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No casualties reported as huge fire breaks out in village of makeshift homes located on fringe of Seoul’s upmarket Gangnam district.Published On 16 Jan 202616 Jan…

Australian authorities are assessing the damage after one of the worst heatwaves in years resulted in bushfires igniting across the country’s south-east, with hundreds of homes…

The government’s renewed enthusiasm for building new towns may make for bold headlines, but it risks missing the people who need housing most. Even senior planners…

Senior planners involved in building the country’s postwar new towns have raised concerns about the government’s new towns programme, criticising a lack of ambition and insufficient…

The shop windows are decked out in their festive finery, there are carols on the stereos and the tills are ringing. The independent stores, cafes and…

By Raymond Zhong, Jason Gulley and Bora Erden Jason Gulley spent four weeks trekking through the Everest region to report and photograph this article, which was…

With its donkey rides, historical grand pier and long sandy beach, Weston-super-Mare is a quintessential Victorian seaside resort; busy with ice-cream toting crowds in the summer…

Steve Reed, the new housing secretary, has said he is “appalled” at the slow pace of housebuilding as he used his conference speech to pledge that…

The government is expected to announce on Sunday a programme to build 12 new towns across England in a bid to address the country’s housing crisis.The…

For visitors to Burntcoat Head Park in Nova Scotia, a scramble along the russet shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean is a pilgrimage to the site of…