Chancellor voices Greece-Eurozone fears

George Osborne has warned the stand-off between Greece and the Eurozone is becoming the biggest risk to the global economy. The chancellor was speaking after his meeting with Yanis Varoufakis, in which he urged the Greek finance minister to “act responsibly" in any bailout negotiations with Europe. He added the stand-off presented "a rising threat to our economy at home". Greece’s new government unveiled proposals on Monday for ending the confrontation with its creditors by swapping outstanding debt for new growth-linked bonds, running a permanent budget surplus and targeting wealthy tax-evaders.

Love is in the air in Watford

Rightmove has ranked the top areas for those looking for love, taking into account the number of people who are single, the number using internet dating and the proportion which heads out to socialise. Watford tops the tables, closely followed by Edinburgh. Slough, Sunderland and Cambridge follow in the rankings, with London sitting at ninth.

Construction job boom to continue

A new report published by the Construction Industry Training Board has estimated that 200,000 new jobs will be created within the construction sector by 2019. This means 40,000 workers will be needed to fill new vacancies each year, 8,000 more than previously expected. The report also predicts that private housing will increase by 4.6% over the next few years. Annual average construction output will rise by an average of 2.9% across the UK. A separate survey has found that the number of graduates has reached a record high, with new graduate posts within the construction industry rising by 22.1%, the third most significant growth behind the tech industry and the Teach First programme.

Bad air in over 15m British homes

A Europe-wide study by the National Institute for Health and Welfare in Finland has estimated that 15.3m homes in Britain are so badly ventilated that families are at risk of “toxic home syndrome”, which encompasses a number of allergies and illnesses caused by bad air. These conditions contribute to around 128,666 deaths in the UK each year.

“Manorial rights”

The Times reports that about 90,000 “manorial rights” claims, including rights to hunt and shoot but also mine or frack in other people's property, have been lodged with the Land Registry. Thousands of home owners could see their property values plummet as a result of the "anachronistic" legal powers, which date back to feudal times. They allow “lords of the manor” to claim rights over property even if the owner possesses the freehold. Some 84,000 manorial rights notices were registered between December 2012 and July 2014, yet only 3,200 notices had been registered in the previous decade.