Nearly 250 new homes are planned to be built on a car park site in Guildford under a deal struck by the council. Guildford Borough Council has announced a new partnership with development firm the Wates Group, to develop the site in Guildford Park Road. The authority said it had...

Nearly 250 homes planned for town car park site

Councillors say the site is being used by gang meetings, drug users and people on off-road bikes.

Almost 300 homes to be built on old industrial site

The leader of Crawley Borough Council said the cost of temporary housing is "not sustainable" and reported a £3m overspend on the provision. Labour leader Michael Jones made the remarks during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Mr Jones said growing housing pressures...

Crawley council warns housing costs 'not sustainable'

Aurora, CO

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Aurora’s pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness, which only allow a maximum 30-day stay, have been cycling the same individuals in and out, city staff told council members Thursday. Many return to street encampments when their time in the pallet shelter runs out, Jessica Prosser, homeless services director for the city, said. Then, the city sweeps the encampment again, and they get to come back to the shelter for another 30 days, Prosser explained. This process can repeat multiple times.

Aurora pallet shelters a revolving door for homeless

The new development of 18 purpose-built modular homes has opened in Newquay.

New homes open for recently homeless people

A council is to use a government grant of £342,000 to buy temporary homes for Afghan refugees. North East Lincolnshire Council will use the funding to buy four properties, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) said. One of the four properties would be used for general temporary homeless accommodation.

Grant to buy homes for refugees and homeless

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Here’s a story that’s making waves in the retail world: Conn's HomePlus, a well-known discount furniture chain, has just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. And the news isn’t just about numbers—it’s about real people and places, so let’s dive into what’s happening.

Another retail giant has just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is shutting down several stores.

The former Co-op store in Corby has been empty since 2016.

Concern over homes plan for former supermarket

New York City, NY

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Plans to build 120 homes on the edge of a village can go ahead after the developers successfully appealed against a council decision to reject the proposal. Developers, including Bellway Homes, saw their project for land to the east of Ploughley Road in Ambrosden, Oxfordshire, turned down by Cherwell District Council in July 2023.

Developers win appeal to build 120 village homes

The Standard

A man has been charged with rape after a woman was dragged into a garden and attacked in north London. The victim, aged in her 20s, was walking along Manor Park Gardens, Edgware, when she was ambushed at just before 10.30pm on June 27.Kyle Kinsella, 26, of Arlington Drive, Warrington, was charged with rape and intentional strangulation. He is appearing at Willesden Magistrates’ Court to face the charges on Monday. A police statement said: “At 22:25hrs on Thursday, 27 June, a member of the public reported that a woman had been found partially clothed in Manor Park Gardens, Edgware. “The...

Man charged with rape after woman in her 20s ambushed and dragged into garden in Edgware

A chain of charity shops has closed its changing rooms due to rampant shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. Guild Care, which has 15 stores across Sussex, said it had shut all but two of its changing rooms to deter thieves and that new shops would not include them at all. "Unfortunately,...

Theft forces charity shops to shut changing rooms

Local people love taking photographs of Salem as he visits shops, banks and the hairdressers.

Three-legged cat 'brings town together'

Virginia State

Wendy's birthday was spent away from her loved ones. Virginia Wendy Williams fans, the latest update is not encouraging. The former talk show host turned 60 on July 18 without any of her loved ones around. According to Yahoo, family members remain "out of bounds" and have no access to Wendy as she battles dementia and progressive aphasia.

The family of talk show diva Wendy Williams were unable to celebrate her 60th birthday by her side

Denver, CO

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

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Conservatives have done the United States a huge favor by explaining in detail what they’ll try to do if Donald Trump is reelected. Project 2025 , a “presidential transition project” of the Heritage Foundation, helpfully lays out how a group of former Trump officials would like to transform the country into a right-wing dystopia where the rich thrive and the rest of us die aspiring to be rich.

Project 2025’s Plan to Gut Medicare and Medicaid

A Somerset man who attacked his wife with a baseball bat and broom has been jailed. Ashley Jeanes was sentenced to three years and one month at Taunton Crown Court on Thursday. Between March 2019 and January 2020, Jeanes assaulted and injured his wife on multiple occasions, the court heard.

Man who attacked wife with baseball bat jailed

Network Rail says a new underpass in Needham Market is due to be finished by the end of 2024.

Railway crossing where actress died is to close

The regulator says new rules will help prevent millions of people falling victim to phone fraud.

Crackdown on scam calls imitating UK phone numbers

A woman who was seriously injured after being attacked while out walking her dog has died in hospital, police said. Anita Rose, 57, was found unconscious on a track in Brantham, Suffolk, on Wednesday. She died in Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge on Sunday morning. Police said a 45-year-old man from...

Housing providers slammed for poor standards

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