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Images show disgusting scenes after kids football coach recklessly dumped sofas and mattresses
Mark Williams pleaded guilty to three charges of depositing waste without a permit
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Shameful fly-tipping by Mark Williams in North Ormesby (top left and right) and Middlesbrough (bottom left)
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By Elizabeth Hopkirk2021-02-11T07:00:00+00:00
Former RIBA president accuses government of offering ‘second-rate loans’ to people in dangerous buildings
The government has been warned the building safety measures it announced yesterday could have a string of unintended consequences.
A tax on developers could inhibit new schemes and push up property prices, while the Building Safety Fund application process is so complex it is deterring building owners who urgently want to improve safety for their residents, said Katherine Metcalfe, legal director at law firm Pinsent Masons.
There was also widespread anger at how many people were left out of the Robert Jenrick’s package of support which will see the government forward-fund the cost of cladding repairs alone, and only for buildings over 18m.
The government’s announcement of extra funding for cladding remediation and a tax on “large developers” in England has brought criticism from leaseholders
COUNTY Durham residents are in safe hands as a group of trainee firefighters have just passed their apprenticeships – with one of them achieving some of the best marks in the country. Fire service apprentice Connor Moir finished his apprenticeship this week with distinctions in every area, which placed him in the top 2 per cent of fire service apprentices in the UK. In 2017, County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service joined forces with New College Durham to offer a business fire safety and firefighter apprenticeships. The programme aims to prepare apprentices to be firefighters. Connor, from Newton Hall, Durham, was part of the first cohort of apprentices to join the scheme.