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Plan to upgrade 250,000 York and North Yorkshire homes to cut energy bills Ryedale Gazette & Herald, Yorkshire05:08 12-Sept-26

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Cowboy builder tore my home apart and disappeared off the face of the earth with £14k BBC22:53 8-Sept-26

More funding needed to boost construction jobs for young people, housing boss says BBC21:51 6-Sept-26

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Solar panel insurance Confused.com14:30 3-Sept-26

New scheme will ‘protect homeowners from cowboy builders’ HomeOwners Alliance14:24 3-Sept-26

Burnham launches code and payment app to clamp down on rogue builders Construction Manager10:54 1-Sept-26

Back to the future:modern needs in a heritage setting Construction Manager08:05 1-Sept-26

Burnham’s bid to crack down cowboy builders likely to be ignored, trade body warns Morning Star18:06 28-Aug-26

Burnham pledges to ‘put cowboy builders out of business’ with new approved code and trusted payments scheme Building Magazine12:04 28-Aug-26

Devon builder who’s trained five apprentices urges teenagers to consider a career in… Building Design & Construction Magazine08:03 27-Aug-26

The biggest mistakes people make when renovating their homes, according to experts The i Paper10:03 26-Aug-26

Homes In London Are Cracking As The Clay They Are Built On Shrinks CleanTechnica22:48 25-Aug-26

Brexit skills crisis puts Burnham’s council house plans under threat The Independent18:44 25-Aug-26

Londoners Find ‘Horrendous’ Cracks in Their Homes After Successive Heat Waves Insurance Journal10:17 24-Aug-26

'Horrendous': London homes cracking after successive heatwaves New Zealand Herald02:11 24-Aug-26

MKM launches Sisalwool products at Airdrie branch Project Scotland12:48 14-Aug-26

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Reform's Runcorn MP Sarah Pochin says her children begged her to quit after Ann Widdecombe… Liverpool Echo09:33Reform MPs Reform UK UK Politics

Pochin says all Reform MPs have 24-hour security after Widdecombe killing ITV17:01Reform MPs Reform UK UK Politics

Martindale supports Gas Safety Week HPM Magazine15:27Gas Safety Week Construction (World) Energy and Utilities

Manufacturers prepare for Gas Safety Week Builders Merchants Journal16:07Gas Safety Week Construction (World) Energy and Utilities

Two contractors fined over £1m after trench collapse kills worker Construction Manager09:40Surrey Construction (World)

Construction firms are fined £1.1million after Romanian labourer was buried alive when 10ft… MailOnline13:04Surrey Construction (World)

£23m entrance opens at Bristol Temple Meads station - set to be be used by about 2.5m passengers a year by 2030 Insider Media16:42BAM Universities Bristol

New £23m entrance complete at Temple Meads The Construction Index08:24BAM Universities Bristol

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Donald Trump continues two-day visit of Ireland BBC06:28UK/US Donald Trump US

Crypto tycoons’ £72m donation to Reform UK ‘could be illegal’ The Observer05:01Reform UK UK Politics

Angela Rayner suggests Labour could toughen up ban on huge donations to political parties after … MailOnline09:25Reform UK UK Politics

Man dies in West Lothian 'shooting' as police probe nearby car fire The Mirror23:14West Lothian Scotland

Death of man in West Lothian may have involved firearm, say police Evening Standard21:31West Lothian Scotland

Two spectacular Welsh road trips named among UK’s most popular Nation.Cymru08:22Wales

First ministers to hold talks in Cardiff over future of UK Nation.Cymru08:01Cardiff Scotland Wales

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Indonesia ship missing: Search in Java Sea as 1 dies, 103 rescued Outlook India08:07Indonesia

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BRICS summit: Members, partner countries discuss ‘resilience, innovation, cooperation’ on day 2 Anadolu Agency07:03China Politics BRICS India

China's Xi calls on BRICS, partner countries to keep supply chains ‘stable, unimpeded’ Anadolu Agency08:19China Politics BRICS India

An Iranian commercial ship is struck near Strait of Hormuz with 1 dead, Iranian media say AsiaOne08:11Strait of Hormuz Iran Middle East

One person killed and three others injured in an attack on a commercial vessel off the coast of the Iranian island of… Voice Of Emirates08:04Strait of Hormuz Iran Middle East

Fire breaks out on vessel after projectile strike in Strait of Hormuz: UKMTO Anadolu Agency09:34Strait of Hormuz Middle East

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Swedes vote in close general election that could usher far right into government France 2407:24Ulf Kristersson Sweden Europe

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