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City council has approved a multimillion-dollar settlement of fraud and construction deficiency lawsuits launched over the Winnipeg Police Service headquarters project...

A new leisure centre is set to be built in an Essex town despite its total project cost increasing by more than £8m. Epping Forest District Council’s cabinet has voted to award the design-and-build contract for the job to Pellikaan Construction Ltd, at an estimated cost of £26.3m. The tender submission envisaged a start on

A London council has said it remains “committed” to building a major new leisure centre, but is revising its plans after the estimated construction cost doubled to nearly £80m.  Kingston Council said the new town centre facility will still go ahead but that it cannot commit to a timeframe, as it takes stock of plans

The APC Presidential Campaign Council on Saturday said local farmers in the country were ready for the ‘agbado and cassava revolution’ as contained in the manifesto of the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu had polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rivals, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party’s Peter Obi...

Manchester City Council has approved plans for a 27-storey residential tower in the city centre. The One Cathedral Square development, which will contain 300 apartments, makes up the third and final part of a £210m scheme that includes a hotel and 4,600 square metres of office space. The 26,000-square-metre tower will be built on the

The busy high street is still partially closed Contractors are working to stabilise a four-storey building that partially collapsed on to a busy London shopping street last week. Hackney Council said it had taken control of a project on Stoke Newington High Street after scaffolding and masonry fell on to the pavement on Friday (27

Warwickshire County Council has opened bidding for a £200m contract to supply building services, maintenance and compliance services across its real estate portfolio. The four-year contract will last until September 2027. The successful contractors will undertake works for various schemes and functions across the county on properties either owned or operated by the council, as

Live facial-recognition technology should not be used by police in Newham until biometric and anti-discrimination safeguards are in place, according to a motion passed unanimously by the council, but the Met Police and the Home Office have indicated they will not suspend its use By Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Senior reporter Published: 19 Jan 2023 14:00