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United Kingdom: Why were these houses built on a flood plain?
Posted by Telegraph: William Langley on December 2nd, 2012
Telegraph: To the young families buying their first homes on a smart new Denbighshire housing estate, the attractions seemed irresistible. The prices were reasonable, and a dreamily worded brochure assured them that as residents there, beside the ancient town of Ruthin, they would be "well placed to enjoy all that North Wales has to offer', with "delightful days out amid the majestic beauty of Snowdonia and a coastline renowned for its natural beauty'.
Then there was the clincher -- a written assurance that...
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Posted by Telegraph: William Langley on October 15th, 2011
Telegraph: It took the human race a long time to invent the rubbish bin, and although the idea seems simple, many of us have yet to master the details. Some leave their rubbish anywhere except in the bins, others appear to confuse the bins with bicycle stands and public urinals, while a few fail to grasp the core notion that the things are meant to hold rubbish.
Into this awkward latter category now arrives Oliver Letwin, the 55-year-old Cabinet Office Minister, who last week had to apologise for dumping...
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