2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (359+ words) Plans to build the UK's second-tallest residential building in London have been approved after a close vote by councillors. The £2bn development at Vauxhall Square from Bmor, Cedarstone Capitial Partners and Cheyne Capital includes 25% affordable housing and student accommodation. Seven buildings…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (557+ words) Pigeons have been leaving a town's High Street looking dirty and efforts to deter the birds from congregating have failed, a mayor has said. Declan Craggs, the mayor of Diss, Norfolk, said Diss Town Council has tried using ultrasonic sound…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (626+ words) Residents at a block of flats have said they are "frustrated and angry" after struggling with broken lifts, sewage and uneven paving. People living at Iron House in Slough, Berkshire, have been complaining about similar issues for more than eighteen…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (652+ words) A disabled man and his carer say they fear becoming homeless after being served a no-fault eviction notice just weeks before a government ban on the practice came into force. Roger Parker and his friend Susie Bell have lived in…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (600+ words) A landlord has described how she was forced to live with family and in a camper van for months as she could not get a tenant to leave her property. Victoria Mountain, who got her Surrey home back after allegedly…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (429+ words) Plans for a new settlement of about 3,500 homes between York and Selby have been revived after proposals stalled during changes to North Yorkshire's planning system. Escrick Park Estate said it was progressing plans for Heronby, a new community on land…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (213+ words) A developer has been given the go ahead to build 58 homes in a village - but only after some councillors complained they had no other choice. Wiltshire Council's planning committee approved outline permission for the homes on farmland at Berryfield, near…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (325+ words) Tens of thousands of people have flocked to the coast for a kite festival in Lancashire. The opening day of the annual three-day St Annes International Kite Festival was disrupted by 40mph winds on Friday. However, the wind dropped for the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (25+ words) City Centre South covers 17 acres and replaces a shopping area built in the 1950s and 60s. Building work under way for £450m city revamp...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (467+ words) A councillor has said he is prepared to fight "tooth and nail" against plans to build hundreds of homes opposite a school in Leicestershire. Barratt Redrow announced plans to create a 400-home development off Meadow Lane in Whitwick, near Coalville,…...