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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. In pictures data: 10.04.08 Anti-Chinese protesters outfoxed in US torch relay 2. Web giants take sides in battle for Yahoo data: 10.04.08 Yahoo ratcheted up its efforts to improve its negotiating position in the face of an unsolicited takeover bid from Microsoft amid signs that it was edging towards a three-way alliance with Google and AOL 3. European cargo ship docks at International Space Station data: 07.04.08 A new European cargo ship flew up to the International Space Station, successfully delivering food, water and clothes in its orbital debut. 4. Yahoo seeks boost from ad sales system data: 07.04.08 New platform aims to simplify significantly the process of buying and selling adverts online and improve Yahoo's value in the face of Microsoft's renewed takeover efforts 5. France seeks a deeper Western commitment to Afghanistan data: 27.03.08 Even as it considers increasing the number of troops it has stationed in Afghanistan, the French government believes that military might is not enough to bring stability to the country, the defense minister said Tuesday. 6. Shares reverse over bank worries data: 19.03.08 Europe's stock market indexes fall after bank shares plunge, as worries continue about the worldwide credit crunch. 7. Gordon Brown accused of breaking Iraq promise data: 19.03.08 Gordon Brown was accused of breaking his promises on Iraq yesterday as troops were told a force of 4,000 would need to stay in the country until the end of the year. 8. New divisions arise in NATO over 2 bids for membership data: 07.04.08 Behind the rift between the U.S. and some western European countries lies competing visions of how to deal with Moscow's next president. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. Tourists die in Peru plane crash data: 10.04.08 Five French tourists have died in a plane crash during a flight over the famous Nazca Lines in Peru, police say. 13. For bargain-basement America, foreign investment no panacea data: 07.04.08 Americans often have an ambivalent relationship with the global economy, which has been coming into focus amid a surge of European and Asian acquisitions of U.S. companies 14. Olympics to 'rebound from crisis' data: 10.04.08 The head of the Olympic committee says the Games will recover from "crisis" after days of anti-Chinese protests. 15. Clinton's chief strategist quits data: 07.04.08 Mark Penn, chief strategist for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, quits over a conflict of interest row. 16. Gritty Dutch war games raise eyebrows in former colony data: 07.04.08 Dutch marines say their training in Suriname is just that, but the military activities still arouse suspicions in the former Dutch colony. 17. Bafta TV awards nominations 2008 data: 19.03.08 The full awards nomination list 18. Custody for Comoran rebel data: 07.04.08 Ousted Comoran rebel leader Mohammed Bacar is remanded in custody on the French island of Reunion. 19. Top Stories: CCTV released of missing TV star Mark Speight data: 10.04.08 Police today released CCTV images of griefstricken children's TV presenter Mark Speight moments before he vanished three days ago. 20. Heather Mills and Paul McCartney divorce: 'Ridiculous' living expense claims data: 19.03.08 The water thrown at Sir Paul McCartney's lawyer at the end of his acrimonious divorce settlement sounded like a "waterfall", Heather Mills' legal aide has said. 21. Chaos complicates life for Walsh, chief executive of British Airways data: 07.04.08 The financial year just ended was supposed to mark a turnaround but just when Walsh should have been planning celebrations, he was juggling record fuel prices, economic malaise and Terminal 5 troubles. 22. Trade in mammoth ivory, helped by global thaw, flourishes in Russia data: 27.03.08 As global warming releases the remains of extinct woolly mammoths from the frozen Siberian tundra, the traditional Russian business of ivory carving is flourishing once more. 23. High rice prices no windfall for many Asian farmers data: 07.04.08 For many rice farmers in Asia, the commodity they produce ends up as food in their stomachs, not cash in their bank accounts. 24. Assault on Champions League to roll on data: 07.04.08 The English Premier League is odds-on to provide three of the four Champions League semi-finalists for the second successive season this week, with Barcelona on course to complete the quartet. 25. Draw extends Manchester United lead data: 07.04.08 Wayne Rooney earns Manchester United a draw which extends their lead over Chelsea to three points. 26. Barroso in change plea to Mugabe data: 10.04.08 European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says the people of Zimbabwe have voted for change. 27. Setanta talks on possible sale end data: 07.04.08 Setanta Sports, the Ireland-based pay-TV channel, has ended exploratory sale talks after potential bidders demurred from its high price tag 28. U.S. Senate panels to investigate Bear Stearns deal data: 27.03.08 Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. defended the takeover even as he called for more transparency on the part of Wall Street. 29. 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. 30. Cypriots are offered a chance to grieve for victims of conflict data: 27.03.08 In Nicosia's buffer zone separating Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, families can view at last the remains of relatives who vanished in fighting in the 1960s and 1970s. |