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Keep up to dateNick Rhodes, of Oxfordshire housing association Sovereign Vale, sent in this photograph taken by one of his tenants. 鈥淭his is a novel way to cut the top of a hedge,鈥� he says.
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Balfour Beatty launches safety investigation after incident earlier this month
William Burkitt of Stiles Harold Williams Partnership sent this picture of a man who has obviously decided that one ladder is not enough
鈥淣ot only is the plank precariously balanced but there is also a significant fall as the windmill is perched above a rocky outcrop,鈥� notes Clive Woodford, who took this photo while on holiday in Crete.
It is not good for anyone that some of the sector鈥檚 most high-profile projects are bid by just two firms, writes Dave Rogers
Bold leadership, greater diversity, a circular approach and a focus on cracking the housing crisis are on my wishlist for 2025, writes Ellie Jenkins of Akerlof
There is much to like in the updated planning guidance but ministers should demand that new housing targets are delivered sooner rather than later, writes Paul Smith
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