11 h. ago US billionaire dubbed 'the most powerful man on Wall Street' denies neighbours' claims he's plundering Wiltshire's underground water to fill his nine

A US billionaire's dream of creating a grand English country estate is facing backlash from neighbours convinced he is tapping into their water supply.

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7 d. ago UK's newest £3.9bn garden city with 15k homes changing unused land forever

Huge plans, costing almost £4billion, to totally revamp 2,500 acres of brownfield land into a vibrant green city first started in 2015 - and is set to be completely finished in the next 10 years

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9 d. ago The serene secret garden tucked away in the heart of Edinburgh's bustling city centre

The garden is so well hidden that many people don't even know it exists.

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2 w. ago Exhausted Saints fall short again as Bordeaux’s colour and passion wins out | Michael Aylwin

French club offer a blueprint for how to thrive in the modern game and it was all too apparent on and off the field in CardiffA new name is on the cup. They reckon Union Bordeaux Bègles are the best-supported rugby union club in the world. To be in Cardiff was not to be disabused of the notion. Rugby is massive in France, on a par with football, and bigger in the southern half of the country. It creates a different kind of animal.Northampton were proud, brave, inventive – but in the end overpowered. The narrative was wild and, Saints might say, liable to have gone either way. A raucous stadium – for Northampton are one of the best supported in England – was treated to crazy fluctuations in fortune, tries scored and overturned, penalties, knock-ons and high tackles subject to review after review. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago How to create a colourful city garden that looks great, fights pollution and encourages biodiversity

With some smart planning even the smallest plot can burst with beautiful colour all year long

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2 w. ago Popular city centre venue launches UK's first ever 'National Beer Garden Day'

The venue has launched the UK’s first official celebration of the Great British beer garden

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3 w. ago ‘Love, hope, community and resistance’: ACLU to unveil 9,000 sq ft quilt for trans rights

Giant quilt with messages of hope for the trans community is now arriving in DC at a particularly troubling time“It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t anxious,” Abdool Corlette said while discussing his latest project with the American Civil Liberties Union, Freedom to Be. An award-winning film-maker and head of brand at the ACLU, Corlette has been working for nearly two years with hundreds of trans people across the country to create a 9,000 sq ft quilt, composed of 258 panels that are packed with responses to the question: what does freedom mean to you?Corlette is anxious because Freedom to Be is all about trans joy and trans freedom, and it will make a defiant stand for both on 17 May in Washington DC in spite of the war that Donald Trump has waged against the trans community since his inauguration. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago How to create a country garden in the city, according to garden designer BUTTER WAKEFIELD

Garden designer Butter Wakefield has created a lush, wildlife-friendly space in a built-up London suburb. Clare Coulson finds out how she did it

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