More cafes, green spaces and sports facilities to boost City

Revealed – the blueprint to get City thriving again: More cafes, green spaces and sports facilities in pipeline to lure firms after Brexit and Covid We can reveal that a planning blueprint will recommend creating a vibrant Parisian-style cafe culture The document will lay out plans for more sports facilities and evening and weekend entertainment  … Read more

Amazing Spaces: George Clarke and Will Hardie revisit rotating home

Amazing Spaces viewers have branded George Clarke and designer Will Hardie’s 360-degree rotating home which fits four rooms in one ‘off the scale genius.’  In last night’s episode, George took a look back at arguably his most ambitious project, when he and Sussex-based designer Will Hardie built a gravity-defying, rotating home inspired by vintage sci-fi comics. … Read more

Viewers of George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces in floods of tears

Viewers of George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces were left in floods of tears last night after a joiner suffering from a rare form of muscular dystrophy transformed a circus wagon into a cute holiday home.  Paul Tomlin, from Oxford, appeared on the programme last night as he renovated the 19th century vehicle, which had rotten walls … Read more

A dash of Autumn colour: Red, pink and gold – bulbs to brighten up the dullest of spaces 

A dash of Autumn colour: Red, pink and gold — bulbs to brighten up the dullest of spaces Nigel Colborn shared advice for brightening up dull spaces with Autumn colours British gardening expert said small trees and shrubs can brighten a garden up Autumn is short-lived so the smaller the working space, the more selective … Read more

Australian women are now turning their spaces into incredible gin stations in the kitchens

Forget tea and coffee! Women are now turning their spaces into incredible gin stations in the kitchens Australian women are now arranging stylish gin stations in their kitchens The trend first surfaced online after a woman shared a photo on Facebook  ‘You all do your lovely tea and coffee stations, this is our gin station!’ … Read more

Letitia Wright discusses ‘creating spaces’ for black women in the film industry

Letitia Wright has discussed ‘creating spaces’ in the film industry in a new interview. Starring in ELLE UK’s November issue, the Black Panther star, 26, declared ‘we have to be that solid foundation for each other’ as she posed in an accompanying cover shoot.  On there not being enough space carved out for black women … Read more

London mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants facemasks worn in ALL the capital’s public spaces

Sadiq Khan today said he wants face masks worn in all London’s public spaces in a 15-point coronavirus crackdown he thrashed out with council leaders. The Mayor of London has urged ministers to impose a 10pm curfew on all pubs and restaurants throughout the capital in a bid to ‘reduce the amount of hours people … Read more

Goodbye to the British back garden: Architects ditch traditional yard in favour of shared spaces

Architects on a government shortlist to design England’s next generation of affordable housing have drawn-up plans favouring community gardens and shared spaces in favour of the traditional back garden. A number of winning designs for the Home of 2030 contest feature common areas that run from the front doors of residents’ homes to shared vegetable … Read more

More than 100 UK churches are renting out their parking spaces to drivers

Some churches in the UK are earning an average of £200 a month by renting out their parking spaces to drivers, it has been revealed. A website that allows property owners to hire out their vacant parking facilities says that over 100 churches are now registered online – and making a tidy sum out of … Read more