Six suspects have been arrested during a search operation on 19 properties throughout England. Three are being held in custody to appear before magistrates. The action relates to an investigation into suspected advance fee fraud and commercial rent fraud. The searches, involving more than a hundred investigators and police officers, took place to prevent further loss to victims. [...]
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Thames Water: Key milestone to protect 800 West Ham homes from flooding
A tunnelling machine called ‘Theodora’ finished digging a two-mile long sewer, 2.8 metres in diameter, under East London today, to help protect 800 West Ham homes from flooding. Breakthough: ‘Dora the Bora’ comes home ‘Dora the Bora’, as she’s known in West Ham, has spent seven months drilling the tunnel which passes under the Jubilee [...]
Barnsley Brickworks fined after schoolgirl killed by boulder
Release No: YH/431/09 A company was today fined after being convicted of failing to provide and maintain a suitable barrier around the boundary of a quarry where a 13-year old schoolgirl died. On 26 April 2007, Amber Worth from Brierley, in Barnsley, and her friends gained access to Carlton Main Brickworks Limited at Carlton Brick, [...]
The Bank of Mum and Dad continues lending
The Bank of Mum and Dad continues its lending – and spending ACCORDING to latest research, one in four parents plan to use their savings to help their children buy a first home. Around 23 per cent of parents say they already have £41,000 saved in order to provide financial assistance to all their children. [...]
Council of Mortgage Lenders – Housing market stabilising but not yet ‘normal’
New data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders shows further signs of stabilisation in the mortgage market, but transactions are still weak on a historic basis. Lending for house purchase and remortgaging both increased in June, albeit from very low levels. There were 45,000 house purchase loans, worth £5.9 billion, up 23% from 36,500 loans [...]
Prime Minister Gordon Brown – Building Britain’s Future
The Prime Minister has published a plan for “Building Britain’s Future” which aims to make Britain a “fairer, stronger and more prosperous society”. Visit Building Britain’s Future website Building Britain’s Future – download the pdf The document outlines the PM’s plan for economic recovery. It also charts the Government’s goals for renewing democracy, modernising national [...]
Aberdeenshire Council – Greenbelt Group – Policy on open spaces unresolved
Mixed response on maintenance move Policy on open spaces unresolved By Leanna MacLarty – Press and Journal EFFORTS by Aberdeenshire Council to prevent a land maintenance company from gaining control of public open spaces has received a mixed response from housing developers. The local authority wrote to all big developers in the north-east asking them [...]
Scotland faces a long wait before economic recovery, as unemployment continues to rise
It’s a slow grind from here – Say Ernst & Young June 2009: Scotland will continue to suffer from the impact of the global economic downturn until 2017, despite having already shown the first tentative signs of stability and improving business confidence, according to research released today by the Ernst & Young Scottish ITEM Club. [...]