13 h. ago Street light plan could cost council hundreds of thousands of pounds

Newport City Council is considering three options after council leader Dimitri Batrouni announced in February that the authority planned to 'switch every other street light back on'

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17 h. ago New experimental AI tool could help government build 1.5 million homes

It takes just 40 seconds to complete a task that would take a human one to two hours

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44 h. ago Netflix fans rave over '10/10' new crime thriller hailed 'even more twisted than Dexter' as it rockets up the charts

The show delves into the dark tale of Elmer (Álvaro Rico) who works at his mother's, La China Jurado (Cecilia Suárez) garden centre.

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3 d. ago The farm on the edge of Greater Manchester that's £5 for five people and has its own dessert parlour

There's a petting farm, adventure play and a gift shop and garden centre

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3 d. ago Bruno Fernandes explains why Manchester United made major change to pre

Man Utd have played 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' before games at Old Trafford to build atmosphere this season.

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3 d. ago Love your lawn and reduce risk of dementia at free garden centre sessions in the Clyde Valley

Dobbies Sandyholm will be linking up with Alzheimer’s Research UK in May

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3 d. ago James Corden 'wins planning battle to build gym and spa at his £11.5M London home after neighbours war'

The former The Late Late Show host had received 18 letters of objection over his proposed plans from neighbours who complained about noise

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4 d. ago Families angry at council plan to knock down beloved garden centre to build new homes

Medway Council approved proposals last week to demolish Dillywood Garden Centre in Higham to make way for firm Provectus Developments to construct luxury dwellings.

Society

4 d. ago James Corden 'wins planning battle to build a gym and spa at his £11.5M London home after sparking noise complaints from neighbours'

The presenter, 46, relocated back to the UK in 2023, and had put in plans to the local council for an extension with a gym, office, 'den', spa and shower room.

Society

5 d. ago Love your lawn and reduce risk of dementia at free garden centre sessions in Livingston

Dobbies will be linking up with Alzheimer’s Research UK in May

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5 d. ago Donald Trump tells El Salvador president to build more prisons for American criminals as 'home growns are next'

During a meeting with President Nayib Bukele on Monday Donald Trump urged him to build more jails as he wanted "to go a step further" and start sending American criminals to to Salvadoran prisons

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5 d. ago Plan for band of volunteer mourners to attend funerals of people without relatives

The plan has been backed unanimously by a council after a resident suggested volunteers could put themselves forward to attend funerals if the deceased had no next of kin

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5 d. ago ‘Home growns are next’: Trump tells El Salvador president to build more jails for U.S. citizens

Trump says he’s ‘all for’ jailing American citizens in El Salvador’s notorious mega prison

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5 d. ago Body found during river searches for missing man last seen at garden centre

David Bevan, 28, was last seen at a garden centre at around 1.45pm on Monday, April 7.

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6 d. ago Body found in search for missing man last seen at garden centre

A body has been discovered in the River Taff. Police said formal identification was yet to take place, but the family of David Bevan had been informed

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6 d. ago ‘Memories of these places never leave you’: artist Do Ho Suh and the fabric of home

The internationally renowned South Korean’s diaphanous houses, coming to Tate Modern, embody the emotional imprint of where he has livedWhen Do Ho Suh was a young boy in Seoul in the 1970s, his father decided to build a family home based on a hanok – a traditional Korean timber house with a curved tiled roof. The one he chose as his model stood in the gardens of the imperial palace and had been built for King Sunjo in 1878.“My father was a painter who had modernised Korean art,” says Suh, “but, as the country was rapidly moving towards westernisation, he became obsessed with the idea that he could live like a scholar from an older time. For him, it was a way to preserve certain traditional virtues and practices that were fast disappearing.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘Space junk’: huge astronaut statue coming to Perth park is one giant leap too far for many

Council criticised over plan to replace beloved public artwork with 7-metre tall effigy of spaceman created by a former Wall Street traderGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe City of Perth is under increasing pressure to drop its plans to replace one of the city’s most beloved public artworks with a 7-metre tall effigy of an astronaut, which as been derided as a piece of “factory-produced space junk”.Until four years ago, Ore Obelisk, affectionately known as The Kebab by the people of Perth, stood in the heritage-listed Stirling Gardens in the heart of the city. The 15-metre work made from local geological minerals, created by the architect, artist and Perth’s first city planner, Paul Ritter, was erected in 1971 to celebrate Western Australia’s population reaching one million, and was one of the city’s first public artworks.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

Technology

9 d. ago Micky van de Ven backs Tottenham to build on draw at home to Eintracht Frankfurt

Van de Ven was denied a late winner.

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9 d. ago After losing homes and businesses, LA wildfire victims face a hurdle to rebuilding: Trump’s tariffs

The uncertainty is keeping contractors from buying materials and discouraging would-be Good Samaritans from offering discountsCory Singer, co-owner of the homebuilding firm Dolan Design & Build, raced to start construction as quickly as possible in the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires. He was determined to stay ahead of the demand surge he saw coming and eager to help his clients begin to rebuild their lives.The firm broke ground in the Pacific Palisades on Saturday – one of the first companies to do so. Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago Grand Designs viewers astonished by woman's 'crazy overspend' on her north London semi

During last night's episode, Kathryn attempted to build a modern and accessible home on the same street in Barnet, north London , where she's lived for the past 60 years.

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