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Afghanistan: Taliban backers win £100m in US contracts
Sunday 04 August 2013
Washington politicians demand tighter controls to stop cash for reconstruction from going to supporters of Afghan insurgency
Paperback review: The Wrench, By Primo Levi
Saturday 03 August 2013
Life-affirming properties amid the building sites
Rent out your driveways, Eric Pickles tells homeowners as he vows to clamp down on 'parking tax'
Saturday 03 August 2013
Communities Secretary argues renting out spaces can help households increase their income
Allotment holders win victory over Eric Pickles' building plan
Friday 02 August 2013
Communities Secretary had to backtrack after approving moves by a council to build homes on a 2.7 hectare patch of land
New York woman killed in 140 feet plunge after railing gives way on apartment balcony
Friday 02 August 2013
She is thought to have fallen after sitting or leaning on a railing while talking to her date at her New York City apartment
Privately-run hospital taken over by NHS after patient deaths following routine surgery
Thursday 01 August 2013
Commissioning Support Unit confirm services currently provided by Clinicenta will transfer to East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Bank of Mum and Dad pays out £2 billion to fund their children's property dreams
Wednesday 31 July 2013
1 in 5 parents say they are using their own retirement savings to fund children’s deposits
The money dried up, but at least Dubai’s celebrity investors are not left out of pocket
Tuesday 30 July 2013
David Beckham is among those set to receive money back from failed building projects
Britain hit by heavy rain and flooding but heatwave set to return
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Forecasters predict we will enjoy another bout of scorching weather by the end of the week
Increasing numbers of those nearing retirement plan to buy holiday home abroad
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Spain is the favoured destination for 1 in 4 holiday home buyers
Cuts after 2015 election ‘will slow growth’
Monday 29 July 2013
Chancellor George Osborne should be braced for slowing growth after the next general election, a leading economic forecaster warned today.
On the Front Foot: Refurbishment of Old Trafford trying too hard to make point
Sunday 28 July 2013
One of the architectural questions of the age will be answered at the Third Test, which starts at Old Trafford on Thursday. Come the close of the first day, it should be known if there is a point to The Point.
Gunman kills six hostages before police fire fatal shot in south Florida shoot-out
Saturday 27 July 2013
Neighbours say the gunman lived in the apartment building
Richard Rodgers: Inside the mind of a political visionary
Friday 26 July 2013
Lord Rogers has never been afraid to bring politics into the design debate
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- 2 Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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