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Conservative retailer Keep and Bear has launched a Lego-style kit which encourages children to construct a toy border wall.

Pedestrian crossings activated by a mobile phone app will be introduced in Clydebank as part of a new improvement project. The system – called Button by Neatebox – is just one of the steps being taken by West Dunbartonshire Council to ensure its Connecting Clydebank initiative is suitabl

An Australian tech company has hailed a “quantum leap for the construction industry” as its Hadrian X robot constructed a three-bedroom house in less than three days. The two bathroom 180 sq metre development was the robot’s first full-home structure and achieves a milestone set by

Groundbreaking cyborgs which work like a silkworm swaddling itself in a cocoon will change construction forever, according to experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The ‘Fibrebots’ are a swarm of robots designed to wind fiberglass filament around themselves to create

Aggregate Industries is undertaking a major conservation project at its Isle of Grain terminal in Kent, after embarking on a programme to relocate a number of reptile species. With this flagship terminal made up of 40 acres of rich habitat and home to over 260 species of mammals, birds, invertebrate

The 'lovelocks' attached to Pitlochry's Port-na-Craig footbridge are to be removed to allow for structural assessments. The padlocks are currently preventing Perth & Kinross Council from carrying out a full inspection on the structure. They are also causing damage to the bridge paintwo

The British Army should be drafted in to build a temporary bridge for cars affected by the closure of a condemned Aberdeenshire railway bridge, according to a local MP. The deteriorating Abbeyton Bridge, on the B966 just north of Fordoun, was shut in July after inspections found serious failings in

A builder and his wife who invested in a North Sea oil firm when its shares were worth pennies have seen them soar so high that they have now hit a £38 million jackpot.

A Deeside charity which provides training for young adults with learning disabilities is to build a new office using straw bales. The management team at Beannachar Camphill Community, located on a farm set near Banchory-Devenick, currently works out of a garage building on the site which is no longe

A talented team of interior designers are taking show home décor to new levels at a number of Linden Homes developments across East Yorkshire. Younger visitors in particular are discovering the fun and magic when they step through the doors of the literary inspired bedrooms.

Workers renovating a building in Georgia made an unusual discovery when nearly 1,000 human teeth were found behind the walls of a building being renovated in downtown Valdosta. The building housed dentist offices for more than 100 years but it is unclear how or why the teeth ended up in the walls.

Hollywood actress Katie Holmes has been spotted on a computer generated image (CGI) created to advertise a proposed café in south-east London. The actress and her daughter Suri Cruise were superimposed on a billboard in Plumstead Common, which was used to advertise the new Slade Café t

A global population increase is fuelling a total of 6,645 construction projects currently planned and ongoing by the world’s megacities with a total value of US$4.2 trillion, according a data and analytics company. The United Nations predicts that, between 2016 and 2030, the percentage of the

It really is a nightmare to own a home on  Elm Street as more than half (54%) of the 79 Elm Streets in the UK have had no property sales since last Halloween, according to new research. Elm Street is synonymous with the 1984 slasher movie Nightmare on Elm Street and a study conducted by online

A 182m (600ft) high tribute to a hero of India's struggle for independence is set to be completed this week and assume the title of the world's tallest statue. Located in India's Gujarat state, massive imortalisation of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel will surpass the scale of The Spring Temple B