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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. Torch relay chaos in papers data: 07.04.08 Chaotic scenes as anti-China demonstrators disrupt the Olympic relay through London are the focus of UK newspapers. 2. 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. 3. 'LTTE suicide bomb' kills Sri Lanka minister data: 07.04.08 A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed at least 13 people including a government minister in an attack near the Sri Lankan capital Colombo yesterday. 4. Switzerland likely to outlaw cat fur trade data: 07.04.08 Cat fur is used in garments and blankets in Switzerland, the last West European nation where such a trade is still legal. But the trade is increasingly stigmatized and likely to be outlawed soon. 5. Richard Hammond: MOT makes me feel like an OAP data: 07.04.08 It's been a great week for older people. But it's also been a week when I've discovered that I'm shortly to be one of them. And I'm not ready. 6. Snow adds to BA woes after flights cancelled data: 07.04.08 Heathrow's beleaguered Terminal 5 was thrown into chaos again yesterday as snowfalls led to 144 flights being cancelled. 7. Ferguson relishing Barcelona test data: 10.04.08 Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson cannot wait to face Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals after beating Roma. 8. Brown urges action on food prices data: 10.04.08 Gordon Brown calls on the G8 group of industrialised nations to devise an international plan to deal with rising food prices. 9. 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. 10. Rising yuan threatens small exporters in China data: 10.04.08 One report estimated that up to 20 percent of low-end exporters could go belly-up this year as the harsher operating environment dissolves profits and demand slows in major markets like the United States. 11. Golf: Rose positive over Masters data: 10.04.08 European number one Justin Rose says his late stumble at the 2007 Masters will stand him in good stead this time around. 12. Northern Rock to cut 2,000 jobs data: 19.03.08 Nationalised bank Northern Rock will cut about 2,000 jobs by 2011 as part of restructuring plans. 13. Mugabe focus for Brown, Mbeki data: 07.04.08 Gordon Brown has held talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki to help end the crisis in Zimbabwe. 14. Slovakia rows over EU treaty data: 07.04.08 Slovakia's ratification of the Lisbon treaty reforming the European Union could be derailed by opponents of government attempts to push through a controversial media... 15. Web giants take sides in battle for Yahoo data: 10.04.08 Yahoo ratcheted up its efforts to improve its negotiating position in the face of an unsolicited takeover bid from Microsoft amid signs that it was edging towards a three-way alliance with Google and AOL 16. 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. 17. Africa advances data: 07.04.08 Scientists dedicated to improving the lives of Africans 18. Life in the 'open prison' of Gaza data: 19.03.08 The BBC's Aleem Maqbool, in Gaza, asks whether pressure aimed at weakening Hamas will actually have the opposite effect. 19. Out-of-hours health muddle 'risks lives' data: 10.04.08 Patients are being put at risk because out-of-hours care is so complex it is difficult to know where to go or who to call, a report says. 20. Indian 'spy' gets month reprieve data: 19.03.08 President Musharraf of Pakistan grants a one-month stay of execution to a convicted Indian spy. 21. ICC anti-corruption unit interviews Pakistan players data: 10.04.08 The International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday that its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) had interviewed three Pakistan players in Lahore at the weekend. 22. Belgian King treated me like dirty laundry, says illegitimate daughter data: 10.04.08 The illegitimate daughter of the King of the Belgians has claimed that her father treated her like "dirty laundry". 23. BT charges ÂŁ127 for call to local hospital data: 10.04.08 By Sophie Borland 24. 2 charged in Denmark with preparing terror attack data: 27.03.08 Danish prosecutors have charged two suspects with preparing explosives for an attack in Denmark or abroad. 25. Jean Todt’s talk with the press data: 27.03.08 26. UK unemployment falls by 32,000 data: 19.03.08 UK unemployment falls by 32,000 in the three months to the end of January, government figures show. 27. Heather Mills and Paul McCartney divorce: A divorce lawyer's opinion data: 19.03.08 Mr Justice Bennett's judgment will make hard reading for Miss Mills. She was described as a "less than impressive witness" while her account of her contributions to the marriage was, on one occasion, depicted as "devoid of reality". 28. Teacher union leader Sinnott dies data: 07.04.08 Steve Sinnott, general secretary of one of the UK's biggest teaching unions, the NUT, dies. 29. Freire first Spaniard to win Ghent-Wevelgem data: 10.04.08 Oscar Freire used his powerful sprint finish to become the first Spaniard to win the 209km Ghent-Wevelgem race on Wednesday. 30. Retailer Next sees profits up 4% data: 19.03.08 Retailer Next unveils a 4% rise in annual profits, saying it is a good result "in a period of economic slowdown". |