13+ hour, 29+ min ago   (848+ words) Keith Derby and Ray Bellingham are campaigning to prevent houses in Horden from being demolished Villagers trying to prevent their homes from being demolished have been granted permission for a judicial review into a council's regeneration plans. In December 2025, Durham…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (640+ words) About 4,000 new homes are being built on the Battersea Power Station site Plans for 203 council homes at Battersea Power Station have been approved as part of the site's £9bn regeneration. Wandsworth Council has agreed proposals to build the homes on an…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (605+ words) The second-tallest building in the UK forms part of a seven building plan Plans to build the UK's second-tallest residential building in London have been approved after a close vote by councillors. The £2bn development at Vauxhall Square from Bmor, Cedarstone…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (697+ words) The Lady in Blue will sit atop the Fourth Plinth for two years A sculpture inspired by a desire to bring a contemporary "everywoman" to Trafalgar Square has been unveiled on London's Fourth Plinth. Lady In Blue by New York…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (619+ words) Churchill purchased Chartwell as a home for his family in 1922 The last living pre-World War II resident of the family home of Sir Winston Churchill is to make an emotional return to help launch a new display celebrating the work…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (410+ words) The plan was rejected at a meeting in Reading in May A company that saw a bid to build 570 flats in four large apartment blocks on the site of vacant offices rejected has appealed to have that overturned. Peveril Securities…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (931+ words) Hundreds of thousands of cockroaches were found in a shared home in an infestation described as the worst the pest controller had seen in 38 years. Gareth Davies, who said the scene had looked like one from a "Stephen King film…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (624+ words) Haltwhistle swimming pool attracts thousands every year An ageing outdoor swimming pool is to get a £1.1m upgrade to keep it running. Haltwhistle Swimming Pool, in Northumberland, attracts tens of thousands of visitors a year but parts of the facility date…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (574+ words) Waveney Valley MP Adrian Ramsay says the "real boss of the house" Bella has been named Purr Minister A moggy belonging to a Suffolk MP has been crowned Purr Minister 2026 after she was voted Westminster's Top Cat. Fourteen-year-old Bella is…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (646+ words) Applications for a Stormont scheme to give eligible households a £100 voucher towards home heating oil costs are now open. About 340,000 lower-income households are expected to qualify for the payment which was first announced in March. Applications will made via the…...