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Rents around London’s nicest parks, Property

Rents around London’s nicest parks

Plus mortgage news roundup and lastest repossession figures

By | Property | Friday, 10 May 2013 at 2:19 pm

Secondary Breast Cancer: Good news but feeling blue, Health

Secondary Breast Cancer: Good news but feeling blue

I seem to be in a never ending storm of feeling blue, tired, run down, fed up, lonely and sad and I’m having a tough time finding the sunshine again.

By | Health, Notebook | Friday, 10 May 2013 at 5:00 am

Animal experimentation: Crueler than we thought, Notebook

Animal experimentation: Crueler than we thought

The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) has exposed the appalling plight of animals in medical research through an undercover investigation at Imperial College London.

By | Notebook | Friday, 10 May 2013 at 2:00 am

Voting starts for Shed of the Year 2013, Property

Voting starts for Shed of the Year 2013

Plus live in an airfield control tower, gas safety risk for renters, and buy-to-let borrowing

By | Property | Thursday, 9 May 2013 at 10:02 am

Property world’s reactions to Queen’s Speech, Property

Property world’s reactions to Queen’s Speech

Government proposals “will impose more red tape on all landlords”

By | Property | Wednesday, 8 May 2013 at 1:45 pm

The rise of community cooperative ownership in Wales: I’ll drink to that…, Notebook

The rise of community cooperative ownership in Wales: I’ll drink to that…

David Cameron believes ‘we’re all Thatcherites now’. In one North Wales town battered by her policies they beg to differ and community cooperatives are on the rise…

By | Notebook | Wednesday, 8 May 2013 at 1:35 pm

Your chance to live in a Grand Design, Property

Your chance to live in a Grand Design

Plus, how much does a house cost to buy and the case for a land value tax

By | Property | Wednesday, 8 May 2013 at 11:28 am

The Road to the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc: Rat Race Road Trip London to Edinburgh cycle, Notebook

The Road to the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc: Rat Race Road Trip London to Edinburgh cycle

When I signed up for the two-day Rat Race Road Trip, London to Edinburgh cycle ride, I thought, how hard can that be? I clearly didn’t think hard enough. This weekend, three months on from that decision, I found out.

By | Notebook | Wednesday, 8 May 2013 at 9:00 am

How retail technology could save the record, Bytesize

How retail technology could save the record

Did you go to your local record shop on Record Store Day? It was a nationwide series of events aimed at saving the nation’s independent record shops. Come on, these are the keepers of the flame. If we don’t support them they’re gone and the world will belong to the likes of Simon Cowell. So did you go and buy something from your local record shop?

By | Bytesize, Digital Digest | Wednesday, 8 May 2013 at 5:00 am

Has someone famous lived in your house?, Property

Has someone famous lived in your house?

Plus less red tape, more Garden Cities, and keeping up with the Joneses

By | Property | Tuesday, 7 May 2013 at 11:25 am

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