China bans cities from building skyscrapers taller than 1,640 feet

1. Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world at the moment. It’s set to be overtaken by the Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia, which boasts a height of one kilometres (3,280 feet) One of the most famous buildings along the Persian Gulf, Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world today, … Read more

Building sites will be allowed to stay open late and at weekends to help construction industry

Construction sites will be allowed to stay open late and during weekends in a proposed move by ministers to help firms get back to work and avoid worsening impact wreaked by the coronavirus outbreak on the economy.  A proposed temporary override of measures that typically prohibit building work being undertaken at night or on Sundays … Read more

Kim Kardashian shares a sweet photo of her daughter Chicago building a tower

She shared a throwback from the 1990s featuring her mother Kris Jenner the day before. Kim Kardashian moved on to her daughter Chicago, two, on Tuesday as she started organizing the photos on her phone. The 39-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians star shared a cute photo to Instgram of the toddler playing with her … Read more

Vernon Building Society launches offset retirement interest-only deal

Retired homeowners looking to convert their home equity into cash have in the past had limited options. Traditionally, the route to do this was through equity release, usually through a lifetime mortgage – but these are often expensive, and can eat into a borrower’s remaining home equity, limiting what they leave behind in inheritance.  But … Read more

They’ll slash your savings rates… but how many building society fat cats will cut THEIR pay?

For nearly 250 years, building societies have played an important part in maintaining the financial fabric of communities up and down the country. Providing loans for home buyers and a safe place for savers to squirrel away their hard-earned cash. Although their numbers have shrunk dramatically over the years, the stoic 43 that remain continue … Read more

Amazon is building a lab to test employees for coronavirus

Americans are increasingly being spotted wearing face masks in public amid the coronavirus pandemic, as are people are around the globe. Soon, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may advise all Americans to cover their faces when they leave the house, the Washington Post reported.   The agency is weighing that recommendation after initially … Read more

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s dad bond while building a basketball hoop during quarantine

Shawn Mendes and girlfriend Camila Cabello’s dad bond while building a basketball hoop as he quarantines with her family in Miami By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 18:49 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 20:01 BST, 9 April 2020 Shawn Mendes looked like he was having a great time while bonding with girlfriend Camila Cabello’s … Read more

Inside Little Mix’s lockdown: Binge-watching Tiger King, baking, building Disney Lego

They are all currently isolating separately with various family members, pals and boyfriends while locked down during the coronavirus pandemic. And the Little Mix girls have revealed how they’ve kept busy in quarantine away from each other, as they joked they will start to have ‘withdrawals’ soon. During an interview on Apple Music, Perrie Edwards, … Read more

Bill Gates reveals he is spending billions of dollars building factories to develop Covid-19 vaccine

Bill Gates is spending billions of dollars building factories to develop a vaccine against coronavirus. The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropic billionaire said seven vaccine makers had secured funding but admitted that mountains of cash may be lost before a cure is found. He revealed the mammoth investment on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah after … Read more

Ecuador is building ‘special camp’ for coronavirus victims amid struggle with increasing body count

Ecuador’s government said on Thursday it was building a ‘special camp’ for coronavirus victims in the country’s largest city of Guayaquil, where an outbreak has killed over 80 people, with many bodies left at home for days. President Lenin Moreno said the official total of 120 deaths across the Andean nation, among the highest tallies … Read more