US ambassador to UK encourages Northeastern’s Women Who Empower to speak their minds and ‘not be afraid’

LONDON — At the U.S. embassy in London there is a hall where portraits of the former ambassadors to the United Kingdom hang. “The hall is a stark reminder of the sex and race of historic ambassadors,” said Jane D. Hartley, who has been U.S. ambassador to the U.K. and Northern Ireland since 2022. Noting the one exception, she said, “If you go down that hall, it’s all white men.”

Sandbach saga: meet the housebuilder standing up to Michael Gove

In the latest example of the housing secretary intervening in planning on design grounds, we talk to Colin Muller of Muller Property Group, about the Sandbach development in Cheshire East which has been called in Colin Muller, owner and founder of Cheshire-based Muller Property Group, is straight talking when it comes to secretaries of state for housing, describing the current role holder, Michael Gove, as “overzealous” and “self-important.” He is preparing to “do battle” with Gove over a plann

Gove intervenes in two more planning applications on design grounds after Berkeley Homes row

Following his attempt to block the Tunbridge Wells scheme, the housing secretary is set to make decisions on planning applications in Leamington Spa and East Cheshire Michael Gove, the housing secretary of state, has intervened in two further planning applications on design grounds according to documents seen by Housing Today. Following Gove’s attempt to block a 165-home Berkeley Homes scheme in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on the grounds that the design was “generic” – a controversial decision he l

This Opulent A-List London Townhome Can Be Yours for $33 Million

A “rare” 10,000-square-foot house on a London street that’s almost as famous as the A-list actors known to have lived here is currently on the market for $33 million (£26.75 million). Ennismore Gardens has been home to a string of Hollywood stars, from Ava Gardner to Sir Michael Caine, and the street itself has even played feature roles in several movies and television series—including Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy and the original TV series The Avengers. The stucco-fronted home comes complete with

Housebuilding concerns at fore as Tories lose control of key councils

Difficult night for the Conservatives with the party losing control of Windsor & Maidenhead and East Herts Public attitudes to housebuilding appear to have played a key role in areas where the Conservatives were defeated in yesterday’s local government election. With many areas still to declare, control of Windsor & Maidenhead local authority was wrested from the Tories by the Liberal Democrats, which gained 13 seats, amid swings of more than 20% in some wards. It follows a campaign by Libera
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