13 h. ago Couple forced to look overseas due to UK’s ‘tricky’ surrogacy process

Shaun Thomas and Paul Brennan found the UK surrogacy process daunting and expensive, so they explored options abroad

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37 h. ago Grand Designs viewers 'change the channel' as they share same complaint about latest episode

An instalment of the Channel 4 show on Tuesday evening saw presenter Kevin McCloud revisit Graeme and Melanie

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39 h. ago Grand Designs viewers 'change channel' as they spot 'mistake'

Channel 4 viewers of Kevin McCloud's Grand Designs were left disappointed after watching the latest episode of the show on Tuesday evening.

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39 h. ago Channel 4 Grand Designs viewers reel over 'mistake' as they 'switch off'

Channel 4 viewers were left feeling deflated after tuning into the most recent edition of Grand Designs on Tuesday night.

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4 d. ago Wedding business owner 'forced to destroy couples' dreams' after local council refused retrospective planning permission

Katy and Joe Bird won rave reviews for their Cambridgeshire company but had to close it after the local authority raised concerns including the impact on an ancient moat.

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4 d. ago Kevin McCloud: ‘I never get enraged, though inside I might be seething’

As he gears up for the annual Grand Designs Live event, the Channel 4 stalwart speaks to Adam White about Margaret Thatcher, Rachel Reeves and Britain’s ‘shameful and appalling’ housing standards, his eagerness to keep his private life private, and how he wishes people didn’t fancy him

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8 d. ago Grand Designs star Kevin McCloud reveals fate of show's 'most ambitious' project ever

In tonight's episode of the Channel 4 show, Kevin revisited Elinor and Born Barikor in Richmond, south west London.

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8 d. ago Rachel Reeves 'may not be far away' from more tax hikes as borrowing jumps, experts warn

A bigger than expected borrowing binge last year - coupled with a tariff-fuelled downturn - could force the Chancellor to line up more tax rises or spending cuts later this year

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8 d. ago Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud has secret heated pants trick to keep him on ‘addictive’ show

EXCLUSIVE: Grand Designs has been fronted by Kevin McCloud since 1999, yet despite being on its 26th season he says he's found the perfect trick that means he can keep his 'addiction' going for a while yet

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8 d. ago Kevin McCloud shares huge change made to Grand Designs that fans missed

Grand Designs has now been on our screens for 25 years

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8 d. ago Kevin McCloud admits major Grand Designs change that even die

A new series of the beloved property show is now airing on Channel 4

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9 d. ago Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud names three best builds and why he'd not live in them

EXCLUSIVE: Grand Design has been influencing the style of British houses since 1999 and while host Kevin McCloud has been front and centre for these beautiful builds, he wouldn't want to live in them

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1 week ago ‘Ours was inspired by the Empire State Building!’ The chaotic brilliance of the UK’s biggest self

It is a place where a Disney-ish castle, complete with turrets, sits near a scaly ‘pangolin’ house. But is Graven Hill now straying from the DIY vision that made its anarchic jumble of styles so mesmerising?What would the world look like if Kevin McCloud had his way? What if each of us had the chance to build our very own Grand Design, letting our streets be lined with personal visions, liberated from the identikit brick boxes offered by the usual big housebuilders?A glimpse of this world exists, sort of, on the outskirts of Bicester in Oxfordshire, where the country’s biggest self-build experiment has been under way for 10 years. Graven Hill is a place where rooftops tilt, zigzag and bulge, where windows come in circles, squares and triangles, or poke out from unexpected places. There are balconies fashioned from glass, steel and rustic timber clinging to facades of stone, brick, wood and render, along with every type of fibre-cement board available. Wandering the freshly tarmacked...

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1 week ago Gossip, gowns and Agas: could Ladies of the Cotswolds be reality TV’s next big thing?

Grand Designs team to make show set in wealthy English countryside that promises to be part glittering social whirl and part bloodbath The Cotswolds had better steel itself: reality television is upon it. A series is planned (rumoured working title: Ladies of the Cotswolds) and it sounds posher than most. It’s made by the company behind Grand Designs and set in the “chocolate box” town of Charlbury, in the Evenlode valley.Names are being proposed for the series, such as Gabriela Peacock (nutritionist entrepreneur married to hedge fund banker David Peacock, and pals with Joan Collins and Princess Beatrice). Plum Sykes (author of last year’s Cotswolds-set novel Wives Like Us) is thought to be scripting the voiceover. Then there’s “Suzie Jet” (Suzannah Harvey), CEO of the local airport. How marvellously down to earth and relatable they all sound. Though of course they don’t, and that’s the point. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Grand Designs' Kevin McCloud says he's working on 'related' new TV show that's 'yet to be announced'

The Channel 4 presenter has shared some exciting news for fans of the property show

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2 w. ago Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud left shocked as he revisits show's 'most heartbreaking house' after two years

In the latest episode of Grand Designs, Kevin McCloud reunited with Graeme and Melanie, who appeared in the 2023 season with the hopes of turning a garage plot in Hackney into dream home.

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2 w. ago BOTB’s latest prize is a dream for campervan lovers – the Volkswagen Grand California 600

BOTB is offering the chance to win a luxury VW Grand California 600 – packed with clever design, sleeping space for four and its own bathroom.

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2 w. ago Bogus workman forces elderly couple into care home after swiping roof repair cash

The bogus roofer took thousands of pounds never returned after carrying out a minor repair.

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Grand Designs host admits 'I'm staggered' over 'unbelievable' project setback

Channel 4 Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud will meet 82-year-old Kathryn as she builds her new accessible and ultra-sustainable home in North London.

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