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Nine new prisons set to be built across the UK

The UK government will build nine new prisons in England and Wales as part of Chancellor George Osbourne's spending review, a recent news source has been able to reveal.A total of five prisons are scheduled to be built by 2020, with cash for the £3bn building programme being generated through closing Victorian jails in city centre locations and selling the sites for new housing.
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Plans approved for major redevelopment of Durham city centre

Plans for a major redevelopment of the The Gates shopping centre in Durham city centre have been approved by the local authority, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find.Proposals include developing a cinema and a new riverside promenade featuring 35,000 sq ft of restaurant space and 253 student accommodation bed spaces.
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New £18m Student Development opens in Liverpool

A new £18 million student accommodation facility in Liverpool featuring 323 purpose-built rooms in a mixture of en-suite flats and self-contained studio apartments has just opened in Liverpool, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.The Glassworks project was developed on the site of a former glassworks factory, with construction work beginning in March 2014.
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Offices at London's Old Bailey to undergo £59m refurbishment

The 1980's era building at 20 Old Bailey will undergo a comprehensive modernisation and upgrade programme, involving extensive structural alterations and internal remodelling, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.Further works include renewing the frontal elevation and the addition of two further floors at roof level.