Mill building collapses as massive early morning blaze rips through businesses and firefighters warn neighbours to stay in with windows closed Firefighters called to Morton Mill in Failsworth, Manchester at 5.22am today Blaze was seen engulfing the mill building and a boarded up home nearby Elecricity to homes in the area is affected and Oldham Road closed … Read more
The Russian army is rush-building 16 emergency coronavirus hospitals amid warnings of an ‘explosion’ of cases in the country. Three thousand troops are working ‘around the clock’ to build the hospitals, which will be able to hold 1,600 patients when finished. Russia has just 840 confirmed cases of coronavirus, but there are signs the infection … Read more
Boris Johnson is under growing pressure to stop non-essential construction workers heading to building sites as Britain attempts to tackle the spread of coronavirus. The Prime Minister has faced calls across the political spectrum for more stringent rules so workers are not placed at risk, and public transport is not overwhelmed. Mr Johnson, who will … Read more
France is building military field hospitals as the world intensifies its battle against coronavirus with deaths hitting 13,274 and cases soaring above 300,000. Soldiers were pictured setting up medical centres in Mulhouse, which along with Alsace, is France’s worst-hit region. Shoppers in Dubai are now greeted with ‘stay safe’ markings in supermarkets to encourage social distancing … Read more
Developers could be BANNED from building new homes in areas that are at ‘high-risk’ of flooding as Government orders a review of planning rules after massive storms caused chaos across the UK Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said ministers would review planning laws His statement followed the wettest February since records began Thousands of homes and … Read more
Hackers are using the world’s fear of coronavirus against them. Security experts found fraudulent websites are using maps tracking the outbreak to infect people’s computers and steal personal information. The malicious software being used is known as AZORult, which was first discovered in 2016 and currently sold in Russian forums with the sole purpose of … Read more
Savers looking for monthly pocket money have been dealt a blow by the news one of the nation’s largest building societies will no longer pay monthly interest on its fixed-rate bonds. Yorkshire Building Society previously offered monthly interest payments to savers who held its one, two and three-year fixed-rate bonds and Isas, but now only … Read more
The hard-working Victorians who first built the reservoirs, pipes and sewers that have kept the rapidly-growing population of London watered and clean ever since the end of the 19th century are revealed in a collection of newly-restored photographs. Impeccably-dressed men are seen wearing full suits as they stand on muddy construction sites and oversee building work … Read more
Former sailor spends 900 hours building a matchstick Mayflower as his wife praises the 70,000-piece vessel for keeping him out of the pub David Reynolds, 61, used 70,000 matches to create his Mayflower ship replica The 4ft high and 5ft long model has tiny anchors and rigging blocks along side The creation weighs nearly 16lb and took … Read more