EXPLAINED: 17 - The Real Truth

Shameful treatment of vulnerable families in heatwave

Letters: Fernando Quintana Marrero responds to a report about children housed in a building in London becoming sick after families were denied air conditioning

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29

Scotland 'miles behind' rest of UK on tackling social home fraud, expert warns

THOUSANDS of Scottish social homes could be lost to tenancy fraud while authorities lack the powers to properly investigate the problem, an expert…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 29

How short-term lets are eroding centuries of Scottish tenement culture

FOR generations, living in a Scottish tenement has meant more than simply sharing a building. but that sense of community is threatened by…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 29

Councils ordered to plan for housing 30 years away

'Cynical' local councils are being taken to task as one state demands a long-term feasible plan for housing development in its capital city.

AAP · Jul 29

Three more women come forward to make allegations against Anthony Di Nardo

The former real estate agent now faces 19 charges against eight women.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 29

‘Dodged a bullet’: inflation eases to 3.8%, reducing chances of interest rate rise for Australia’s mortgage holders

ABS data shows inflation still too high but tracking lower than anticipated

The Guardian - AU · Jul 29

Bangkok land prices pushed up by mass transit lines

Land prices near Bangkok's expanding mass transit lines are continuing to rise, with eastern and outer suburban locations posting the strongest gains, even as the overall land price index slipped from the previous quarter.

Bangkok Post · Jul 28

London council clashes with Sadiq Khan over proposals to develop Green Belt

Draft proposals, if approved, could see new areas of Metropolitan Green Belt land in the capital released for development

Evening Standard · Jul 28

A San Francisco resident kept hearing strange noises behind the wall, days later a racoon broke into the bedroom with her newborn babies

Two San Francisco roommates spent nearly two months trying to identify strange scratching noises coming from inside their apartment walls. The mystery ended when a mother raccoon that had built a nest inside the wall gave birth to babies and later broke through into one tenant's bedroom. The roommates eventually…

The Times of India · Jul 28

More women at risk of domestic homicide seeking shelter

Women at risk of domestic homicide are increasingly seeking safety at community shelters, with migrant women the most likely to return to an unsafe home.

AAP · Jul 28