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Tesco lodges legal challenge

23 November 2007

Supermarket giant Tesco has lodged a legal challenge against Sunderland City Council's adoption of a contested unitary development plan. Tesco claims the plan leaves unclear the status of the former Vaux brewery site it owns and wants to develop.

List of highest paid public sector employees

23 November 2007

Five regional development agency chief executives feature in a list of the UK's 300 highest paid public sector employees drawn up by lobby group the Tax Payers' Alliance. Olympic Delivery Authority chief executive David Higgins and former ODA chairman Jack Lemley were among the top ten. The list is available via www.regen.net/doc.

Green gridlock

23 November 2007

Ideas for green spaces in the Thames Gateway are ambitious. But there are serious questions over integration and funding.

Clear case

23 November 2007

A transparent vaulted roof features in plans for Manchester's science museum.

A Tory warning

By Sir Peter Hall

23 November 2007

Has regeneration really had no effect?

Make it Your Business

23 November 2007

A scheme to increase entrepreneurship in Sheffield's poorest neighbourhoods.

A policy mix-up

23 November 2007

The Thames Gateway is set for a wave of inward migration, much of it by ethnic minority people. But despite BNP wins in Barking and Dagenham, nobody has a strategy for handling any resultant tensions, says Nicola Carroll.

Off to a slow start

23 November 2007

The Thames Gateway has a long way to go in meeting its target number of new homes.

Second opinion

23 November 2007

Masterplan seeks to foster cohesion in Crumlin Road, Belfast.

Eight more bodies back cross-sector course

23 November 2007

An initiative in the North-West that aims to help regeneration professionals develop generic skills has been endorsed by a further eight professional bodies, potentially doubling the number of people engaged with the programme.