8.4% of offices in London sit unoccupied - above the long-term average, around 5%. But pace of conversion from office-based residential could be quicker. Many issues are practical; large floor plans lead to poorly lit and badly ventilated spaces. There's also the issue of red tape: zoning laws restricting housing in office districts.
Since Brexit’s earliest days, the trade status of Northern Ireland and its border with the Republic of Ireland have been a perilous sticking point. We examine a deal that might—and should—resolve matters at last. Our correspondent looks at all the plush office space being converted into family homes. And an obituary for the ruined city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.
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