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Builders LondonThe Builders London is the principal trade organisation for private sector housebuilders and voice of the home building industry in England and Wales. It is an exciting industry filled with many talented people and organisations, providing sustainable and attractive homes to meet the demands of consumers. Our member firms account for approximately 80% of all new homes built in England and Wales in any one year, and include companies of all sizes, ranging from multi-national household names through regionally based businesses and small local companies. 1. Crowded jails 'make Scotland more dangerous' data: 10.04.08 Overcrowded jails are making Scotland a more dangerous place, the chief inspector of prisons has said 2. Berlin denies Libya training role data: 07.04.08 Germany denies media reports of official involvement in an alleged scheme to train Libyan anti-terror police. 3. Techs buck the trend on debt data: 07.04.08 A downturn in the US economy and turmoil in the debt markets has done little to slow a sea-change in the balance sheets of some of the technology industry's leading lights 4. Herrero wins Basque stage data: 10.04.08 Spaniard David Herrero won the third stage of the Tour of Basque Country in a bunched sprint finish on Wednesday. 5. Economic slowdown hits Silicon Valley data: 10.04.08 Job growth has slowed, start-up companies are spending more cautiously, and early-stage investors who nurture the start-ups are growing more frugal. 6. Hugo Claus, often caustic Belgium author, dies at 78 data: 07.04.08 Claus, who had Alzheimer's disease, died at Middelheim Hospital in Antwerp. "He himself picked the moment of his death and asked for euthanasia," his wife, Veerle De Wit, said in a statement, as quoted by The Associated Press. 7. Ford closes sale of Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata of India data: 27.03.08 Tata Motors said Wednesday it would buy the luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motor for about $2.3 billion in cash, less than half the price that Ford paid for the two companies. 8. Sugar offers bankers television lesson data: 19.03.08 Promoting the fourth series of 'The Apprentice', Sir Alan Sugar says that investment bankers could learn basic business tenets from the BBC show 9. London's mayoral race offers plenty of bluster and blunder data: 07.04.08 The election, between Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone, has become a litmus test of the national political mood and an important referendum on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's wavering Labour government. 10. Sarkozy appeals to FARC for hostages' freedom data: 07.04.08 The French government said Wednesday that it was trying to help a woman who has been held hostage by Colombian rebels for more than six years, as her son warned that she needed an immediate blood transfusion to stay alive. 11. Saracens and Toulouse into Heineken semis data: 07.04.08 Saracens produced a terrific all-round performance to overwhelm the Ospreys 19-10 while Toulouse thrashed Cardiff Blues 41-17 on a bad day for Wales in the Heineken Cup quarter-finals on Sunday. 12. 'Mother' held in Shannon inquiry data: 07.04.08 Unconfirmed reports say a woman arrested over the alleged abduction of Shannon Matthews is her mother. 13. Police weapon handover criticised data: 19.03.08 Failings in the handling of weapons given to North Wales Police by the public for disposal are highlighted. 14. Yahoo seeks boost from ad sales system data: 07.04.08 New platform aims to simplify significantly the process of buying and selling adverts online and improve Yahoo's value in the face of Microsoft's renewed takeover efforts 15. Web giants take sides in battle for Yahoo data: 10.04.08 Yahoo ratcheted up its efforts to improve its negotiating position in the face of an unsolicited takeover bid from Microsoft amid signs that it was edging towards a three-way alliance with Google and AOL 16. John McCain: Israel's enemies threaten us all data: 19.03.08 The success of Hamas and Hizbollah in the Middle East is not only a danger for Israel, but also a threat to US national interests, said John McCain, the US Republican presidential candidate. 17. Judges rule in Saudi arms inquiry data: 10.04.08 Judges are to rule whether the scrapping of a probe into a controversial UK-Saudi arms deal was illegal. 18. Hope Not Hate: MAGIC BUS data: 19.03.08 AFTER 14 days, 1,700 miles and thousands of supporters, the Hope not Hate bus pulled into its final destination yesterday. 19. BSkyB nets more Champions League data: 19.03.08 British Sky Broadcasting is going into extra time against the BBC and ITV to win the last remnants of European Champions League coverage in the UK after it secured the majority of games in a ÂŁ240m, three-year deal 20. Car bomb explodes in Spain after warning call from ETA data: 27.03.08 Spanish police say a car bomb has exploded in the northern Rioja region after a warning call from the Basque separatist group ETA. 21. John McCain makes second Shia slip data: 10.04.08 John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate who has based his White House campaign on his foreign policy expertise, has again been caught making a basic error. 22. Welsh beaches plagued by plastic data: 10.04.08 Beaches in Wales have more plastic litter than any other country in the UK, an annual beach survey finds. 23. Tributes paid to Anthony Minghella, dead at 54 data: 19.03.08 Tributes are flowing in to Anthony Minghella, the Oscar-winning British film director who has died from a haemorrhage after undergoing routine surgery last week: 24. Zico seeks end to foreign player limits in Turkey data: 10.04.08 Fenerbahce coach Zico has called for an end to restrictions on the number of foreign players at Turkish clubs after Chelsea knocked his side out of the Champions League. 25. Payout for death of Olympic hopeful, 15 data: 07.04.08 The parents of a teenage diver tipped for Olympic glory have won undisclosed damages from the swimming club where he lost his life. 26. Olympic torch relay protest timeline data: 07.04.08 The Olympic torch relay through London descended into chaos after pro-Tibet protesters disrupted the event, leading to 35 arrests. Here is a timeline of events. 27. Games website helps companies compete for business data: 07.04.08 CompeteFor is an online portal on which contract opportunities from the London Olympics will be published. It should be busy. More than 50,000 contracts will be... 28. India's 'sensory assault course' data: 07.04.08 Peter Day says India's traditional bazaars and their sensory assault course are here to stay, despite an invasion by huge superstores. 29. New U.S. flight delays loom as safety reviews expand data: 10.04.08 Chaos at airports in the United States could go on for weeks as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the airlines expand their scrutiny of passenger planes. 30. HBO appoints entertainment president data: 10.04.08 HBO, the Time Warner-owned premium cable network, named Sue Naegle as president of entertainment, entrusting her to shepherd a new generation of programmes to replace defining hits like the multi-award-winning The Sopranos and Sex and the |