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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. 'Regular excercise can slow down ageing' data: 10.04.08 Regular exercise can help slow down the effects of ageing by up to 12 years, a study claims. 2. 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. 3. Sue Carroll: Shameless to sneer at Shannon's family data: 19.03.08 For a nation which has spent the best part of a year praying for the safe return of Madeleine McCann, news that missing girl Shannon Matthews had been found alive was joyous. 4. Junior doctors 'bullied' into unpaid overtime data: 07.04.08 More than half of junior doctors are being "bullied" to work hours of unpaid overtime, the British Medical Association has warned. 5. Asian stocks drop on fears about U.S. economy data: 10.04.08 Companies like United Parcel Service, considered a bellwether of U.S. economic activity, have cut their earnings forecasts this week, highlighting the threat from a slowing U.S. economy. 6. Obama calls for Beijing boycott data: 10.04.08 Barack Obama urges President Bush to consider a boycott of the Beijing Olympics, as the US leg of the torch relay is held. 7. Nepal goes to polls to end 'dark times' data: 10.04.08 Nepal will elect an assembly today to write a new constitution putting an end to a decade of Maoist insurgency and possibly centuries of royal tradition. 8. Green power station opened data: 19.03.08 First Minister Alex Salmond is to officially open a £90m biomass power station in the south of Scotland. 9. Women face bias worldwide - UN data: 07.04.08 Women are discriminated against in almost every country worldwide, a UN-commissioned report says. 10. 'Artificial colourings as harmful as leaded petrol for children' data: 07.04.08 Artificial colourings could be removed from hundreds of food products after researchers found that they may be almost as harmful to children's development as leaded petrol. 11. Pressure of blogging blamed for men's deaths data: 07.04.08 The deaths of two bloggers were yesterday linked by the US media to an obsession with updating their websites. 12. No more sailing, vow men adrift for 23 days data: 07.04.08 Two Spanish fishermen lost at sea for more than three weeks after their engine failed have vowed never to set sail again. 13. Richard Hammond: Why I'm on a short fuse data: 19.03.08 Short men are, according to a report published this week, more prone to jealousy, anger and insecurity than tall blokes. 14. Rugby U: Johnson is backed data: 07.04.08 World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward says Martin Johnson is the man to lead England's revival - but only if he is a hands-on coach. 15. Irish town takes lead on renewable energy data: 10.04.08 Dundalk's Sustainable Energy Zone is part of a European Union program encouraging small projects that can be expanded to the regional or national level. 16. Police spoke to missing presenter data: 10.04.08 Officers who spoke to TV presenter Mark Speight hours before he went missing say he appeared distracted. 17. A malaise hits Italian academia data: 07.04.08 Run by a select cadre of aging academics, ivory towers in Italy are as well defended as Fort Knox but without the gold. 18. Ben-Hur star Charlton Heston dies data: 07.04.08 Charlton Heston, who won a best actor Oscar for his performance in the Hollywood epic Ben-Hur, dies aged 84. 19. Should we feel sorry for estate agents? data: 10.04.08 With the housing market slowing, times are hard for estate agents. Who'll shed a tear, given their reputation? 20. Four prisoners executed in Japan data: 10.04.08 Four death row prisoners are hanged in Japan, two months after the last round of executions. 21. US envoy may challenge for Afghan presidency data: 10.04.08 The Afghan-born US Ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, has signalled that he will run for the presidency of Afghanistan in elections next year. 22. Chelsea hope for third time lucky data: 10.04.08 Chelsea will not care if their Champions League semi-final against Liverpool later this month produces another turgid defensive standoff as long as they finish third time lucky. 23. Afghan suicide attack kills eight data: 10.04.08 A suicide car bomb explodes in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing at least eight civilians, officials say. 24. Al-Qaeda leader al-Masri 'dead' data: 10.04.08 The US says Abu Obaidah al-Masri, reputedly al-Qaeda's mastermind in Afghanistan, has died. 25. 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". 26. Doctor Who draws in 8.4m viewers data: 07.04.08 The return of Doctor Who attracted 8.4 million viewers, it was disclosed yesterday. 27. Move to end 'student ghost towns' data: 10.04.08 The government may use planning laws to end concentrations of student houses in England. 28. Mirror Money: House about a break? data: 19.03.08 Darling MUST throw first-timers a lifeline 29. Omagh civil case due before court data: 07.04.08 A civil action against five people relatives believe were behind the Omagh bombing is due to begin. 30. April snow worst for two decades data: 07.04.08 Britain saw its worst April snowfall for nearly 20 years yesterday as winter returned. --- --- --- -x- |