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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. Consumption of energy has a direct influence on environmental quality, because of the inherent pollution through greenhouse gasses and other emissions. Then there is the loss of natural beauty, ecosystems and basic resources associated with the extraction of fossil fuels and building materials. The combined effect of this is staggering. 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 strike in Greece to protest plan to overhaul pensions data: 27.03.08 The national strike on Wednesday - the third since December - capped nearly a month of labor unrest that has brought power blackouts, heaps of uncollected garbage and transport disruption. 2. Three share £2.2m Lottery cash data: 10.04.08 Three ticket holders are each £753,154 richer after sharing a £2.2m jackpot in Wednesday's main Lotto draw. 3. Sight restored 66 years on data: 07.04.08 A man blinded in one eye during the Blitz has his sight restored by Scottish specialists, 66 years later. 4. Carla Bruni wins over France after state visit data: 07.04.08 Carla Bruni has finally won the affection of the French public, with the vast majority agreeing yesterday that she is "elegant, modern and nice". 5. IOC'S Rogge says "very concerned" after torch protests data: 07.04.08 International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said on Monday he was "very concerned" after protests disrupted the Olympic torch relay in London. 6. 'Mother' held in Shannon inquiry data: 07.04.08 Unconfirmed reports say a woman arrested over the alleged abduction of Shannon Matthews is her mother. 7. Contact made with yacht pirates data: 07.04.08 France makes contact with Somali pirates who seized a luxury French yacht with 30 crew in the Gulf of Aden. 8. Latest Pictures: Anthony Minghella CBE - 1954-2008 data: 19.03.08 Anthony Minghella CBE - 1954-2008 9. Kosovo heartens a Hungarian enclave in Romania data: 07.04.08 When Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in February, some ethnic Hungarians in Romania took to the main square to demonstrate in its favor and, by extension, their own aspirations for autonomy. 10. Cardiff set up FA Cup final with Portsmouth data: 07.04.08 Joe Ledley scores the only goal to end Barnsley's FA Cup run and send Cardiff through to a final against Portsmouth. 11. Garry Newlove's widow joins crime summit data: 10.04.08 The widow of Garry Newlove, the father of three who was murdered by a gang of drunken youths in front of his family, has agreed to help David Cameron draw up policies to strengthen families and tackle anti-social behaviour. 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. Boeing delays 787 deliveries again data: 10.04.08 The new delivery date of autumn 2009 puts the plane, known as the Dreamliner, more than a year behind its original schedule. 14. George Lucas sues Star Wars designer data: 07.04.08 It is a David and Goliath battle that would make even Luke Skywalker think twice about reaching for his lightsabre. 15. Germany is 'filled with shame' over Nazi holocaust, Angela Merkel tells Israel data: 19.03.08 The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has told Israel that her nation is "filled with shame" over the Nazi holocaust and that she bows before its victims. 16. Madeleine McCann parents win apology from Express papers data: 19.03.08 Kate and Gerry McCann have won libel damages worth ÂŁ550,000 and forced two national newspapers to publish front-page apologies for repeatedly implying that they killed their missing daughter Madeleine. 17. French team in Colombia yet to reach hostages data: 10.04.08 The French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, said Monday that a French-led humanitarian mission aimed at reaching Colombian hostages is not stalled and simply needs more time. 18. Cruise ship returns to UK waters data: 07.04.08 Passengers on a cruise liner stranded in Madeira for two days return to the UK after a three-month cruise. 19. Progress in Korea nuclear talks data: 10.04.08 North Korea says a deal is reached with the US over disclosure of its nuclear activities. 20. British rock star Pete Doherty jailed for 14 weeks data: 10.04.08 Adrian Hunter, Doherty's manager at Parlaphone records, said that there were "numerous reasons" the singer/songwriter had been jailed. "One of them was his latecoming at probation hearings," he said. 21. Woman, 23, commits suicide in Bridgend data: 10.04.08 Police are investigating another suicide in Bridgend after a 23-year-old woman hanged herself. 22. Victim's sister highlights 'evil' data: 19.03.08 The sister of a man murdered in Belfast calls for the community to come together against "an evil in society". 23. Putin invites Bush to confer in move to avoid public clash data: 07.04.08 The meeting is likely to be the last between the two leaders before the Russian president is replaced by his protĂŠgĂŠ, Dmitri Medvedev. 24. 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. 25. Europe begins to criticize Chinese crackdown in Tibet data: 27.03.08 Europe on Wednesday sharpened its tone over China's military actions in Tibet as officials said they were considering sending a fact-finding mission to Beijing and a Chinese diplomat sought to defend the crackdown on protesters. 26. Kevin Maguire: Dunce's cap fits like glove data: 10.04.08 Full marks to Education Minister Jim Knight for calmly exposing another headline-grabbing Tory initiative as an examination failure. 27. Mirror Money: 100% mortgage? Don't let it get on top of you data: 10.04.08 Hundreds of thousands of home owners with "supersize" loans face mortgage misery. 28. 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. 29. Trial opens in London for 8 accused of plotting suicide attacks on trans-Atlantic airliners data: 07.04.08 Prosecutors said Thursday that the suspects had planned to inflict heavy casualties "in the name of Islam" by igniting liquid explosives as planes flew from London to the United States and Canada. 30. Successful Test cricketers live for longer data: 10.04.08 Cricketers who play more Test matches can expect to enjoy a longer innings in life, according to research. |