Over 14,000 cowboy builder complaints made to date in 2022 FOI data reveals a 31 per cent rise in complaints to the Citizens Advice Bureau between 2020 and 2021.Window fitters, kitchen fitters, and general builders among those most likely to be rogue traders

The nightmare began with a leaking roof. Andrea Giles* duly sought out a specialist company to repair it. But in the space of a month, Giles, a full-time carer for her disabled husband and two special needs children, had lost almost £13,000 and part of the roof of her home after falling victim to two sets of cowboy builders.

A wall collapsed at a house during nearby building work as householders were abruptly woken up in the early hours by a crashing sound.Residents at a group of converted barns in Worton, near Cassington, were woken at approximately 2am in the morning (Monday October 28).

A building collapse in Birmingham has prompted the evacuation of neighbouring properties with the area cordoned off today, Wednesday, October 16. The emergency services responded to reports of a 'structurally dangerous building' on Cotterills Lane.

A builder has been given a suspended prison sentence after he put the lives of workers at risk on a construction site in London.David Beadle, trading as Beadle the Builders, failed to comply with a prohibition notice issued by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in relation to unsafe working at height at the site on Woodyates Road in South East London.