Setting up facilities for armed forces personnel to email home when on long
tours of duty is one of the means by which the services are bolstering
recruitment and retention.

The Armed Forces recruited more than 26,000 personnel in 1998/99 – the best
figures since the end of the Cold War.

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Property developers and planners have been told to visit Birmingham for an
example of how to build in harmony with the people who live in a city.

Culture Secretary Chris Smith told architects at an Urban Design Alliance
conference in London that people do not just want good buildings to live in
themselves, but the right mix of facilities, access and quality public space
around their home.

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