UK homes are smallest in Europe

UK is facing an extreme space crunch and now houses are becoming smaller and smaller. London has the smallest house in the Europe and to end this woes London Mayor Boris Johnson has threatned to make a law about minimum space standards on all council flat houses. The Mayor...

Toronto: Diary of a Grade 9 Drug Runner

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThis series of events in one of Toronto's poorest neighbourhood could well be any large city in North America whereby the "Have Nots, see the Haves" and selling drugs is...

Up to 100,000 homes at flood risk

"Almost 100,000 properties in Scotland are at risk from flooding, it has been revealed. The figures were announced as Scotland's first national summit on the issue is expected to begin in Perth. The Scottish Government has published a detailed FLOOD MAP showing the places...

McMansions 'wasting water'

"McMansions 'wasting water' By Mary Bolling May 17, 2007 12:00am Article from: Herald-Sun Font size: + - Send this article: Print Email * Minister says large homes soak up scarce resources * Wants smaller homes built on new estates * Says consituents' homes suffer...

McMansions 'wasting water'

"McMansions 'wasting water' By Mary Bolling May 17, 2007 12:00am Article from: Herald-Sun Font size: + - Send this article: Print Email * Minister says large homes soak up scarce resources * Wants smaller homes built on new estates * Says consituents' homes suffer...

SoCal wildfire slows at doorstep of hundreds of homes

"Fire crews guarded homes Wednesday as a massive wildfire crept within a half-mile of hundreds of dwellings in rural Ventura County. More than 220 fire engines were dispatched to mountain communities threatened by...

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