Yobs 'making towns no-go areas'
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Anti-social behaviour after dark is turning town centres into no-go areas, a Commons committee chairman says.
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The head of a race equality body has said many black and Asian people in the UK feel they do not belong outside towns and cities.
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A PLAN to build 27 houses is to be debated by a planning committee.Bett Homes has submitted the application to Derwentside District Council to develop land at Four Winds, on Wesley Terrace, Castleside.
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By Kathi Dunsmore  Editor, Times-Dispatch:  Regarding the proposed residential development on the south and northeast sides of Yowell and Elmont Roads in Hanover: As an adjacent property owner, my first and foremost concern is the density of the proposed single-family units.
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"This is yet another example of the 'Alice in Wonderland' world of human rights. If you break British law for long enough, you acquire rights, not penalties."  BELFAST, Northern Ireland. Perhaps there will not always be an England. An exodus unprecedented in modern times, coupled with a record influx of foreigners, threatens to erode the character of the land of ... via Washington Times
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Future generations will not be able to afford to buy rural homes without government action, two bodies warn.
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Residents in council housing in Bristol, are up in arms over a decision by their local council to ban doormats because they pose a &quot;tripping hazard&quot; for anyone escaping a fire, The Guardian reported.
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After decades putting up -- and tearing  down -- hundreds of thousands of cheap identikit homes, Britain  is planning a new wave of housebuilding with a major challenge:  to produce communities that last.
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RockvilleÂs new mixed-use downtown aims to avoid the ÂAnyplace U.S.A.Â look.
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How the changing landscape of the UK's urban areas is driving hedgehogs out of our cities.
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Mayor Anthony Williams (website - news - bio) says the city has returned to a bad habit of not honoring its commitments. He says he made the agreement with the council and baseball to cut this deal.
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There is a reluctant reception for the Irish government's plans to move thousands of staff out to provincial towns.
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Catchment areas ought to be banned to prevent richer families buying their way into good schools.
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Driving around a rapidly growing city on unfamiliar streets is not fun.
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Study finds more than 1,000 small towns have an uncertain future as larger centres and the internet take business away.
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More than 50 pubs and clubs in Swansea work with police to exclude troublemakers in a crackdown on yob behaviour.
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By CAREN BURMEISTER  A Beaches affordable housing coalition is criticizing a Mayport Road workforce housing project for not targeting income groups like the 800 families who lost their homes when their residences were sold and converted to condos.