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...2 trillion was lopped off the value of global markets. Equity markets now show strong signs of recovery, but this is only one part of the overall picture. More telling – and more significant – is the behavior of investors making longer-term commitments. Property funds with substantial U.K. holdings have seen downward revaluations of their portfolios, the pound...

...2:46 pm on Friday, March 11, 2011, a massive 9.0 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast. The quake was bigger and lasted longer than the hundreds of quakes which rattle the nation annually, but did little damage to homes and businesses. Unfortunately, however, the danger was far from over. Within 40 minutes massive waves of water, some as high as six stories,...

...2 years. During this time, these highly trained theatre nurses, intensive care nurses and midwives worked as care assistants. Care homes only provide basic nursing care: if specialist nursing care was needed, residents were admitted to hospital, and thus, the nurses became deskilled. They also had limited access to training and professional development, therefore, by the...

...2 of the blocks were demolished in 2012 and with the remaining 6 blocks in the Red Road development bulldozed on October 11 2015, it brings to an end the story of the rise and fall of what must surely be, if not the most iconic, then certainly among the most iconic of post-1945 public sector housing developments in the UK. The Red Road was emblematic of large-scale...