Nominees sought for environmental pioneer awards London West United Kingdom - This is your chance to get your environmental performance recognised by the Environment Agency. Our new Environmental Pioneer Awards recognise organisations that lead the way on environmental performa... |
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Gaze - York off the boil, quirky on it 
Lot 8947 An oval panel of painted leaded glass, heraldic shield - Anno 1677. Sold £350 Norfolk United Kingdom - Carl Willows said that the auctioneers struggled to get the first bid in a generally subdued air at the architectural salvage sale on 21 August at Gaze's of Diss. However, there was a better mix of bi... |
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Demolition firm fined for diesel leak Northamptonshire United Kingdom - An oil spill at a former pie factory which was being demolished in Chester Road, Wellingborough was the responsibility of Deltatrax Ltd trading as BDS Specialists in Demolition, Northampton magistrate... |
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Staffordshire Hoard To Stay In The Midlands Staffordshire United Kingdom - The hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold unearthed a couple of miles from the home of UKAA by a Burntwood metal detectorist has been saved for generations of local families to enjoy, after a huge fundraising cam... |
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Let Defra have your views London West United Kingdom - Jonathan Essex asks for everyone to respond to Defra's waste review.
Defra writes: Preparing for reuse means checking, cleaning or repairing products or parts of products so that they can be re-us... |
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Chinese rice mortar tradition confirmed Beijing China - Oral tradition has it that old Chinese building mortars contained rice broth and bittern, instead of the hydraulic lime used in the West, due to the shortage of naturally-occurring hydraulic material.... |
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H&SE issues cherrypicker guidance 
Above: MEWPs scissor-lift mobile platform (left) and two cherrypickers [photo safetyculture.com.au Glamorgan United Kingdom - The UK Health & Safety Executive have issued guidance notes on safe practice with cherrypickers and other mobile work platforms.
More people die from falls at work than from any other cause but the... |
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Married at a salvage yard 
Architectural Antiques Minneapolis ready for dinner [photo from website Minnesota USA - Rachael Hope, director of digital ads at MTV, and Jeremy Tilsner, financial data analyst, were married at Architectural Antiques Minneapolis on 6th August.
Architectural Antiques is not the only sa... |
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Out of control passion at Malplaquet House London East United Kingdom - 'Is it a house at all, you wonder, as room after limewashed room reveal the compulsive collecting disorder of its owners? Every inch of wall space is covered with pictures and there is a gradual encro... |
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Create your own demolition company online 
[photo. Steam - online demolition Berlin Germany - New German demolition game, 'in a city where buildings are constructed as rapidly as they are torn down again you get to take control of an emerging demolition company. A multitude of missions lead yo... |
