9 h. ago Scots butcher builds world's largest tower of square sausage

Team Tomato Ketchup defeated Team Brown Sauce in the battle to build the largest tower of square sausage in a minute ahead of National Square Sausage Day.

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10 h. ago ‘It’s beautiful, don’t you think?’ The urban miners unearthing treasure in Belgium’s homes and garages

As the historic town of Leuven strives to become carbon neutral, it is transforming how its building are made – and demolished. Are there lessons for the rest of the world?Kelly Sempels’ dad was a builder, most of her five brothers are builders, and, until leaving her last job, she too was a builder. Now, after a career fixing roofs and laying bricks Sempels is plying a new trade: “urban mining”. She and her crew of six still dress and talk like builders, but their focus now revolves less around construction than dismantling.“I love it when I can go to work and learn something new,” says the 43-year-old, pointing to a pile of laminate floor tiles in the corner of the terrace house that she is helping to strip. “Like how to break wooden floors without actually breaking them.” Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Pictured: The world's tallest abandoned building... as real reason work halted is revealed

Standing at a height of 1,957 feet (556 metres), Goldin Finance 117 in Tianjin, China, holds the Guinness World Record title for the world's tallest abandoned building.

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15 h. ago Gareth Southgate warns of ‘toxic influencers’ and ‘crisis’ facing generation of young men

Southgate drew up his own experiences as he concluded young men are ‘suffering’ and need to be able to build ‘belief and resilience’ in the outside world

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41 h. ago ‘It’s helping me build my future’: empowering migrant and refugee families in a London borough of sanctuary

In Islington, a panel of people with migrant and refugee backgrounds is allocating £500,000 in grants to directly help new arrivals who are where they once wereOn a cold morning in the heart of London, recently arrived refugees and more established migrants gather in a community centre. Their mission? To decide how £500,000 in funding will be used to support people like them.The initiative is part of the Borough of Sanctuary grants programme, which takes the government’s commitment to devolution a step further, using it to empower migrants and refugees. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago London Luton Airport Ignites Career Aspirations Among Local Youth Through Powerful Partnership with Skills Builder and Interactive Essential Skills Workshops

London Luton Airport Ignites Career Aspirations Among Local Youth Through Powerful Partnership with Skills Builder and Interactive Essential Skills Workshops  Travel And Tour World

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62 h. ago Why many of the world’s deadliest building fires happen in nightclubs

Experts have revealed two reasons why nightclubs are so dangerous after 59 people died in North Macedonia

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4 d. ago I visited the greatest stadium in Europe before it gets demolished – Man Utd have made a mistake

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has promised to build Manchester United the ‘world’s greatest stadium’ – but is it really worth it?

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5 d. ago Eco milestone for Scottish vinyl pressing plant looking to be ‘greenest on the planet’

“Building and running the greenest vinyl pressing plant in the world has been fundamental to our vision and strategy for the business”

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7 d. ago New Manchester United stadium a ‘risk’ to team’s competitiveness, admits CEO

Berrada hopes investment in team will not be affectedPlan to build £2bn stadium in five years has this in mindOmar Berrada has admitted it is a “risk” for Manchester United to try to build a world-class team and venue at the same time. The club announced on Tuesday they planned to construct a 100,000-seat ground on land adjacent to Old Trafford.Berrada hopes United can move into the £2bn stadium by the start of the 2030-31 season but said the cost of building it could have an impact, acknowledging that Arsenal and Tottenham struggled to juggle building a ground and fighting at the top. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago When will new Manchester United stadium be open and what are latest Old Trafford plans?

Fans have been given an exciting glimpse into the future after United announced plans build the ‘world's greatest football stadium’

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8 d. ago What happened the last time Manchester tried to build a super stadium as Old Trafford plans unveiled

Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has unveiled plans to build a 100,000-seater stadium next to Old Trafford - but it isn't the first time the city has tried to build a world-class venue.

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8 d. ago Manchester United announce plan to build ‘world’s greatest stadium’ to replace Old Trafford

A task force including Gary Neville and mayor Andy Burnham concluded that a new stadium built beside Old Trafford would be preferable to regenerating the century-old ground

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8 d. ago Keir Starmer's coalition of the willing to gather in Paris in a bid to build an army for Ukraine as Russia labels Britain the world's biggest 'warmonger'

Military officials from more than 30 nations will meet in Paris today in a bid to agree the make-up of an international security force for Ukraine.

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2 w. ago Entrepreneur behind £400million scheme to build the world's biggest residential superyacht is hit with £1million court bill after being sued by the boat's British designers

The giant boat - M/Y Somnio - is described as a cross between a floating 'six-star hotel' and a private superyacht.

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3 w. ago Major update on huge £39bn building which will be world's largest ever

Work on The Mukaab, slated to become the world's largest building, is well and truly underway - as pressure builds for developers to hit the first phase deadline

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3 w. ago World's largest £15m kids park is in UK and features incredible fantasy tower

This Danish-designed village is full of invisible Christmas elves and vigilant "secret keepers" who help fuel kids' imaginations

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3 w. ago In photos: The first day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine captured in images

The day that changed Ukraine forever

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3 w. ago ‘Russia has learned nothing’ over Ukraine war, says David Lammy – UK politics live

UK foreign secretary criticises Russia over Ukraine war, saying it ‘faces a test’ over Ukraine war as he speaks at G20 foreign ministerial meetingAs well as appearing on the airwaves this morning to promote Labour’s £270m Arts Everywhere fund, culture secretary Lisa Nandy also supplied some quotes for the press release accompanying the launch.She said:Arts and culture help us understand the world we live in, they shape and define society and are enjoyed by people in every part of our country. They are the building blocks of our world-leading creative industries and make a huge contribution towards boosting growth and breaking down barriers to opportunities for young people to learn the creative skills they need to succeed.The funding we are announcing today will allow the arts to continue to flourish across Britain, creating good jobs and growth by fixing the foundations in our cultural venues, museums, libraries and heritage institutions [and] will ensure that arts and cultural ins...

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3 w. ago UK and Norway negotiating ‘ambitious’ new defence pact – UK politics live

Downing Street says the two leaders spoke overnight, after Donald Trump accused the Ukrainian president of being a ‘dictator’As well as appearing on the airwaves this morning to promote Labour’s £270m Arts Everywhere fund, culture secretary Lisa Nandy also supplied some quotes for the press release accompanying the launch.She said:Arts and culture help us understand the world we live in, they shape and define society and are enjoyed by people in every part of our country. They are the building blocks of our world-leading creative industries and make a huge contribution towards boosting growth and breaking down barriers to opportunities for young people to learn the creative skills they need to succeed.The funding we are announcing today will allow the arts to continue to flourish across Britain, creating good jobs and growth by fixing the foundations in our cultural venues, museums, libraries and heritage institutions [and] will ensure that arts and cultural institutions truly are f...

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