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The Builders London is the principal trade organisation for private sector housebuilders and voice of the home building industry in England and Wales. It is an exciting industry filled with many talented people and organisations, providing sustainable and attractive homes to meet the demands of consumers.

Our member firms account for approximately 80% of all new homes built in England and Wales in any one year, and include companies of all sizes, ranging from multi-national household names through regionally based businesses and small local companies.

1. Massa wins as Hamilton stumbles data: 07.04.08
Ferrari's Felipe Massa dominates the Bahrain Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton fails to score and loses the championship lead.

2. Blast kills Sri Lankan minister data: 07.04.08
Sri Lankan Highways Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle is among 14 people killed in a suicide bombing, officials say.

3. Yahoo ups the ante against Microsoft data: 19.03.08
Yahoo attempted to bolster its case for an improved offer from Microsoft, releasing stronger-than-expected financial projections to support its decision that the proposed deal had seriously undervalued it

4. Obama grabs the spotlight in Europe, too data: 27.03.08
The fact that a black man may become the Democratic presidential candidate has intrigued Europeans at a time when such a prospect still seems far off in most countries on the Continent.

5. Dollar falls below 7 yuan data: 10.04.08
The milestone underlined China's growing economic strength and its increasing use of the currency as a policy tool.

6. Kenya opposition urges restraint data: 10.04.08
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga asks his supporters to exercise restraint after talks break down.

7. Richard Hammond: It was love at first sight with the Morgan Aeromax data: 07.04.08
..AND IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

8. New appeal to identify Islay body data: 10.04.08
A fresh plea is made for help in identifying a man's body which washed up on Islay two years ago.

9. 'Post Office Lite' at the village library data: 10.04.08
Royal Mail is to install mini-post office counters in village libraries and church halls across the country after the closure of thousands of traditional post offices

10. Barca official says camouflaging player indiscipline data: 10.04.08
Barcelona are using player injuries to hide the fact that a number of players have been sidelined for indiscipline, a high-ranking official at the club said on Wednesday.

11. The need to share a dark secret data: 07.04.08
Felix Dennis has retracted his "confession" but why do people suddenly own up to murder years later?

12. Jowell defends torch parade role data: 07.04.08
Minister says taking part in the Olympic torch parade is no endorsement of China's human rights record.

13. Fall girl's family thank rescuers data: 07.04.08
The parents of a girl who fell 100ft from an escalator thank shoppers, store workers and medical staff.

14. 5,000 children a month added to DNA database data: 07.04.08
One in four people being added to the DNA database is a child, it emerged yesterday.

15. City: Cineworld's Depp pockets data: 19.03.08
Bumper audiences flocked to cinemas last year to enjoy a string of blockbuster movies.

16. BT charges ÂŁ127 for call to local hospital data: 10.04.08
By Sophie Borland

17. Islam overtakes Catholicism in number of adherents data: 07.04.08
Muslims made up 19.2 percent of the world's population and Catholics 17.4 percent, the Vatican said Sunday.

18. Music cache from Hitler's headquarters features Jewish and Russian musicians data: 27.03.08
Outward hatred for Jews and Russians may have belied a secret passion for some of their greatest musical works, if a recently discovered cache of records proves to be the remains of Adolf Hitler's private music collection.

19. Asian businesses and workers suffer from dollar's weakness data: 27.03.08
The sliding value of the U.S. dollar against most global currencies is putting many businesses and workers under increasing financial pressure.

20. Paul Routledge: Fag ban will work, no ifs and no butts data: 07.04.08
Ssst? Wanna buy some dirty, dangerous drugs that will eventually kill you? I got psome real hard stuff, genuine Virginia. Just like Marlboro Man used to smoke.

21. Sue Carroll: Thank God Fayed's forced to let Di rest data: 10.04.08
At the end of play, as befits the owner of a Premier League side who has just thrown disgusting sums of money at his team, Mohamed Al Fayed discovered this week that even his vast wealth couldn't buy him the result he wanted.

22. Serbia proposes dividing Kosovo along ethnic lines data: 27.03.08
The proposal, submitted to the United Nations, is the culmination of a campaign by Serbia to entrench its political and administrative control over the northern part of Kosovo, which has a Serbian majority.

23. City: Severn Trent fined for lying to customers data: 10.04.08
Severn Trent has been fined a record £35.8million for fiddling its figures.

24. Shannon Matthews' mother held over kidnap data: 07.04.08
Exlusive: The mother of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews was arrested last night in connection with the alleged kidnap of her nine year old daughter.

25. New Labour chief may reject job over debt data: 10.04.08
The crisis engulfing Gordon Brown's leadership has deepened after the man he hand-picked to clean up Labour's finances held back from taking up the job amid fears about the party's ÂŁ20 million debt.

26. Sydney Opera House serenades architect data: 10.04.08
He has never actually laid eyes on the finished product, but the creator of the Sydney Opera House has been serenaded in Australia on his 90th birthday.

27. Police warning to Shannon estate data: 10.04.08
Police warn neighbours of Shannon Matthews' family against taking the law into their own hands.

28. Margaret Thatcher 'would win election today' data: 07.04.08
Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher is voted the greatest post-war prime minister in survey.

29. IOC'S Rogge says "very concerned" after torch protests data: 07.04.08
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said on Monday he was "very concerned" after protests disrupted the Olympic torch relay in London.

30. EU threatens a mozzarella ban data: 07.04.08
EU officials Thursday threatened Italy with a possible Europe-wide ban on mozzarella from the Campania region unless Rome provided more details about production of the cheese, samples of which were found to contain higher-than-permitted levels of dioxins.


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