Britain's housing system is well and truly broken. House-builders sit on land already granted planning permission and drip-feed the market to keep supply low and prices high. Despite the coronavirus crisis, house prices <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/sep/30/uk-house-prices-rise-at-

Public housing needs radical reform: here&#039;s how

Over 75 new waste and recycling vehicles have started to roll out on the streets of Birmingham. The 76 vehicles are part of the drive for improved bin collection reliability in the city. The vehicle

New Waste And Recycling Vehicles Arrive In Birmingham

Manchester City Council has launched a public consultation which will give people the chance to be part of the Ardwick Green Story. An initial survey over the summer invited local people to give thei

Public Consultation Launches On Ardwick Green Neighbourhood Development Framework

A number of contracts have been awarded to deliver an extension to the Sunniside Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead. Procured through national framework provider Pagabo%apos;s Professional

Contracts Awarded To Extend Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Northern Ireland-based specialist excavator attachments manufacturer Hill Engineering has appointed CAME SRL as exclusive dealer for the full range of Hill products to be sold in Italy. CAME will ho

Hill Engineering Appoints CAME SRL

Significant progress has been made to restore and convert a Grade II listed rectory building into separate homes and build new executive properties within its grounds in Clifton Village, with two hous

Significant Progress Made To Restore Grade II Listed Rectory Building

Terry and Julie live on the Isle of Skye, it is fantastic and they love it. But it does come with some challenges and the weather is the biggest challenge. It does what it wants and they just get on

Overlooking Loch Harport On The Isle Of Skye

BarrierMart.co.uk has cemented itself as one of the front-runners of today%apos;s UK barriers industry. The firm supplies the UK with crash barriers and other protection & safety products including handra

BarrierMart.co.uk Leads The Way In UK Barriers Industry

Significant progress has been made on three education schemes in the southern region. Construction partner Stepnell is continuing to work on Gordons School, Canford School and The Woodroffe School.

Significant Progress Made On Education Projects

Skanska UK has achieved a new Kitemark for Innovation Management from BSI. Skanska UK%apos;s Head of Innovation, Vaibhav Tyagi received the BSI Kitemark for Innovation Management from Andy Butterfield, Ma

Skanska UK Achieves Kitemark For Innovation Management

Plans for a new 15-acre ecological and recreational green space together with 150 energy efficient homes in Horwich have been recommended for approval to Bolton Council%apos;s Planning Committee. The plan

Plans For Housing Development In Horwick Recommended For Approval

Reindeer salads, fern dishes and soups of indigenous peoples - the national 'Gastronomic Map of Russia' project highlights the best recipes for a gourmet journey across Siberia - without leaving home.1. Salad with stewed maral and fern tar-tar<a href="https://www.gastromaprussia

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Dozens of soldiers were killed in recent weeks in Mozambique "The terrorists let the military cars into an area of dense forest and then opened fire with heavy weapons... causing huge casualties in our forces," a senior military official saidDetails about the militants are sketchy. They call themselves al-Shabaab but have no known link to the group of 

Jihadists kill 25 soldiers in Mozambique&#039;s restive north

Investors pushed stock markets higher Friday on continued optimism over vaccines and on signs of progress on a new US stimulus, though surging infections and deaths highlighted the painful, immediate reality of the coronavirus crisis.In foreign exchange, the pound held its own even as European doubts over a post-Brexit trade deal with Britain boiled over on Friday.France has threatened a veto as intense n

Stock markets mostly higher on vaccine, stimulus optimism

Elections in Ghana on Monday are a two-horse race between incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo and his predecessor John MahamaMore than 17 million Ghanaians are registered to vote The race is expected to be very close Accra - Ghanaians will go to the polls on Monday in a heated contest that will revive old riva

Ghana heads for two-horse presidential vote

The machine will create a shield from a hail of projectiles that burst with shrapnel in the air, forming an impenetrable barrier against enemy drones.In the coming years, the new Derivatsiya-PVO self-propelled anti-aircraft gun will join the ranks of the Russian military.It is based on the BPM-3 infantry fighting vehicle and the AU-220M automatic weapon station, which fires up to 120 large-caliber artille

Russia unveils new drone killer

Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): Automated deep learning analysis of abdominal CT images produces a more precise measurement of body composition and predicts major cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke, better than overall weight or body mass index (BMI), according to a study.
The study was presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
"Established cardiovascular r

AI abdominal fat measure

Moscow [Russia], December 4 (ANI/Sputnik): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen congratulated Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic on the start of her second term, during a teleconference on Friday.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic nominated Brnabic to remain in office in October after first naming her prime minister in 2017. She is Serbia's first woman in that position.
"Glad to congratulate Serbian PM on t

EU Commission chief congratulates Serbian PM

New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): On the request of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), French authorities on Friday seized a property belonging to fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, worth 1.6 million euros (approximately Rs 14 crores), in France.
According to a press release, ED initiated an investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) based on an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Invest

ED seizes Vijay Mallya's property in France

Bahar Aliakbarian is an expert in supply chain management in pharmaceuticals and a professor at the School of Packaging at Michigan State University. Below, she describes the vaccine supply chains of Pfizer and Moderna, which are expected to be the two major early suppliers of the COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. She also talks about challenges in distribution and the work being done to ensure safe and systematic delivery

How COVID-19 vaccines will get from the factory to your local pharmacy

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Americans couldn't resist the urge to gather last week for Thanksgiving, driving only slightly less than a year ago and largely ignoring the pleas of public health experts, who begged them to forgo holiday travel to help contain the coronavirus pandemic, data from roadways and airports shows.The nation's unwillingness to tamp down on travel offered a warning in advance of Christmas and New Ye

Despite Pandemic, Americans Couldnt Resist Thanksgiving Travel

Cabinet has directed the Department of Public (DPE) to appoint a strategic equity partner for floundering South African Airways (SAA), as the business rescue process at the airline gets underway.SAA was allocated a R10.5 billion bailout by the government last month, which is also said to be looking for <a href="http://https://www.news24.com/fin24/companies/industrial/govt-seeks-400-million-from-buyer-for-stake-i

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Public housing needs radical reform: here's how