3 d. ago Mega new town is coming to UK with 25,000 homes being built under new plans

A HUGE new town, with up to 25,000 homes is set to be built in in the UK, as part of a government scheme. The ambitious plans are set to ease Britain's housing crisis, and the project is expected to create 30,000 jobs. The Brabazon development, in South Gloucestershire is set to become a "thriving new...

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4 d. ago Major new west London housing development to be first to prioritise military families, minister announces

MoD Feltham in Hounslow will see hundreds of houses built and jobs created under the ‘Forces First’ programme

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4 d. ago ‘Fantastic news' for west London borough as major housing development for military families is announced

MoD Feltham in Hounslow will see hundreds of houses built and jobs created under the ‘Forces First’ programme

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8 d. ago ‘I didn’t get empathy from Borthwick’: Ben Youngs on family trauma and why he rates Eddie Jones

Former scrum-half admits family illnesses made it difficult for him to embrace his achievement of being England’s most-capped player“I found it hard, I really did,” Ben Youngs says as he explains why it was once so difficult to embrace his achievement of playing more times for England than any other men’s rugby player. Youngs won 127 caps and featured in four World Cups, but he used to look down at the ground whenever his longevity was mentioned.Youngs retired from international rugby at the end of 2023, and played his last game for Leicester in the Premiership final in June, and so he can now give public voice to the trauma he carried for so long. While his sister-in-law Tiffany suffered for years with blood cancer, and his brother-in-law Jake endured motor neurone disease, Youngs played for England. He often felt as if he was putting himself ahead of everyone else while his brother and sister lost their partners to terminal illness. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago How Trump’s assault on US wind industry threatens jobs and power for nearly 5m homes

US president’s offshore wind crackdown targets nine projects, threatening jobs, homes and the clean energy transitionDonald Trump has jettisoned Republicans’ long-standing “all of the above” approach to energy by using the US government to aggressively stamp out clean energy projects – particularly offshore wind turbines.The scale of the intervention is remarkable – a total of nine already permitted offshore wind projects that were set to provide electricity to nearly 5m households and create around 9,000 jobs in the US are under investigation or have already been paused by the Trump administration. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago House Of Guinness UK star ‘worked hard’ to perfect Dublin accent over ‘if you get it wrong, you hear about it’ fears

BRITISH actor James Norton has said he “worked hard” to perfect his Dublin accent for his upcoming series House Of Guinness. Norton, 40, plays Sean Rafferty, foreman of the Guinness brewery, in the eight-part Netflix series from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. House Of Guinness brings to life the real scandals, power struggles and generational...

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1 week ago White House weighs creating ‘TrumpRx’ website where citizens can buy meds directly from pharma companies: report

The plan is reportedly part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to force top drugmakers to slash their U.S. prices in line with what they charge in other developed nations

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1 week ago My terminally ill brother wants to give me his house to create a trust for his adult son

My brother has terminal cancer and doesn't have long to live. His adult son lives with him but has various issues which mean he doesn't adult particularly well.

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2 w. ago Inside the homes of six prominent Australian architects – in pictures

When architects design their own houses – with no client to please but themselves – the results are clever, creative and considered. In new book The Architect’s House, author Stephen Crafti explores how architects around the world build their homes, featuring swirling staircases, thoughtful interiors and a timber library with a concealed fold-down bed Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Boy finds 'alien creature that feeds off light' after 'meteorite smashes into house'

Millions of people are terrified after freakish-looking alien with dark tentacles and a foul smell invaded our planet. The weird creature is now living in the home of a Panamanian man

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4 w. ago Spiders are enticed inside in September by 1 thing most households will have

Spider season is officially in full swing and UK households are sharing their homes with 50 of the eight-legged creatures.

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4 w. ago Giorgio Armani, celebrated Italian fashion designer, dies at 91

His company announced death of designer synonymous with modern Italian style and elegance on ThursdayGiorgio Armani, the celebrated Italian fashion designer who built a global empire has died, his company said on Thursday. He was 91.“With infinite sorrow, the Armani Group announces the passing of its creator, founder and tireless driving force: Giorgio Armani,” the fashion house said in a statement. Continue reading...

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last month Forget Tomb Raider and Uncharted, there’s a new generation of games about archaeology – sort of

In this week’s newsletter: an archaeologist and gamer on why we love to walk around finding objects in-game and in real lifeThe game I’m most looking forward to right now is Big Walk, the latest title from House House, creators of the brilliant Untitled Goose Game. A cooperative multiplayer adventure where players are let loose to explore an open world, I’m interested to see what emergent gameplay comes out of it. Could Big Walk allow for a kind of community archaeology with friends? I certainly hope so.When games use environmental storytelling in their design – from the positioning of objects to audio recordings or graffiti – they invite players to role play as archaeologists. Game designer Ben Esposito infamously joked back in 2016 that environmental storytelling is the “art of placing skulls near a toilet” – which might have been a jab at the tropes of games like the Fallout series, but his quip demonstrates how archaeological gaming narratives can be. After all, the incongruity ...

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