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Amazon has launched a new crowdfunding platform that allows users to purchase its products, but only if they reach their pre-order goal within 30 days. Build It will only spotlight Amazon products for now — not DIY merchandise, films, music, or charitable endeavors, like Kickstarter or GoFundMe. Members are only charged if and when the … Read more
A family-of-seven with two seriously sick children had their house transformed on tonight’s episode of DIY SOS: The Big Build. Jan and Lucy live in Barnstaple, North Devon, with six-year-old triplet daughters Lola, Daisy and Amber and sons Kenneth, five, and Hadley, two. Daisy and Amber, who are identical twins, both suffer from a severe form … Read more
White House lawyers have reportedly told Kamala Harris’ niece, Meena, to stop using her aunt’s status to build her brand. Meena Harris’ brand has used the vice president’s name and likeness to produce clothing, videos, designer headphones and children’s books. She has promoted her book Ambitious Girl and her various productions in TV appearances on NBC’s … Read more
An iconic view of a beauty spot described by Dame Judy Dench as ‘the essence of our country’ has been saved. For more than 200 years the coastguard cottages at Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex, have perched on a clifftop overlooking the English Channel. Built during the Napoleonic era the cottages attract millions of visitors each … Read more
Tourist hotspots like the canals of Venice and the Louvre in Paris should be digitally replicated as a way to tackle overcrowding, a Swiss economist says. Bruno Frey, 79, a professor at the University of Basel, has written a book called Venedig ist uberall (Venice is Everywhere). In it, he says technologies like holograms, augmented reality … Read more
Next stop Yorkshire: Local construction firm picked to build Siemens new train factory By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 23:12 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 23:12 GMT, 9 February 2021 Siemens has picked a Yorkshire construction company to build its new train manufacturing plant in East Riding. GMI Construction Group beat off … Read more
Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan have won another planning battle to build their dream family home, following opposition from local councils. The couple had already been granted permission to demolish a £1.3 million farmhouse and construct a five-bedroom house in Ongar, Essex, complete with bar, gym and outdoor swimming pool. Last month, they submitted a … Read more
Three of the UK’s biggest mobile network operators have unveiled plans to build more than 200 new mobile masts to improve phone signal in rural areas. As part of the government’s Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme, announced last March, O2, Three and Vodafone will build and share the usage of 222 new masts across the UK. … Read more
Germany is considering slashing air travel to ‘almost zero’ as queues build up at border checkpoints. Chancellor Angela Merkel told her parties’ legislators she did not want a travel ban, but with the pandemic raging this winter there should be no tourism, sources said. Interior minister Horst Seehofer earlier told the Bild newspaper Merkel had … Read more
Residents fear a £7.9million boutique hotel overlooking a castle used in the Harry Potter films will attract ‘rowdy hen and stag parties.’ The Duke of Northumberland has been given the green light to build the four-storey boutique hotel and spa overlooking Alnwick Castle. The historic sprawling estate, now the second-largest privately inhabited castle after Windsor, … Read more