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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. Millions being lost to 'boiler room' share frauds data: 10.04.08 Bogus stockbrokers are conning investors out of millions of pounds by pressurising them into buying worthless shares. 2. 'I'm on the plane... the PLANE' data: 07.04.08 When passengers can yap into their mobiles in the air, plane travel will be even worse, says Clive James. 3. Researchers discover pre-Edison recording in France data: 07.04.08 They say they have unearthed a recording of the human voice, made by a little-known Frenchman, that predates Edison's invention of the phonograph by nearly two decades. 4. Public sector pensions cost ÂŁ21bn in taxes data: 07.04.08 Taxpayers are contributing more than ÂŁ21 billion per year to fund the pensions of public sector workers, according to latest official figures. 5. Radio 'Oscars' nominees revealed data: 10.04.08 Radio 1 star Chris Moyles and comedian Russell Brand are nominated for this year's radio industry Sony awards. 6. Afghans 'seize Taleban leader' data: 07.04.08 Afghan officials say they have arrested a senior Taleban commander in the southern city of Kandahar. 7. Prosecutors quiz Samsung boss data: 07.04.08 The boss of South Korea's Samsung Group is questioned by prosecutors over corruption allegations. 8. 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. 9. Web site of Dutch anti-Islam film is suspended data: 27.03.08 The Web site on which the Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders was promoting his film, which is said to be critical of the Koran, has been suspended by its U.S. hosting service, Network Solutions. 10. A malaise hits Italian academia data: 07.04.08 Run by a select cadre of aging academics, ivory towers in Italy are as well defended as Fort Knox but without the gold. 11. 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. 12. City: Petrol price hike hits families data: 07.04.08 The average two-car family has seen its fuel bill rocket by £176 in the past year 13. Apple could unleash unlimited music iPods data: 19.03.08 Apple is reportedly in talks to sell an iPod and iPhone that would give customers access to all of the six million songs on its iTunes database. 14. Islam overtakes Catholicism in number of adherents data: 07.04.08 Muslims made up 19.2 percent of the world's population and Catholics 17.4 percent, the Vatican said Sunday. 15. Captain Birdseye actor John Hewer dies data: 19.03.08 The actor who starred as Captain Birdseye in the adverts for fish fingers for more than thirty years has died 16. Dozens of protesters sentenced in Belarus data: 27.03.08 The European Union and the United States criticized the police for rounding up demonstrators in an illegal protest against President Alexander Lukashenko. 17. Anthony Minghella, Oscar winner, dies at 54 data: 19.03.08 Anthony Minghella, the British film director who won an Oscar for The English Patient, has died aged 54. 18. Motorola divides into two separate companies data: 27.03.08 Motorola's chief executive said he hoped that by spinning off the unprofitable mobile phone unit, the company would have better luck attracting a new chief executive to revive it. 19. Mirror Money: House about a break? data: 19.03.08 Darling MUST throw first-timers a lifeline 20. Low sales force four village pubs to close a day data: 10.04.08 Village pubs are closing at a rate of four a day because of the lowest beer sales since the Great Depression and rising running costs, it was claimed yesterday. 21. Bid to restore Iron Cross awakens Germany's angst data: 27.03.08 The painful debate over whether to revive the famed Iron Cross so that German soldiers can be awarded for courage, underscores how far the country's military still is from normality. 22. London's mayoral race offers plenty of bluster and blunder data: 07.04.08 The election, between Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone, has become a litmus test of the national political mood and an important referendum on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's wavering Labour government. 23. Spanish leader promises to spur the economy data: 10.04.08 Prime Minister JosĂŠ Luis RodrĂguez Zapatero said economic growth and employment rates would be lower than during his first term but insisted that Spain faced the downturn "in very good condition." 24. Bank crisis puts New York office market on precipice data: 27.03.08 The New York office market can withstand the fire sale of Bear Stearns, but if other financial firms disintegrate, the market could face a sharp decline. 25. Turkish prosecutor files motion to shut down governing party data: 27.03.08 Turkey's secular establishment aimed a desperate blow against the governing party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, when a senior prosecutor filed a legal case to shut down the party. 26. China doubts role in Greek weightlifting scandal data: 10.04.08 China on Wednesday expressed doubt over reports that a local factory was behind positive doping tests for 11 members of Greece's national weightlifting team, but said it had launched a probe into the matter. 27. 'Don't call him Boris,' Tessa Jowell tells Labour data: 07.04.08 Labour ministers and MPs have been banned from referring to Boris Johnson, the Tory candidate for London mayor, by his first name, it emerged yesterday. 28. Heather Mills and Paul McCartney divorce: Questionable 'charity donations' data: 19.03.08 The water thrown at Sir Paul McCartney's lawyer at the end of his acrimonious divorce settlement sounded like a "waterfall", Heather Mills' legal aide has said. 29. 'Modern mums are spoiling children' data: 07.04.08 Competitive modern mothers are producing a generation of demanding, spoilt children, according to a report on parenting. 30. Youths attack Australian school data: 07.04.08 Several people are hurt after youths armed with bats and a machete attack a Sydney high school. |