Three-bedroom Oxfordshire home has been named the best house in the world by The Architectural ReviewDespite looking more like a glorified wartime bunker, property has topped list of best new homes worldwideProperty developer Mike Spink and wife Maria paid £6.7million for 50-acre plot before building Fayland HouseJudging architects praised the property's 'radical take on a country house' and its 'challenging, uneasy' designBy Emma Glanfield for MailOnline Published: 10:26 GMT, 15 Read more [...]

Three-bedroom Oxfordshire home has been named the best house in the world by The Architectural ReviewDespite looking more like a glorified wartime bunker, property has topped list of best new homes worldwideProperty developer Mike Spink and wife Maria paid £6.7million for 50-acre plot before building Fayland HouseJudging architects praised the property's 'radical take on a country house' and its 'challenging, uneasy' designBy Emma Glanfield for MailOnline Published: 10:26 GMT, 15 Read more [...]

By Matthew Cobb Last updated at 12:56, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 A revised application has been made to build on a site currently occupied by a Grade II listed building in Carlisle. Read more [...]

For sale: Scandalous socialite Donald Burns’ crib on North Ocean Boulevard (MLS photo) PALM BEACH — Telecom millionaire Donald Burns‘ Palm Beach house of orgies is for sale! The house at 1021 North Ocean Boulevard is on the market for $28.75 million, Gossip Extra has learned exclusively. The news comes just a week after Palm Beach society figure Burns’ dirty laundry was aired out in a federal extortion trial, embarrassing the well-liked 20-year resident of the chichi island. Palm Beach Read more [...]

For sale: Scandalous socialite Donald Burns’ crib on North Ocean Boulevard (MLS photo) PALM BEACH — Telecom millionaire Donald Burns‘ Palm Beach house of orgies is for sale! The house at 1021 North Ocean Boulevard is on the market for $28.75 million, Gossip Extra has learned exclusively. The news comes just a week after Palm Beach society figure Burns’ dirty laundry was aired out in a federal extortion trial, embarrassing the well-liked 20-year resident of the chichi island. Palm Beach society Read more [...]

A man has been arrested in connection with a fire which destroyed an historic chapel in Aberfan. South Wales Police said investigations determined the blaze at Capel Aberfan was started deliberately and a 27-year-old man from Merthyr Tydfil has been arrested in connection with the incident. Fire crews from six stations across South Wales battled the fire after it was reported at around 2.30am on Saturday, as neighbours watched on in tears. Locals watch as fire rips through Capel Aberfan The chapel Read more [...]

A  bacon smokehouse, a sewer gas destructor lamp and part of Greenham Common air base are among a clutch of oddities listed by Historic England in the past year The body, which took over the role of protecting buildings of historic importance from its predecessor English Heritage, has published the highlights from the 510 new additions to the National Heritage List for England in the past 12 months.The newly listed heritage sites have been designated by the Department for Culture, Media and Read more [...]

A  bacon smokehouse, a sewer gas destructor lamp and part of Greenham Common air base are among a clutch of oddities listed by Historic England in the past year The body, which took over the role of protecting buildings of historic importance from its predecessor English Heritage, has published the highlights from the 510 new additions to the National Heritage List for England in the past 12 months.The newly listed heritage sites have been designated by the Department for Culture, Media and Read more [...]

The impact of climate change might mean there is crumbling brickwork and coastal erosion to contend with but the institution’s supporters are anything but endangered species.But in looking after the nation’s treasures, nothing can be taken for granted, according to director-general Dame Helen Ghosh. Citing a colleague’s wise words, she says: “Conservation is about managing the process of change, not keeping things exactly as they are.”It might be why from a position of obvious strength Read more [...]

Top Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, head of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, has escaped from a maximum-security prison for the second time, Mexican officials said as they launched a manhunt. Guzmán was last seen about 9pm on Saturday in the shower area of the Altiplano prison, 56 miles outside Mexico City, according to a statement from the national security commission. He went to the shower area but security cameras lost sight of him. Upon checking his cell, authorities found it Read more [...]