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Mon, 4 August 08
The Telegraph

PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR BRITISH SEASIDE DEVELOPMENT

Details of the first wave of regeneration at Britain’s seaside resorts have been released, under the Government’s “Sea Change” initiative. The redevelopment plans will see £10m invested in cultural and heritage projects in Blackpool...

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Thu, 31 July 08
BBC News

UK HOUSE PRICE FALL 'AT A RECORD'

UK house prices showed their biggest annual fall since the Nationwide began its housing survey in 1991. The 8.1% annual decline came after house prices dropped by 1.7% in July, the building society said...

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Tue, 29 July 08
News Post Leader

COUNCIL LOSES COURT OF APPEAL FIGHT

A COUNCIL has lost its battle to have a high number of affordable homes included in all future housing developments. Blyth Valley Borough Council this week lost its Court of Appeal fight to revive its policy...

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Mon, 28 July 08
Daily Express

HOUSE PRICES TO RISE BY 25%

HOUSE prices will soar by nearly a quarter over the next five years, it was predicted yesterday. The average value of a home is set to reach £275,000 by 2013, a study says. The biggest rise is predicted in the...

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Mon, 28 July 08
24 Hour Museum

FIRE DESTROYS WESTON-SUPER-MARE'S GRADE II LISTED GRAND PIER

Damage to the Grand Pier at Weston-Super-Mare in today's fire is potentially so bad as to render future restorations extremely difficult, according to a conservation expert. Fire broke out on the Grade II listed...

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Mon, 28 July 08
BBC News

PLANS FOR NEW NATIVE FOREST

Conservationists are planning the biggest forest of trees native to the UK in England. The Woodland Trust aims to plant 600,000 trees on an 800-acre site near St Albans in Hertfordshire...

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Fri, 25 July 08
Evening Standard

MAYOR WON'T OBJECT TO 43-STOREY TOWER BLOCK

Boris Johnson has decided not to object to plans for a 472ft skyscraper on the South Bank. The £200million Doon Street tower is proposed for a site between Waterloo Bridge and the Oxo Tower. The 43-storey...

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Thu, 24 July 08
The Guardian

GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS ECOTOWN PLANNING STANDARDS

At least one worker per household in the government's new ecotowns should be able to get to their job by walking, cycling or using public transport, according to plans outlined today by the housing minister, Caroline...

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Mon, 21 July 08
The Times

PRINCE OF WALES'S VISION CITED AS MODEL FOR RURAL EXPANSION

Villages in the style of the Prince of Wales's Poundbury in Dorset must be created around market towns to help to resolve the housing shortage and bolster the rural economy, a government review will conclude this week...

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Sun, 20 July 08
The Observer

HOUSE PRICES 'DESTROYING VILLAGE LIFE'

Many families will still be priced out of homes in the countryside even in the most severe property crash, according to new research warning that traditional village life is now at risk of dying out. Young couples...

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