10 h. ago Mega £159m ‘new town’ with shops, hotels and schools is finally coming to UK after year

A NEW 4,000-home town which will cost £159 million is not "a road to nowhere" council leaders have promised despite lengthy delays. The council said the first 350 homes could be completed in the next three years and say a national developer is interested in the site. The 4,000 flagship new village is planned for...

Economics

19 h. ago South Lanarkshire Council commits to tackling the housing emergency

The council will introduce incentives to free up under-occupied homes to offer to families.

Politics

38 h. ago London council appointed firm to build 64 social homes despite warnings it was financially unstable

London council appointed firm to build 64 social homes despite warnings it was financially unstable  My London

Events

38 h. ago North Lanarkshire Council's housing supply programme has second highest affordable homes completed by any Scots authority

A total of 278 new council homes were delivered across the area driving regeneration, boosting the local economy and creating jobs.

Culture

41 h. ago The £20m regeneration of Greater Manchester town centre now waiting on government sign

The money is guaranteed, so if initial plans are not approved, the government will work with the board to make any changes needed

Politics

41 h. ago Rents on 21,000 council homes in Greater Manchester town to rise by 4.8%

Council's housing account facing £35m shortfall

Society

41 h. ago Empty retail unit in Greater Manchester town to be transformed into swimming pool

The retail unit has been vacant for more than a decade

Politics

47 h. ago Transformation around Greater Manchester town's train station takes another step forward

The regeneration of the western edge of the town has been mooted for years

Events

63 h. ago Omaze couple who won £4m Lake District home set to make £6,000 a week renting it out

The lucky pair say their children are now 'set for life'

Society

63 h. ago North Lanarkshire Council’s Tenant Participation team host Christmas parties for retirement homes' residents

With help from retirement housing officers, every tenant living in retirement accommodation was invited to attend - and over 400 people put their names down.

Politics

2 d. ago Inside my leasehold hell: sewage floods, illegal scaffolding, and misspent service charges

After the horror of dealing with Westminster City Council, leasehold reform can’t come quickly enough for Madeleine Spencer — here’s why she thinks the council should be ruled out of being freeholders

Events

3 d. ago Worries Welsh town is 'overstretched' as huge housing development looms

Powys County Council's planning committee will consider a proposal for 153 homes in Ystradgynlais on December 18, despite concerns about infrastructure and dozens of objections from residents.

Politics

3 d. ago Tenant from hell 'owed £40,000 in rent and left home piled high with rubbish and rats'

Mum-of-two Nevena Khediri, 51, rented out her five-bedroom house in Camberley, Surrey, after her marriage broke down - but was left £40,000 out of pocket by a nightmare tenant

Society

3 d. ago Councillor stole £150,000 from mental health charity to spend on South American rent boys and crystal meth

The thefts were described by Judge Jonathan Dunply as a serious breach of trust to a number of vulnerable people as an employee of a charity.

Economics

3 d. ago Mountain of stinking rubbish dumped by ‘tenant from hell’ who owed £40k in rent before ‘destroying’ five

A TENANT from "hell" dumped a home with rubbish and a rodent infestation after they were evicted for not paying rent for over a year. Nevena Khediri's immaculate five-bedroom house was left trashed after she evicted a tenant who had not paid £40,000 in rent over 14 months. The mum-of-two now regrets to decision to...

Economics

3 d. ago Couple living next to 'nightmare' derelict home for more than 40 years hit out at council as it is targeted by teenage vandals

Kathleen and Tom Wilson, who are in their 70s, have been living next door to the abandoned property since 1982 in Wingate, County Durham.

Events

3 d. ago 'I live in UK's happiest town but am moving to cheaper country with 300 days of sunshine'

Skipton in Yorkshire was recently crowned as the 'happiest' place in the United Kingdom but one resident says people living there need 'a bit of money' to get by

Politics

4 d. ago Bird loving couple hit with huge council fine after building 'unauthorised' home extension to house over 100 pigeons to the dismay of their neighbours who could smell them burning faeces

Neighbours raised concerns about the constant cooing and fluttering coming from the flock of pigeons living nearby.

Events

6 d. ago 'Fantastic find' for cops as £1m town centre cannabis farm smashed

About 2,200 plants were seized

Economics

6 d. ago Greater Manchester restaurant named best in town goes up for sale after more than 15 years

It's the best rated restaurant in the area online based on reviews

Politics