All Breaking news articles – Page 884
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NewsMortgage lending up in September
Council of Mortgage Lenders figures show loans up 2% on August but still less than half pre-credit crunch levels
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NewsWhat should the zero-carbon home standard be?
Government is consulting the industry on the definition of a zero-carbon home, and to add your views there is an official online survey here
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Flat decorated in style of Palace of Versailles
DIY buff spent 20 years redecorating tower block flat with ceiling paintings and wood carvings
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NewsBuilding collapse in Kenya kills at least one person
One fatality and dozens trapped after a building under construction collapsed in Nairobi
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NewsBalfour Beatty wins US contracts worth £273m
Series of contract wins from US military clients boosts contractor's workload
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NewsGovernment reveals £4bn academies framework
Fifteen contractors make Partnerships for Schools list but Galliford Try and Morgan Ashurst miss out
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NewsTerrorism Act may stop worker protesting at power station
Scottish and Southern Energy is seeking an injunction arguing the picketing over worker's dismissal is a threat to UK energy supply
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NewsNuclear power stations may receive public subsidies
Guardian newspaper says government plans to pay for new wave of power plants with carbon levy on electricity consumers
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NewsViñoly's Battersea power station design goes for planning
Wandsworth council receive planning application for £5.5bn revamp of London landmark
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NewsRogers may sue Qatari Diar over Chelsea barracks
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners could take legal action over £2m in unpaid fees against client that sacked it from controversial scheme
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NewsMaggie's cancer centre scoops Stirling Prize
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners beats off competition from BDP and Eric Parry to win prestigious award for the second time
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NewsFSA to tighten rules on mortgage lending
City watchdog clamps down on self-certified mortgages to foster age of 'responsible lending'
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NewsLow & Bonar expects better second half results
Materials group says cost-cutting has improved performance although still behind last year's figures
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NewsAsking prices for London homes soar
'Severe' shortage of housing stock behind record asking prices, but experts warn of property market's 'fundamental weakness'
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NewsGovernment go-ahead for cultural construction
Fears for arts projects are quelled as funding is confirmed for extensions to Tate Modern and British Museum
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NewsAcoustic testing for schools to be compulsory
Deaf charity welcomes government plan to require testing for new schools built under Building Schools for the Future
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News2012 gymnastics venue abandoned
Plans for a temporary structure in Greenwich ditched in favour of using existing facilities
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NewsGreen light for 50MW biomass plant in Tees Valley
Aker Solution will develop £200m green power station to supply 80,000 homes with energy
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NewsHighways Agency overspends on contracts
Report reveals above-inflation maintenance payments and not enough monitoring of cost and quality
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NewsDouglas cuts power-sharing deal with O’Rourke
Laing O’Rourke chief operating officer to retain key clients and take control of housing and off-site arms