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The UK’s largest ever mechanical puppet, the Man Engine, comes back to life as puppeteers pull on ropes to move him beside the old pit head at Geevor tin mine, Cornwall.
Built to celebrate the Cornish mining landscape’s World Heritage status, he stands at 11.2m when he “transforms”. The mechanical miner, which was created in 2016 and is powered by Volvo, is off on tour across parts of the UK.
Signs are that Carillion’s implosion has triggered a sudden downturn in contract awards. Is the shock liquidation at fault or are wider problems to blame?
Public bodies revisiting contracts after Carillion downfall
A bustling gingerbread Oxford Circus features alongside Battersea Sugar Power Station and Sugarset House at this central London exhibition
Building’s continually-updated policy tracker will keep you up to speed on the latest pledges and announcements made by the parties in the run up to polling day
A year after the launch of its five-year strategic plan, an independent review of Homes England has set out recommendations for improving the body. But with an election coming soon, what might the future actually hold for the agency? Daniel Gayne reports.
Three new metro-mayoral positions will be among those filled as local and regional elections take place next month. Carl Brown reports.
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