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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. Our mandate is to communicate with the public and with government about critical transportation issues. We are the recognized advocate for infrastructure development and a balanced, safe transportation system that sustains and promotes provincial economic growth. 1. Queen set to meet Irish president data: 19.03.08 The Queen is expected to meet the Irish President Mary McAleese in Belfast later during her visit to NI. 2. Primary teachers to fight 'grade pressure' tests data: 19.03.08 Teachers have been urged to scupper primary school tests amid fears thousands of children are being demoralised by pressure to get good grades. 3. Techs buck the trend on debt data: 07.04.08 A downturn in the US economy and turmoil in the debt markets has done little to slow a sea-change in the balance sheets of some of the technology industry's leading lights 4. Two charged over head on beach data: 07.04.08 Two men are charged in connection with the death of a Lithuanian woman whose head was found on a beach. 5. Strikes ease in Greece as Parliament approves pension bill data: 27.03.08 Greek garbage collectors returned to work Friday, removing mounds of trash that had piled up during their two-week strike protesting pension changes. Rolling power cuts also ended after employees at the country's main power company returned to work. 6. Investigations: Warm Front's heating scheme leaves the elderly cold data: 19.03.08 We're not surprised when cowboy builders fleece pensioners. 7. Gurkha veterans seek equality data: 19.03.08 Gurkha veterans are protesting at Parliament calling for the right to remain in the UK. 8. BSkyB nets more Champions League data: 19.03.08 British Sky Broadcasting is going into extra time against the BBC and ITV to win the last remnants of European Champions League coverage in the UK after it secured the majority of games in a ÂŁ240m, three-year deal 9. Life in the loo data: 10.04.08 Is a nightclub toilet Britain's grimmest workplace? 10. If you must fly, some suggestions data: 10.04.08 The fallout from the cancellation of more than 1,000 American Airlines is expected to disrupt schedules for every major airliner on Thursday. 11. Nauru seeks to regain lost fortunes data: 19.03.08 The BBC's Nick Squires visits the tiny Pacific island of Nauru which squandered its vast fortunes. 12. Post offices 'being shut by stealth', MPs told data: 19.03.08 Hundreds of post offices have been shut "by stealth" as the Government manipulated its own closure rules, MPs have been told. 13. 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. 14. Fiona: Natasha Kaplinsky's news is good news! data: 07.04.08 Doesn't the reaction to Natasha Kaplinsky's pregnancy just say everything about how hideously family-unfriendly this country is? 15. 'Some progress' in Russia-US ties data: 07.04.08 George Bush and Vladimir Putin sign a basic agreement on bilateral ties, without a breakthrough on differences. 16. Science fiction author Arthur C Clarke dies data: 19.03.08 The Science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke, author of more than 100 books, has died at the age of 90. 17. Greek prime minister faces a vote of confidence data: 27.03.08 It is unlikely that the censure motion against Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, introduced by the opposition, will succeed. 18. Fiona: Left to suffer by a drug scandal data: 19.03.08 If I went to the doctor and said I had a sore throat, he wouldn't hesitate in prescribing antibiotics, whether I needed them or not. If I had early-onset Alzheimer's however, chances are I'd be sent packing. 19. 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. 20. Smokestacks in a white wilderness divide Iceland data: 27.03.08 A new aluminum smelter owned by Alcoa, the world's largest aluminum company, has been the focus of the angriest and most divisive battle in recent Icelandic history. 21. Sark's 'half-baked' democracy challenged data: 10.04.08 Plans for Sark to abandon its feudal system in favour of democracy are to be challenged in court after it emerged that the island's unelected overlord will retain many of his powers. 22. Jobs: Mirror Works: Live wires data: 07.04.08 A row about the last song played at a concert prompted two friends to start recording shows and selling CDs instantly to departing fans. 23. Pssst - Want an unlocked phone? data: 27.03.08 Wireless carriers often offer customers cheap or free phones in exchange for multi-year contracts, but then the phones are technologically "locked" - the subscriber cannot cancel the contract and sign up for service with another company. 24. 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. 25. 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". 26. Serbia will arrest war crimes fugitive data: 07.04.08 But the government expressed concerns that the dispute over Kosovo was driving the country farther apart from the group. 27. Broadcast leaders join upstarts in web TV search data: 07.04.08 The search for an audience for web-based television is gathering pace. Two small European companies, Joost and Babelgum, have developed full-screen, high-quality video... 28. Romania reconsiders its welcome of biotech corn data: 27.03.08 The country had been one of the most receptive on a continent skeptical of genetically modified crops, but is moving toward a reversal of its stance. 29. Women face bias worldwide - UN data: 07.04.08 Women are discriminated against in almost every country worldwide, a UN-commissioned report says. 30. Serbia proposes dividing Kosovo along ethnic lines data: 27.03.08 The proposal, submitted to the United Nations, is the culmination of a campaign by Serbia to entrench its political and administrative control over the northern part of Kosovo, which has a Serbian majority. |