43 h. ago The newbuild estate frozen in time: Residents left staring at barren building site after 50 abandoned houses demolished when builder went bust

EXCLUSIVE: It's every new homeowners worst nightmare. The deed in their name, their property sealed and then: nothing. For the prospective residents of one new-build estate this was their reality.

Politics

5 d. ago Neighbours complain about eyesore 'Scaffolding House' as home improvement works on previously pretty cottage go on for FIVE YEARS!

Scaffolding sprang up at Margaret Smith's detached house around five years ago, followed by piles of building materials. Three years ago she revealed work could continue until 2030!

Society

6 d. ago Trump ditches plans to move FBI out of DC and is instead ready to house them in old USAID headquarters

The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center will now house the FBI

Politics

6 d. ago Moment cowboy builder stumbles away from house after it explodes during shoddy renovation works

Barry Newman, 58, was carrying out refurbishments on a property in Bulwell, Nottingham, when the house blew from its first floor on Novemeber 22, 2022.

Economics

6 d. ago Shocking moment cowboy builder seen walking from house he exploded

Footage shows sole trader Barry Newman, 58, walking away uninjured from a property in Bulwell, Nottingham, that blew up from its first floor due to a faulty portable heater

Events

6 d. ago Any cut to cash Isa allowance ‘may not prompt savers to boost their investments’

There has been speculation that plans to reduce the annual tax-free cash Isa allowance could be announced later this month.

Economics

8 d. ago Hibs let 24y/o leave for free as major Sunderland developments affect Nectar Triantis chase

Portuguese wide player departs Easter Road a year early

Politics

8 d. ago Revealed: Notorious Rochdale grooming gang paedophile builds new house in Pakistan village while getting £285k taxpayer handout to fight deportation battle

Furious neighbours of Abdul Rauf in Rochdale say they are terrified to let their children out of sight after the 55-year-old was released having served just two-and-a-half years in prison.

Economics

1 week ago A broken housing market is driving inequality right across Europe – and fuelling the far right | Kirsty Major

From Lisbon to Amsterdam, housing policy has led to haves and have-nots. But, as our new series uncovers, it doesn’t have to be this wayHousing is as personal an issue as it gets. Homes are where we take refuge from the outside world, express ourselves, build relationships and families. To buy or rent a house is to project your aspirations and dreams on to bricks and mortar – can we see ourselves sitting outside in the sunshine on that patio? It can also be a deeply frustrating process – can we afford that house? For more and more of us, the answer is no.Experienced at such an individual level, it’s easy to think that rising costs are a problem particular to your community, city or country. But unaffordable house prices and rents are a continent-wide issue. According to the European Parliament, from 2015 to 2023, in absolute terms, house prices in the EU rose by just under 50% on average. From 2010 to 2022, rents rose by 18%.Kirsty Major is a deputy Opinion editor for the Guardian C...

Politics

1 week ago Not just 'Alligator Alcatraz': DeSantis floats building another immigration detention center

Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s aggressive push to support the federal government’s crackdown on illegal immigration

Politics

1 week ago Whiteburn named House Builder of the Year at the Scottish Home Awards 2025

Whiteburn has been awarded the House Builder of the Year (Less than 100 units) at the prestigious Scottish Home Awards 2025. This recent honour follows the company’s success at the Homes for Scotland Awards 2025, where it was named Home Builder of the Year (SME).

Events

1 week ago Parenting is not just for pronatalists: the progressive case for raising kids

Child rearing in our current world is a stubborn act of hope. If the left doesn’t see it that way, conservatives fill the voidA few months ago, I was at a playground just a couple of blocks from our home in Washington DC, when a mom I barely knew turned to me mid-conversation and said: “I think I might be the deep state.”It was mid-March. Doge was tearing through the city, dismantling federal agencies at dizzying speed. Donald Trump, re-elected on a promise to “shatter the deep state”, had fired thousands of longtime civil servants in his first weeks back in office. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Robot bricklayer dubbed 'Bot the Builder' can knock up house on his own in a day

The highly-skilled robotic machine nicknamed 'Bot the Builder' can lay 200 square metres of bricks in 24 hours - about 10 times the amount of human hod-carriers

Politics

2 w. ago Stress highlighted as major factor in continued rise in sickness absence at West Lothian Council

The services hit most by absence, both long and short term, are Education, Housing, Customer and Building Services and Operational Services.

Politics

2 w. ago School pupils enjoying new outdoor learning facilities as part of North Lanarkshire Council house building programme

Eco unit enhancing St Dominic’s Primary pupils’ work on the natural environment.

Politics

2 w. ago Building that once housed Edinburgh’s quirkiest restaurant next to royal palace hits market for £500,000

“We anticipate they will pique the interest of domestic and international buyers such is their rich and colourful history” – Iain Mercer, Allied Surveyors Scotland

Economics

2 w. ago Parliament's chief bell ringer has to pay retired banking boss £10,000 for ripping out gate to his £2m west London home on day he moved in

Nicholas Partick-Hiley bought his Fulham home with his wife Lisa in August 2023 in hopes of a peaceful retirement, but was left aghast to find his new neighbour demolishing his gate.

Economics

2 w. ago Cowboy builders leave family £100,000 out of pocket after demolishing house and disappearing

Michael Goling and his family were beyond excited for their extension, with hopes to transform it into their dream home. Just three months after the building work had begun, everything just stopped

Society

2 w. ago Did the liberation of Africa start in Manchester? The biting play about a pivotal, forgotten moment

It was a turning point in the push for African independence – and it took place in Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall. We meet the writer of a play about the fifth Pan-African CongressOn the facade of the building that once housed Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall in Manchester sits a plaque commemorating a turning point in the push for African independence. The fifth Pan-African Congress in October 1945 was attended by future global leaders as well as activists and scholars from across Africa and its diaspora. But despite the event’s international importance, it has been largely overlooked by mainstream British history. Now a biting new play is set to remedy this.“I think a lot of Mancunians don’t know it happened,” says playwright Ntombizodwa Nyoni, who lectures in the same building, now part of Manchester Metropolitan University. “But it’s like: you’re part of such a phenomenal moment in history.” Eighty years later, her dramatisation of the event, Liberation, is about to receive its worl...

Politics

3 w. ago Is THIS the world's most stubborn homeowner? Man refuses to leave home as developer demolishes neighbours' houses... and builds 10 storey pyramid instead

Most of Chen Tianming's village was razed in 2018 to build a lucrative tourist resort but the 42-year-old refused to leave - instead began building his own 10-storey tower.

Society