10 h. ago Housing site that could have delivered hundreds of homes is scrapped

There was a lot of opposition to the potential housing site in north east Barry, but the council is now saying it won't be considered due to "deliverability" issues

Society

36 h. ago Plans for hundreds of homes officially tabled in huge Greater Manchester town redevelopment

The scheme would be the first of many housing schemes planned for the area

Politics

39 h. ago Andy Burnham tells Labour to set major new target to help end housing crisis

Andy Burnham said delivering new social housing would stop children being forced to live in mouldy and damp homes with soaring levels of kids living in temporary accommodation

Events

58 h. ago M&S cyber crisis wipes almost £700mn off retailer’s valuation

FTSE 100 company tells hundreds of workers to stay at home and admits it has no idea when operations will recover

Economics

5 d. ago Left alone by humans, wildlife returns to the Eaton Fire burn area

Four months after the Los Angeles area wildfires tore through the Angeles National Forest and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses in Altadena, wildlife is returning to the Eaton Fire burn area and scientists are closely tracking them

Events

6 d. ago I'm 59 and moving in with the love of my life. I'd forgotten what it feels like to be cared for. But his house was a disaster... until we came up with a radical solution

Uprooting my life at the age of 59 to move hundreds of miles to my fiance's home? It seemed like such a good idea

Events

7 d. ago I'm 59 and moving in with the love of my life. I'd forgotton what it feels like to be cared for. But his house was a disaster... until we came up with a radical solution

Uprooting my life at the age of 59 to move hundreds of miles to my fiance's home? It seemed like such a good idea

Events

8 d. ago Martin Lewis urges hundreds of thousands of homeowners to check if they are owed tax refund

The Money Saving Expert said that 800,000 households could be eligible for a huge refund in overpaid council tax without even knowing it - here's how you can check

Economics

9 d. ago Huge Plymouth pipe bursts leaving hundreds of homes without water

Hundreds of homes and businesses in Plymouth are without water this morning after South West Water confirmed it was dealing with a burst pipe

Politics

1 week ago Mass prisoner swap brings emotional homecoming for hundreds of Ukrainian troops

Dozens of released Ukrainian prisoners of war embraced loved ones in emotional reunions after they were returned from Russian captivity.

Events

1 week ago Power cut leaves hundreds of Scottish homes without electricity on Good Friday

Engineers are working to restore power.

Politics

1 week ago Mum 'at the end of her tether' lives with eight children in three

She is one of hundreds waiting years for a suitable home on Cardiff's housing waiting list

Society

2 w. ago North Lanarkshire Council completes housing project in the heart of Motherwell

A total of 48 new flats at Brandon Street are now home to tenants and form part of the council’s ambitious new housing supply programme to deliver 6,000 new homes by 2035.

Politics

2 w. ago Mad House: new book exposes Capitol Hill’s absurdity and dysfunction

Reporters Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater shine a jaundiced spotlight on the foibles and foolishness of the US political classAnnie Karni, once of Politico, covers Congress for the New York Times. Her colleague Luke Broadwater, once a Pulitzer prize winner for the Baltimore Sun, makes the Trump administration his beat.As co-authors, at book length of Mad House, they deliver a sharp and wit-filled portrait of Capitol Hill dysfunction. Generally unflattering, Karni and Broadwater dedicate their book on modern US politics to “the leakers, gossips, and busybodies who populate the halls of Congress”. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Ayrshire housing association announces plan to invest £11m in home makeovers

Ayrshire’s leading social housing providers launched the detailed Business Plan of what they will deliver over the next five years

Economics

3 w. ago Newsboy's horseracing tips for Wednesday's four meetings including Catterick Nap

Newsboy fancies Mews House to deliver a well overdue victory on his third start from Rebecca Menzies at Catterick while Divine Comedy is the pick at Nottingham

Politics

3 w. ago Death toll from flooding in Congo's capital reaches 33 as officials race to support victims

The death toll from flooding that cut access to over half of the Congolese capital of Kinshasa has reached 33 as authorities race to evacuate and support hundreds of families trapped in their homes

Events

3 w. ago Monster rats have taken over sleepy street killing pets and eating cars

Villagers in Hertfordshire claim that hundreds of rats have been causing havoc around their home for years. Residents are now having to protect their pets, cars and houses from damage

Events

4 w. ago ‘Women give birth on the ground’: Congolese forced to return home find devastation

Residents of Sake – given 72 hours by M23 rebels to leave camps in Goma – find a ghost town with homes in ruins and no way to make a livingCongolese people forced to return to their home town from displacement camps when the M23 rebel group advanced on the city of Goma earlier this year have described scenes of devastation, with hundreds of homes destroyed by fighting and no opportunity to work or access aid.As M23 entered Goma, a regional humanitarian hub that hosted hundreds of thousands of people displaced by previous rounds of fighting in the region, more than 100,000 people left camps around the city to return to their homes. Continue reading...

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