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As a gardener, Brian Matthews, 72, has lovingly tended to the vegetable garden of his council house for thirty years and is now set to lose his treasured plot of land. Winchester City Council has decided they will bulldoze a structure next door as well as use half of the plot of land to build two new houses.

Due to the fact the building sector of the economy is struggling currently, a builder’s merchant is teaming up with the Builders Merchant Federation (BMF) campaign to Get Britain Building.

On New Years of this year a Plasterer from Gloucester punched a teenage girl, knocking out one of her teeth instantly and causing a second to be removed later has managed to escape jail.

Pop star Lily Allen asks builder boyfriend to move in with her. After only four months of dating according to the Daily Mail she believes he’s “the one”.

A homeowner from Bradford was forced to evacuate his house due to insufficient work done by cowboy builders. In the hopes of creating more space in his inner city home he hired builders to renovate his basement.

It’s challenging to imagine life past 100, or even more so what to do to celebrate a post 100th Birthday.

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A group of builders from Leeds have returned to work after digging up an unexploded shell on a building site.

The device, thought to be a World War II bomb, was uncovered on Goodman Street in Hunslet on Wednesday. A 100m perimeter was set up and nearby offices had to be evacuated.

It wasn't necessary for the bomb to be set off in a controlled explosion.

Recent news:

A plumber stumbled upon a half submerged car in an icy stream between Carnwath and Biggar Scotland and managed to assist in rescuing an injured woman.

The car apparently ran through a hedge, down a hill and into the icy waters, leaving the woman inside drifting in and out of consciousness. Brian McVey, noticed the car and thought it was from an accident the previous night but decided to investigate anyway.

Pimlico Plumbers may not be the well known plumbing company of the UK for much longer if Britain increases income taxes to soften the blow of massive British debt.