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Inside the river towns rebuilding after the longest monsoon in a decade
Families, engineers and local councils are trying a different approach: build less, but build to flood.
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Why the four-day week is quietly spreading through small studios
Owners say output held steady. Staff say the real change was fewer meetings, not fewer hours.
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A young keeper’s run of clean sheets has scouts booking flights
Nineteen, self-taught on a school pitch, and suddenly the most-watched goalkeeper in the league.
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Local elections: what changes with the new ward map
Boundaries moved in fourteen wards. Here is how to check where you vote.
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Business
Garment makers look to smaller, faster orders
Buyers want shorter runs and quicker turnarounds. Factories are retooling to match.
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Travel
A weekend in the tea hills, without a car
Buses, a local guide and one very early train: a route anyone can follow.
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Opinion
Our cities need more benches, not more billboards
Public seating is cheap, popular and nearly always the first thing cut.
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