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Abandoned buildings could be turned into community centres in push to revive high streetsLabour will allow councils to seize abandoned shops to give them a new lease of life as cooperatives or community centres, a policy designed to revive struggling...

Petition demands that the company not provide any technical services to US immigration agencies, citing 'system of abuse'Tech giant Google is facing a demand from hundreds of employees for an assurance that it will not bid on a government cloud com...

Rise in number of local authorities using companies to police streets for littering The number of litter fines issued by councils has almost quadrupled in six years, with more than 250,000 handed out last year.The rise coincides with a growth in the ...

The Netherlands has found an ingenious way to combat rising water - build housing that does the sameCould climate change-resistant homes help solve the housing crisis? The Met Office's conclusion was unequivocal. There is "no doubt� climate change p...

Volunteers hope restoration will return UK seaside town to its former glory and reverse its declineThere was a time, when Clare Cooper was a child, when she thought Great Yarmouth was "a magical world�. Her family, from Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, c...

Stock market dips and tariff uncertainty have the president anxious about the possibility of a recession on his watchDonald Trump has made the US economy a centerpiece of his re-election campaign, relishing reports of steady job growth and low rates ...

With share prices at record low, luxury carmaker faces struggle to realise ambitious 'second century plan'The Aston Martin Lagonda chief executive, Andy Palmer, clearly had his eye on his place in automotive history when he launched a grandiose "se...

Pension fund accused over labour rights and involvement in corruption scandalAtaer Holding, which is on course to buy British Steel, is a subsidiary of Oyak, a Turkish military pension fund set up shortly after the country's 1960 military coup.With ...

Shoemaker enjoys revival as old classic wins fans among rebellious younger generationIts footwear has been stomping down British high streets for nearly 60 years but Dr Martens is reporting record sales as fresh political upheaval and a trend for chu...

Number of flights taken by BEIS staff rises from 2,700 in previous year despite carbon footprintThe Whitehall officials responsible for tackling the climate crisis dramatically increased their domestic flights last year despite the huge carbon footpr...

We can rent a RugDoctor for about £25, but we're worried that it may be a waste of time and moneyEvery week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it's up to you to help him or her out - a selection of the best answers will appear in next ...

The days when all students lived in pretty much the same standard of digs has long goneUniversity - you know the fees, but what about the costs?£6,000 a year for a room? If I were a student, I'd probably go on strike tooRich parents are being chased...

Rents paid by university students have been rising by about double the rate of inflation for yearsUniversity - you know the fees, but what about the costs?Super deluxe student accommodation for wealthy parentsWhen did it become acceptable to treat un...

Car was once owned by JCB billionaire and Tory party donor Lord Bamford An Aston Martin DB5 used to promote the James Bond film Thunderball has sold for $6.4m (£5.2m) at the world's biggest classic car auction in California.The car, which was once o...

The town is straight off a box of fudge, all honeyed stone and pansies waving from prize-winning basketsWhat's going for it? Helmsley's so sweet I can feel the cavities forming in my teeth from 10 miles away. The town is straight off a box of fudge...

Current political uncertainty or trade restrictions could shock business confidence, but policymakers are fixated on financeThere's a hoary old proverb in the financial markets that a crisis happens precisely when the institutional memory of the las...

Software glitch prevented investors trading for more than an hour and a halfThe London stock market has suffered its worst outage in eight years after a systems failure prevented investors from trading shares in Britain's biggest companies.A softwar...

Tower Hamlets says Backstreet bar is 'an important community asset' and blocks 46-flat towerThe UK's last remaining strict leather and rubber fetish gay club has been saved after a London council blocked plans to redevelop the East End site into a...

International concerns grow over deforestation surge since Jair Bolsonaro took powerNorway has followed Germany in suspending donations to the Brazilian government's Amazon Fund after a surge in deforestation in the South American rainforest. The mo...

Rupert Hogg ousted and new management brought in to 'reset confidence', says chairCathay Pacific's boss has quit after protests in Hong Kong led to the airline's share price plunge, as it came under intense pressure from Chinese authorities to re...