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A Dutchman has raised more than a few eyebrows around the town of Groningen this summer thanks to an innovative form of transport, the Daily Mail reports. The man was spotted making his way down one of the country's famous canals in a floating living room.

Housebuilder Cruden Homes has launched a unique new home viewing experience which it hopes will revolutionise Scotland’s housing market. In a first for the country, Cruden is now offering virtual reality (VR) tours of its new Baron’s Vale development in Glasgow’s East End. From the comfort of

MPs could move out of the Houses of Parliament for six years if they back a parliamentary committee’s recommendation of a temporary decant so restoration work can take place. The Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster will today recommend that MPs move into the nearby Department of Health wi

A tower block has been named the worst new building in the UK, after being described as "an open invitation to commit suicide", Deezen has reported. The Lincoln Plaza housing tower in east London by BUJ Architects has been awarded the Carbuncle Cup 2016 by architecture website BD.

Ladbrokes Premiership outfit Partick Thistle has appointed an architect to step into the suit of its mascot ‘Kingsley’. Craig Dunstable, 38, a lifelong Jags fan from Maryhill, has been selected following a job application process which launched in July.

Wealthy London homeowners planning to dig underground extensions are to be hit by Britain’s first “basement tax” in a fresh crackdown on so-called iceberg homes, according to the London Evening Standard. Under new rules, residents in Westminster will have to pay an average levy of £8,000 to s

Entrepreneurs based at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI) will appear on hit BBC series Dragons’ Den this Sunday to pitch their low carbon invention to the millionaire investors. Artur Napiórkowski and Denny Schenk won a place in ECCI’s Low Carbon Ideas Lab earlier

An actress in Canada has shown her gratitude to construction workers who chased the thief who stole her purse and then helped bandage her wounds. Yvette Jones, 41, was walking to a photo shoot in Winnipeg, Manitoba, when an unknown man started talking to her, complimenting her on her top.

China has finally opened the long awaited Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge. Announced in 2012, construction of the skywalk began in late November 2014.

Matroskin the cat A cat has gone from being a stray to being coveted by the Communist party and eventually memorialized with a statue outside a Russian hockey arena.

Like many labourers in the north east, Michael Forsyth felt the sting in the downturn of the oil and gas industry. From high school he went straight into a plumbing apprenticeship for a firm that went into administration in 2010.

Equipment supplied by Seddons Plant & Engineers Ltd will be used to help try and smash the world land speed record next year, it has been confirmed. Seddons is providing a total of five Honda Generators for use by the BLOODHOUND project team during its attempt next October, 20 years after the ex

Manchester City supporters will be able to pay to watch players prepare for matches at the Etihad Stadium through a glass tunnel thought to be the first of its kind in Europe. The Daily Mail reports that City fans prepared to pay for the privilege will be able to eat and drink in a newly built execu

A new robot builder can construct an entire house in two days. Hadrian X is a giant truck-mounted robot that can lay up to 1,000 bricks an hour using a 30-metre arm, meaning it can stay in a single position throughout.

White Hart Lane is not just a football stadium at the moment, it is now also a construction site. The home of Tottenham Hotspur has been partially demolished ahead of the building of the club’s new stadium.