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Builders LondonThe Builders London is the principal trade organisation for private sector housebuilders and voice of the home building industry in England and Wales. It is an exciting industry filled with many talented people and organisations, providing sustainable and attractive homes to meet the demands of consumers. Our member firms account for approximately 80% of all new homes built in England and Wales in any one year, and include companies of all sizes, ranging from multi-national household names through regionally based businesses and small local companies. 1. Bangladesh seeking consistency in Pakistan data: 07.04.08 Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons is confident his side will benefit from their hastily arranged tour of Pakistan, where they will play five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 match. 2. EU anxiety as Sarkozy prepares to take helm data: 27.03.08 In July France takes over the bloc's six-month rotating presidency, and the prospect is beginning to worry some as President Nicolas Sarkozy is seen to face a steep learning curve. 3. Somali UN peace force considered data: 19.03.08 The UN chief will recommend sending peacekeepers to Somalia if certain conditions are met, he says. 4. Prague's greatest hero is really a blank Czech data: 27.03.08 Satirists' invention, Jara da Cimrman, has amused audiences for 40 years. 5. Madeleine case police due in UK data: 07.04.08 Portuguese police probing the Madeleine McCann case are due in the UK to reinterview friends of her parents. 6. Dakota Blue Richards in snowman row data: 10.04.08 As the child star of The Golden Compass, Dakota Blue Richards is used to rave reviews. But now she is facing some rather less kind critics, who have accused her of being an "inconsiderate yob" over the part she played in flattening a snowman. 7. News: Sat-nav blunder hit tanks data: 19.03.08 Residents of a tiny village are regularly invaded by army tanks because of a sat-nav blunder. 8. Number of complaints against the NHS soars data: 07.04.08 A growing number of NHS complaints are being upheld amid falling nursing standards and rushed GP appointments, according to a report published today. 9. Music groups eye share of Apple's pie data: 19.03.08 Recorded music groups such as Universal Music, Sony BMG, Warner Music and EMI are wondering whether they can secure a share in the next generation of digital music hardware through revenue-sharing deals with manufacturers 10. Iraq murder charge for US marine data: 19.03.08 A third US marine is charged over the deaths of unarmed Iraqi detainees in Falluja in November 2004. 11. The meaning of assurances given to Israel by European leaders data: 27.03.08 There is a greater willingness on the part of Europe's leaders - you can probably count in Gordon Brown - to state their backing for Israel at a time of a gathering threats. 12. Notes from a hot and humid Friday in Sepang data: 27.03.08 13. Sue Carroll: Not a Lott wrong with wanting to work hard data: 07.04.08 As millions of us trudged back to work after the most dismal Easter break in living memory it's fair to say we might just have allowed ourselves the indulgence of a daydream. 14. EU leader urges Turkey to speed changes data: 10.04.08 The president of the European Commission said Wednesday that he would urge Turkey to speed up reforms and show more interest in European Union membership during his first official visit this week. 15. Big-is-better theory loses appeal data: 07.04.08 Battle lines are forming in banking that pit bigger-is-better theorists against breakup advocates. 16. Paul Routledge: Class snobs taint hunt for Shannon data: 19.03.08 Mystery surrounds the fate of Shannon Matthews, the nine-year-old girl missing in Dewsbury for more than three weeks. 17. Sir Arthur C Clarke data: 19.03.08 Author synonymous with science fiction, in particular with 2001: A Space Odyssey. 18. Clinton's chief strategist quits data: 07.04.08 Mark Penn, chief strategist for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, quits over a conflict of interest row. 19. BCE deal clears its final hurdle data: 10.04.08 BCE, Canada's biggest telecoms operator, has cleared the last regulatory hurdle for its proposed buy-out by a private equity group, writes Bernard Simon in... 20. Solar System's 'look-alike' found data: 07.04.08 Astronomers say they have discovered a planetary system orbiting a distant star which looks much like our own. 21. BBC and ISPs clash over iPlayer data: 10.04.08 A row breaks out about who should pay for the extra network costs incurred by the BBC's on-demand TV service. 22. EU set to take cautious step to bolster bank regulation data: 07.04.08 Europe's finance ministers on Friday will set new guidelines on dealing with cross-border banking failures, their first steps since last year's credit crunch to tackle the threat of a systemic financial crisis. 23. Dominant Russian party to nominate Putin as leader data: 10.04.08 The Russian president has said he will become prime minister after his successor, Dmitri Medvedev, is sworn in on May 7, but leadership of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party would effectively give him control of Parliament, where the party has a large majority. 24. Ex-soldier who shot family jailed data: 10.04.08 A former soldier who killed his aunt, uncle and cousins with a silenced pistol is given four life sentences. 25. Berlin denies it approved training for Libyan police data: 10.04.08 Amid growing criticism of the country's security services, the German government insisted Monday that none of its departments had allowed its personnel to train Libyan police officers between 2005 and 2007. 26. Investigations: Warm Front's heating scheme leaves the elderly cold data: 19.03.08 We're not surprised when cowboy builders fleece pensioners. 27. Police name estate death teen data: 19.03.08 A 19-year-old found with a gunshot wound on a south London estate is named by police. 28. Showbiz: ROBBIE WILLIAMS BACK IN REHAB data: 19.03.08 ROBBIE Williams has been admitted into a rehab clinic for dependency on prescription drugs, his spokeswoman announced today. 29. Credit crisis forces a German lender to close data: 10.04.08 Weserbank's chief executive blamed market turmoil for the demise of the bank, the first European banking fatality of the global financial crunch. 30. Youth crime 'up by two thirds in 10 years' data: 07.04.08 The number of children and teenagers regularly committing crimes has soared since Labour came to power. |