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A couple who purchased a $3.2 million mansion are suing the brokers for failing to disclose that it featured in a popular horror TV show — plus, they add, it is actually haunted. In 2015, Dr Ernst von Schwarz and Angela Oakenfold became the inadvertent owners of the Rosenheim Mansion at 1120 Westc

A giant glass spherical concert venue that could rise taller than St Paul's Cathedral is being planned near the Olympic park in Stratford, East London. Dubbed The Golf Ball, early designs for the distinctively shaped 20,000-capacity arena seen by the Guardian, are being prepared for the sp

A 2,000-year-old underground chamber has been uncovered during work to build a house on the Isle of Lewis. The Iron Age soutterrain was revealed during the digging of the foundations for the property in Ness.

Engineers are taking inspiration from an unlikely source to create more aerodynamic machines. A study of shark skin conducted by a team of evolutionary biologists and engineers from Harvard University has led to a new structure that could one day improve the aerodynamic performance of planes, wind t

A Gravitricity plant visualised within a rural edge landscape setting Former Scots mining communities could find a new lease of life – with old mine shafts turned into hi-tech green energy stores.

Proposals for an upside down play house are set to become a reality after the project won an architecture design competition. Designed by architecture office Alma-nac, the multi-coloured house turned climbing frame came out top in the James Hardie House of Colour competition run by the Architect's J

A new report which aims to shed some light on why so many of us start off the New Year desperately on the hunt for a new job has revealed some alarming results. The study, which was facilitated by independent survey company, Vivatic, quizzed 2,200 people about their relationship with their managers

A deadline has been introduced to a scheme in Italy that offers the chance to buy a house for €1 after it was overwhelmed with interest. A deadline of 7 February 2018 has now been set for applications, leaving what is now less than a week left to apply.

A deal has been agreed to begin work on the world’s largest towers built using modular construction. Investors have agreed a funding deal to start the twin-tower scheme of build-to-rent flats in Croydon, London.

The Falkirk Wheel is set to be drained of water as annual maintenance works get underway to ensure the world’s only rotating boat lift keeps on turning in 2018. The works, which will run from February 5 until March 7, will see Scottish Canals’ engineering team carry out a programme of inspection

Online retailer Amazon has unveiled a miniature rainforest of 40,000 plants which form the centrepiece of its $4 billion office expansion, including a 55ft tree transported from a farm in southern California. Located at the company’s headquarters in Seattle, the Spheres are three glass domes that

Pōhutukawa trees A property developer in New Zealand has been jailed for two-and-a-half months for damaging native trees.

A school in Merseyside has removed the exterior wall of a girls’ toilet block in a bid to stop smoking, bullying and truancy. The new layout at St Mary’s College in Wallasey means pupils can no longer hide in between lessons.

Police who attempted to ticket a car during a cold snap discovered it was made of snow. Simon Laprise, 33, an artist and machinist, had built the car outside his house after heavy snowfall earlier this month.

Plans have been unveiled for a major facelift of the UK’s highest restaurant. The Ptarmigan is situated 1,097m (3,599ft) up Cairn Gorm mountain in near Aviemore in the Cairngorms.