23 h. ago Formula 1 champion Jackie Stewart built care home to look after wife with dementia

‘It’s a terrible illness and there’s no cure,’ sportsman said

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47 h. ago Sunderland warn of ‘catastrophic consequences’ if homes built near stadium

The Premier League side is objecting to the city council’s proposal.

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51 h. ago Tuesday briefing: Why England’s homes are built to bake – and what’s being done about it

Tuesday briefing: Why England’s homes are built to bake – and what’s being done about it  The Guardian

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52 h. ago ‘Do not buy these flats’: residents warn about unbearable heat inside London new

Experts say many new homes being built in the UK not designed to withstand extreme summer temperaturesLow-income and minority ethnic people in England most at risk from dangerously hot homesWhy UK housing is dangerously unprepared for impact of climate crisisFrom shutters to reflective paint: how to prevent UK homes overheatingThe sweltering conditions inside Leaside Lock, a new-build development in east London, are hardly a secret. Last June, a warning written in big, capital letters was stuck to the window of one flat. “DO NOT BUY THESE FLATS. TOO HOT,” it read.It was hard to miss for those walking past the looming high-rises and, after being snapped and posted on social media, the placard has garnered more than 500,000 views. More than a year on, during a summer when the UK recorded its second warmest June and fifth hottest July since 1884, residents say heat is still an issue. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Man who put up 'hideous' 8ft privacy fence around his garden to block out Tesco shoppers finally loses war with council

A man has lost his battle with the council and been ordered to lower the 'hideous' and 'ugly' eight-foot-high fence he built at his grade II listed home.

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7 d. ago Judy, 89, worked hard all her life and lives in one of Australia's richest suburbs. She has launched a stunning bid to stop new homes being built nearby

A legal challenge to state building rules has set of a political firestorm in one of Australia's most exclusive postcodes, as residents speak out about the controversial move.

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8 d. ago The homes that AI built: From touching up the paintwork to filling rooms with extra furniture, photos reveal how estate agents are using tech to improve listings

Estate agents looking to make lucrative sales are increasingly using AI tech to help win over potential buyers scouring online for ideal new homes.

Culture

8 d. ago Jackery Explorer 3000 V2 review: giant battery for serious off

Jackery’s biggest power station to date is built for serious users, from off-grid homes to mobile workshops and events teams on the go - and we’ve tested it

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9 d. ago New homes could be built in shadow of electricity pylon on ‘equestrian land’

The proposals are in an area of former green belt land which is now allocated for housing

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3 w. ago ‘The Lions built this club’: watching the first Test at Ballymena RFC, home of Lions legends

The Northern Irish club that produced Willie John McBride and Syd Millar is steeped in the history of the Lions even if it has no players in the 2025 squadAn hour before kick-off, and I’m beginning to wonder if watching the first Test at Ballymena RFC was such a bright idea. It’s only me and the girl working the bar, and she doesn’t have a strong opinion on whether or not Tom Curry should be playing No 7. “Which paper did you say you were with, the Ballymena Guardian?” No, it’s the other Guardian, I say. “Oh, the Antrim one.”Just about the time I was beginning to think that all of Ballymena’s thousand-or-so members must have been among the tens of thousands going the other way into Portrush for the Open, they began to trickle in, one, two, three, four dozen, and more. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Latest phase of Perthshire housing development gets underway with 25 homes to be built

Muir Homes has now started work on the second phase of 25 private homes at its Deer Pines development in Stanley, Perthshire.

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3 w. ago US rivers are full of dumped tires. The ‘River Cowboy’ won’t stand for it

Tires take decades to decompose, and millions are improperly dumped every year. An intrepid group sets out to clear Kentucky’s ‘conveyor belt of trash’In the 1980s, Russ Miller and his wife moved to a far edge of eastern Kentucky’s Red River Gorge, where they built a homestead on a ridge hugged by three sides of the river. It’s the kind of place you can only get to with a hand-drawn map. A place so remote that the farther and farther you drive to get to it, the more unsure you are that you are in the right place.They would spend leisurely afternoons drifting the river in inner tubes, until they started noticing what floated alongside them: heaps of discarded junk. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago US waterways are full of dumped tires. The ‘River Cowboy’ won’t stand for it

Tires take decades to decompose, and millions are improperly dumped every year. An intrepid group sets out to clear Kentucky’s ‘conveyor belt of trash’In the 1980s, Russ Miller and his wife moved to a far edge of eastern Kentucky’s Red River Gorge, where they built a homestead on a ridge hugged by three sides of the river. It’s the kind of place you can only get to with a hand-drawn map. A place so remote that the farther and farther you drive to get to it, the more unsure you are that you are in the right place.They would spend leisurely afternoons drifting the river in inner tubes, until they started noticing what floated alongside them: heaps of discarded junk. Continue reading...

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last month The house that built Rory: Inside McIlroy's childhood home, his local pub and the 'lightning' putting green that forged a champion

This is Holywood, where a star was born 36 years ago, and an hour or so north from here is Royal Portrush, where that same guy will challenge for the Claret Jug this week.

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