A farmer was ordered to demolish a castle he spent two years and £1 million to build.
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High quality lime has been manufactured for the first time in the UK using hydrogen technology as part of a world-first net zero trial. The trial, led by Tarmac at its Tunstead site near Buxton, was the culmination of a project funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (B
A 17th-century turfhouse has been recreated using traditional materials, tools and techniques in Glencoe. The turf, wattle and thatch structure was erected by a team of skilled craftspeople in 2021. It has the same footprint as one of the late 17th-century dwellings excavated by conservation charity
For Social Media Day on 30 June, UK register of approved water contractors WaterSafe interviewed one of its members, Ryan Mills of G D Mills Plumbing & Heating in Edinburgh. Ryan has an impressive 8,931 followers on Instagram as @rdmills88, and shares how using social media has helped his busine
Tarmac has placed an order with Renault Trucks for the first battery electric mixer truck in the UK as part of the company’s commitment to net zero.
A castle near Helensburgh which, for 25 years, has been at the centre of a protracted legal battle over a £230 debt has been put up for sale for nearly £1.3 million. Knockderry Castle's former owner, Marian van Overwaele, was made bankrupt in 2000 after her repeated refusals to pay the &
A luxurious St Andrews property worth £3 million has been listed for sale just in time for the start of the Golf Open, which makes a return to the Old Course for its 150th anniversary.
Airbnb is giving away $10 million to help 100 people make their "craziest listing ideas" come true. As part of its OMG! Fund, the home-rental platform is asking people to submit "out-of-this-world" ideas for "the world's craziest spaces." The plans will be judged by an expert panel and the top 100 a
Plans for the world’s first true floating island city could become reality in the Maldives. Architects at Waterstudio, working in cooperation with Netherlands-based Dutch Docklands and the Government of The Maldives, believe they have found a modern, scalable, commercially-viabl
A floating restaurant that was a famous Hong Kong landmark has sunk, days after it was towed away from the harbour where it operated for nearly 50 years. The Jumbo restaurant capsized in the South China Sea while on its way to an undisclosed location, its parent company Aberdeen Restaurant Enterpris
National Trust for Scotland (NTS) has submitted a retrospective planning application for five storage units at the Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre.
The LEGO Group has announced plans to invest more than $1 billion to build a new factory in the United States.
A couple who took their neighbour to court over a “very minor” trespass which they refused to settle for £13,000 must now pay a £130,000 legal bill.
A wind farm project in Innerleithen in the Borders has been paused after a pair of golden eagles were spotted near the site.
A two-bedroom flat has gone up for sale inside a Scottish castle once owned by Robert the Bruce.