Inside the tiny community of English master thatchers, a fight is unfolding over a tradition that may not survive.

London's Walbrook Street yielded an astonishing discovery in 1952: a remarkably preserved 1800-year-old Roman temple dedicated to Mithras. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons The most amazing secrets ...

Slums now occupy nearly 24% of Mumbai’s land and house more than half of its population, according to findings by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA). Mumbai real estate update: Slums now occupy ...

17 May 2026 — Ministers, mayors, international organisations, urban planners and experts are in Baku, Azerbaijan, to tackle one of the world’s fastest-growing challenges: the global housing crisis, ...

I grew up in Lewisham. I've seen it change a lot, just in my lifetime. I wondered what might have changed over a century. Boxing has always long fascinated me too. It is controversial, working class, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The public house, which was built in the mid-1800s, closed permanently in 2024. The developer aims to “sensitively re-develop” the ...

Mumbai: Even as successive governments have promised a “slum-free Mumbai,” the encroached area in the city has grown by 68% between 2011 and 2025, according to satellite-based estimates by the Slum ...

A massive fire broke out at a slum cluster in Lucknow's Vikas Nagar area on Wednesday evening, destroying more than two dozen huts and triggering panic among residents. The blaze reportedly started in ...

A London council has apologised for delayed repairs to a Gypsy and Traveller site, after a charity said residents have been left living in “slum conditions”. The London Gypsies and Travellers (LGT) ...

In 19th century London, rapid population growth led to extreme overcrowding in burial grounds. Bodies were often exhumed within days, broken apart, and moved into mass bone pits to make space for new ...

Christians struggle to help displaced residents find shelter. Every Saturday morning, Joshua Idowu, 37, picks up his soccer cleats and a whistle and leaves his home in Makoko, a century-old fishing ...