And Finally

A man who stole a 2,000-year-old Roman relic has returned it as he believes "the end of the world is near” and wants to clear his conscience.

Plans have been approved to give a number of Dracula-themed street names to a new housing development in Cruden Bay.

The once-prevalent practice of constructing copycat architectural clones like Thames Town on the outskirts of Shanghai has been banned by the Chinese government. Having taken off in the early 1990s, the knockoff architecture trend, which also mimicked the likeliness of Parisian landmarks and Le Corb

The caretakers of the centuries-old Glenfinnan Monument have found it remains structurally sound despite beginning to replicate the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The owner of the scenic Fingask Castle in Perthshire has lodged plans to transform part of his country estate into a huge cemetery, complete with a burial mound.

A Perth housebuilder has launched a campaign to protect the humble hedgehog.

A Queensferry Crossing from straws? The Falkirk Wheel from K'nex? Young people across Scotland are being challenged to show-off their engineering creativity using household objects.

Officials who closed a popular skate park and filled it with 37 tons of sand in hopes of keeping residents away during the coronavirus outbreak have inadvertently turned the recreational site into a dirt biker’s paradise.

Historic Environment Scotland has repurposed technology at its national conservation centre, the Engine Shed in Stirling, to produce Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) visors for NHS staff battling COVID-19 across Scotland.

Interserve Construction has deployed new social distancing technology at the NEC Birmingham as it continues to roll out the final phase of the development of the new NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham providing critical care beds to treat COVID-19 patients.

Members of a council’s planning committee were given a rude awakening when their online meeting was trolled by uninvited guests.

The death penalty can be handed down for the theft or destruction of manhole covers, Chinese judges have been told.

A West Yorkshire man has converted his dumper truck into a hot tub after his partner complained about not having a bath.

BAM Infra Nederland has built and commissioned the world’s first fully electric 10 to 12-tonne road roller.

A homeowner has won a planning battle started after a neighbour challenged her decision to paint her front door pink.