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European fund for Welsh start-ups

8 February 2008

A £150 million investment fund aimed at providing capital for small businesses in deprived areas is to be established in Wales.

Coalfield renewal scoops RTPI cup

8 February 2008

Top prize in the RTPI Planning Awards 2007 has gone to a ground-breaking coalfield community renaissance project in Nottinghamshire.

Buffer zones proposed to protect Welsh households

8 February 2008

Greater protection for people living near opencast mining sites in Wales should be provided via 500-metre buffer zones between extraction sites and housing, the Welsh Assembly Government has proposed.

Agency board to deliver London homes

8 February 2008

A sub-committee of the new homes super-agency is to be established to speed up the delivery of affordable housing in London and the South East.

No verdict on casinos, DCMS claims

8 February 2008

The government has insisted that no final decision has been taken on the fate of the proposed Manchester super-casino.

Porous paving materials encouraged by water strategy

8 February 2008

Planning permission will not be required for paving front gardens as long as porous materials are used, DEFRA has announced.

London affordable housing board launched

8 February 2008

A partnership to secure more affordable housing in the capital has been announced by housing minister Caroline Flint and London mayor Ken Livingstone.

Housing breakthrough

By Tim Williams

8 February 2008

Our social housing model needs work

What's On - Regeneration-related TV and Radio

8 February 2008

- Friday 8 February. 2.00am: Dispatches. Channel 4. Every week in 2007, a teenager was murdered on Britain's streets. Young people in south London and Glasgow talk about the violence they have experienced (Repeat).

Diary

8 February 2008

Playgrounds are sometimes a magnet for cider-drinking, hoodie-wearing teenagers.