Steep green hills drop right to the shore of Lake Annecy. Building and living here means adapting to the land, weather, and water. Each house is a test of balancing views and risk.

Cameron and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch have been pulled into a bitter legal row over the Government's attempts to ban failed financier Lex Greensill from being a company director.

The bid to disqualify the boss of Greensill Group from directing companies in the UKshould be thrown out, the High Court has ...