergency’ housebuilding package unveiled with lower affordable targets and grants for developers  Inside Housing

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40 h. ago UK Unveils Emergency Housing Plan to Boost London Development

UK Unveils Emergency Housing Plan to Boost London Development  Bloomberg.com

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41 h. ago MAFS UK fans spot 'clue' groom Ashley has moved on with new reality star

Ashley Dommett has sent fans into a frenzy after a video was shared online of him partying with a famous face

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45 h. ago Could Zurich’s housing cooperatives be the solution to the rest of Europe’s housing crisis? | Peter Apps

One in every five citizens in the city has bought a share in the company that built and owns their apartment block• Peter Apps is a contributing editor at Inside HousingChildren zoom down a tunnel slide, as their parents watch on, sipping coffees and chatting amicably on the long benches in the middle of the courtyard.They are surrounded by modern-looking housing developments – architecturally smart, medium-rise, expensive-looking in their design. This appears to be just another 21st-century development in a major city, a development that a builder has made a tidy profit out of, and flats that will have inevitably been snapped up by landlords and rented out at the highest market rate.Peter Apps is a contributing editor at Inside Housing and the author of Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen Continue reading...

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63 h. ago East Kilbride MP's plea to Scottish Government over affordable housing

Joani Reid, Scottish Labour MP for East Kilbride and Strathaven, is urging Holyrood to do more provide extra cash for new social housing developments.

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3 d. ago Plans for huge West Lothian housing development pulled before council meeting

Developers at the Heartlands site which covers for former Polkemmet Colliery pulled proposals for almost 2,000 new homes just a day before they were supposed to go to councillors.

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4 d. ago The latest stage in a major south Wales housing development includes plans for more than 540 homes

It's the latest phase of the Llanilid development in RCT which in all will include 1,850 homes

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6 d. ago National park to back down on row over funding public toilets at Welsh beauty spots

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is expected to agree to a further two years of financial support for 10 public toilets

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7 d. ago London developers told: Affordable homes target cut won't last forever

Percentage of new homes in capital required to be affordable will be cut from 35% to 20% - but only for a limited period

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1 week ago Strictly Come Dancing fans spot 'strange' move after Ellie Goldstein and Vito Coppola announcement

It comes ahead of their next performance in the BBC One dance contest

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1 week ago Mysterious 'dent' in Earth's magnetic field explodes in size

A mysterious dent in Earth's magnetic field is growing as it continues to move west through the Atlantic Ocean. Scientists warn that the weak spot will have dire consequences.

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1 week ago Greenpeace threatens to sue crown estate for driving up cost of offshore wind

Environmental group accuses king’s property management company of ‘milking for profit’ its monopoly ownership of seabedGreenpeace is threatening to sue King Charles’s property management company, accusing it of exploiting its monopoly ownership of the seabed.The environmental lobby group alleges the crown estate has driven up costs for wind power developers and boosted its own profits, as well as the royal household’s income, due to the “aggressive” way it auctions seabed rights. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Strictly fans spot stars' awkward Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin move and ask if it's their 'imagination'

They made it through to week three of the BBC One dance contest, which just so happened to be the nnual Movie Week special

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1 week ago The dream of turning empty office blocks into apartments appears over. What went wrong?

Strict planning rules and soaring refit costs are deterring landlords and developers, amid calls for government intervention to alleviate housing crunchFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo years ago, state and local governments pushed to fast-track conversions of near-empty offices into much-needed apartments to alleviate a housing crunch.The promised panacea never eventuated. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Fury over plans to build luxury homes on Kent cliffside as neighbours fear development could cause landslides

Developers want to demolish a small abandoned house in Radnor Cliff, Sandgate, Kent, to make way for two glass-fronted properties and a pavilion-style retreat set closer to the beach.

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2 w. ago Andy Burnham admits affordable housing targets for developers 'don't work'

The Greater Manchester mayor says the government should be building more council homes instead of relying on developers

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2 w. ago Property sales at Chelsea Barracks development pass £1.5 billion mark

Developers say average pricing has held up well at around £4,500 per sq ft

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2 w. ago Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system

Exclusive: Differences over changes to environmental and legal provisions to prompt economic growth hint at chaos at heart of governmentRachel Reeves is set to announce a round of planning changes before the budget as a way to kickstart Britain’s sluggish economic growth, but ministers are at odds over how radical to be.The chancellor will announce a number of moves designed to make it easier for developers to build houses and infrastructure projects, in the hope that they will fill about £3bn of her estimated £30bn black hole. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Beloved Welsh attraction on famous beauty spot to return after more than four years

The pitch and putt course on the Great Orme had been popular with locals and visitors to the seaside town for decades

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