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Plans to turn land near to Coleen and Wayne Rooney’s £20 million mansion in Cheshire into a traveller site have been blocked by neighbours of the famous family. The Sun reports that a petition by locals racked up more than 1,000 signatures to stop the proposed site, which was being converted from disused farmland. The land sits … Read more
Lockdown project mark III? Woman reveals she built her own Chesterfield-style corner couch – complete with sofa bed – using plywood, memory foam and fabric Iva Harrison shared impressive DIY carpentry skills after crafting corner couch Posted her handiwork in DIY on a budget UK Facebook group telling fellow DIYers that the project took just … Read more
Space Launch System test: NASA prepares to fire up engines on ‘the most powerful rocket ever built’ that can reach 17,500mph and will one day carry astronauts to Mars The $18 billion Space Launch System is the largest rocket engine ever built The SLS will fly astronauts to the Moon and Mars as part of … Read more
If you have heard that an unsuitable new housing development is being proposed near where you live then you may want to raise an objection. The plans could involve building on the Green Belt or countryside, or simply see an increasing number of homes in your area, putting pressure on existing traffic congestion and air … Read more
Inside Tenerife’s eerie ghost town, built to isolate the sick to prevent the spread of leprosy – but never used after a cure was found Sanatorio de Abona, on the southeast coast, was designed in 1943 as a town where the sick could quarantine Following the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s, there were around … Read more
Villagers struggling to buy their first home in unaffordable a Dorset ‘ghost village’ filled with holiday homes have been thrown a lifeline after new houses were built for locals only. The nine homes have been built in Worth Matravers on the picturesque Isle of Purbeck, a peninsular in Dorset. Sixty per cent of the 180 … Read more
A New Year. A new beginning. Time to look ahead to the future. A Brexit deal was finally done on Christmas Eve. A negotiated settlement based on zero tariffs, which I suspect is the preferred outcome for the majority of businesses on both sides of the Channel. It is certainly my preferred outcome. Some bumpy … Read more
Why don’t my company pensions built up before 1988 rise with inflation? Steve Webb replies By Steve Webb for This Is Money Published: 08:24 GMT, 21 December 2020 | Updated: 08:24 GMT, 21 December 2020 I have two final salary pensions neither of which give me any annual uplift in respect of service (and thus … Read more
Nightingale hospitals are still lying empty despite the rising coronavirus cases and fears over a new highly-infectious mutant strain. East London’s ExCeL centre – the first site opened by NHS England amid the crisis, is seen practically deserted in pictures taken today. The site would be the largest intensive care unit in Europe if fully operational, capable of … Read more
A massive mausoleum built in 28 BC for Rome’s first emperor Augustus has been restored and is set to open to the public next year. Towering above Rome’s historic center, the ancient tomb was once used as a military look-out point and hosted the lavish parties of the Roman dynasty. The structure was also transformed … Read more