3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (342+ words) Plans to demolish an empty building in the centre of Newport are expected to be approved next week. Earlier this year, with backing from the UK Government's Shared Prosperity Fund, Newport Council acquired the three-storey property in Commercial Street for…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (632+ words) A council says it is using fake flowers to avoid having to water them during the drought. North East Lincolnshire Council has placed plastic floral displays in planters on the A180 flyover in Grimsby, citing both budget and water shortages as…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (329+ words) The site of a former county hall in Cwmbran is being turned into a residential scheme providing 143 new homes. Housing association Codi Group has appointed housebuilder Lovell to deliver the £35.6m development Construction work, which is under way, is scheduled for…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (480+ words) IKEA is launching its own second-hand service where shoppers will be able to buy and sell pre-loved furniture. The service will effectively turn IKEA into its own rival to Facebook Marketplace, eBay and Gumtree - allowing owners to cash in on…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (500+ words) What can €1 buy you? If you’re willing to swap your hometown for Sicily, it could get you onto the property ladder. That’s because Naro, a medieval town on the southwest of the Mediterranean island, is offering would-be homeowners the chance…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (218+ words) FC Barcelona footballer Pablo Páez Gavira, better known as Gavi, is reported to have allocated 1.3 million euros to a housing project for people who are homeless or in vulnerable situations in Los Palacios y Villafranca, the town in Seville where…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (796+ words) My mother is my best friend, and gardening is one of our favorite shared hobbies. Ever since I could walk, I would be out in the garden with her, growing vegetables, cutting flowers, and plucking weeds. She's now 65, and I'm…...