New £500m town centre welcomes its first tenant this month, but displaced traders say promises that they could return have been brokenDiana Sach once employed more than 30 people and catered for hundreds more every day from her...
Read MoreNew £500m town centre welcomes its first tenant this month, but displaced traders say promises that they could return have been brokenDiana Sach once employed more than 30 people and catered for hundreds more every day from her...
Read MoreAlmost all of the sandy stretches on the country’s 8,000km of coastline are run for profit. Now ‘free beach’ campaigners are fighting back against the mafia, the military and those profiteering from sun loungers and...
Read MoreCity plans to triple system of underground pipes that distribute chilled river water, reducing need for individual cooling unitsAs heatwaves intensify across Europe, most cities are reaching for a familiar fix of more air...
Read MoreTen years ago, after complaining that traffic was ‘driving him nuts’, Musk’s Boring Company began building underground tunnels to ease congestion on the roads. Did he overpromise and underdeliver?It’s another blindingly bright...
Read MoreCouncils spend heavily on grisly yet ineffective methods. Why won’t they consider a proven, low-cost and humane strategy?By some estimates there are almost 3 million pigeons residing in London, which has the highest pigeon...
Read MoreViral reviews of artisan cafes across the capital are sparking a debate over cost, culture – and who gets a slice of the cityThe video that started it all was innocuous enough: a woman in her 20s posted on TikTok about how she...
Read MoreHemmed in by the sea and poor transport links, many young people from the Yorkshire town feel trapped, but there is also a pride in the areaIt’s the morning after a wet and stormy day in the Yorkshire seaside town of...
Read MoreWhen Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degreesThe seaside city of...
Read MoreAn extraordinary mosaic of wildlife has made Britain’s urban jungle its homeLondon is the only place in the UK where you can find scorpions, snakes, turtles, seals, peacocks, falcons all in one city – and not London zoo. Step...
Read MoreFrom Copenhagen’s cycle lanes and Vienna’s shared parks to Barcelona and London’s unfulfilled potential, better living is close at handThe angry rumble of a speeding SUV. The metallic smog of backlogged traffic. The aching heat...
Read MoreTwo decades ago, the city’s council chose to prioritise playgrounds and youth clubs to help its poorer families – and the benefits are plain to see• Read more: Last youth centre in one of England’s most deprived coastal areas...
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