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Residents living in unsafe high-rise buildings have slammed new measures aimed at protecting them from soaring repair bills. They claim rules outlined in the draft Building Safety Bill, revealed this week, do nothing to protect them from having to pick up the enormous costs required to make their homes safe. Some of the properties were … Read more
Now EVERY household can apply for a £5,000 Green Homes Grant to make energy-saving changes to homes – with poorest getting up to £10,000 – in Rishi Sunak’s £3billion drive for ‘green’ homes, hospitals and schools to support 140,000 jobs Rishi Sunak unveiled £3billion of ‘green’ upgrades to homes and public buildings Households able to … Read more
Rishi Sunak claims £3billion drive for ‘green’ homes, hospitals and schools will support 140,000 jobs – with households able to get grants of up to £5,000 for improvements By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 15:37 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 15:38 BST, 8 July 2020 A £3billion drive for ‘greener’ homes, hospitals … Read more
At least 13 die as huge explosion tears through buildings in Iranian capital Tehran Ten women and three men are reported to have died in the explosion on June 30 The explosion occurred at the Sina At’har health centre in the north of the capital A number of videos on social media appeared to show … Read more
Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake hits southern Mexico and triggers tsunami warning as buildings shakes and hundreds flee their homes A 7.5 earthquake hit the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Tuesday morning One person died in the Oaxaca city of Crucecita The tremor eclipsed the September 19, 2019 earthquake in the central state of Puebla that … Read more
Economic lockdown has dealt a big blow to those fighting against the drive towards a cashless society. Payment by plastic and mobile phone has become more popular than ever. But some hardy campaigners are determined to keep cash on the high street. No one is battling more than Natalie Ceeney, author last year of an … Read more
University College London renames two lecture theatres and a building honouring Victorian eugenicists Karl Pearson and Francis Galton University heads took the decision over the two men’s ‘problematic history’ Galton coined eugenics term and gave UCL his personal collection and archive His bequest made country’s first professorial chair of eugenics Karl Pearson Signs bearing their … Read more
Astonishing moment massive landslide sweeps eight buildings into the sea in Norway as huge chunk of coast vanishes underwater Drone footage shows the devastating moment a piece of coastline began to sink There are no reports of any deaths or injuries but a dog was swept away Dog swam back to shore and was rescued … Read more
Amazon has opened a permanent homeless shelter inside one of its office buildings in its downtown Seattle headquarters. The online retailer and nonprofit organization Mary’s Place announced Thursday that they have officially opened the Mary’s Place Family Center in The Regrade – a family shelter that can fit up to 200 people. Although built inside … Read more
Multi-layered coloured paint designed to cool buildings by reflecting the sun could become an eco-friendly alternative to air conditioners Coloured two-layer paint can dramatically cool building surfaces facing the sun Top layer absorbs light and a porous underlayer reflects infrared to resist heating US scientists’ new creation could also help keep vehicles and data centres … Read more