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Legendary Italian footballer Francesco Totti has become a brand adviser for a UAE real estate company.

A fire chief battling flames in Orange County, California, managed to save two homes using milk and beer.

A Roman stone coffin as heavy as a polar bear uncovered during a National Highways road scheme has to featured in a BBC documentary.

Scottish Borders Council is encouraging Selkirk residents to share their views on a proposal regarding the sale of the Scott’s Place public toilets.

Diners are encouraged to book a table at The Baby Grand as soon as possible before the Glasgow piano bar and restaurant closes at the end of January ahead of demolition.

A large collection of memorabilia commemorating the leader of the Dambusters raid has been sold at auction.

An Australian construction company has apologised to AC/DC fans after mistakenly demolishing the childhood home of guitarists Angus and Malcolm Young.

Future colonisers of Mars will have to look closer to home in search of building materials, according to new research, in some cases inside their own bodies.

In a bid to save money and make a stinging statement about the UK's housing crisis, a London-based artist has made a converted skip bin his home for the past two years.  In 2023, Harrison Marshall found himself in a rental rut. A yellow skip bin had been donated to him, and he decided to m

Prisoners have a right to conjugal visits that cannot be refused on the basis of inadequate facilities, Italy's top court has ruled. The Supreme Court of Cassation last month ruled in favour of an anonymous 34-year-old prisoner who was denied private time with his wife on the basis that the structur

In the Dutch city of Alkmaar, an unusual discovery beneath a 17th-century house has left archaeologists scratching their heads. As part of a restoration project, workers removed the wooden floorboards of a house built in 1609.

Thieves in England stole around 20,000 litres of Guinness as pubs and shops struggled with a pre-Christmas shortage of Ireland's most famous export. A truck carrying 400 kegs, each filled with 50 litres of the stout, was stolen from a depot in Northamptonshire in mid-December, according to The Guard

Over the course of 2024, Scottish Construction Now published more than 240 articles in our popular And Finally section – sharing offbeat and weird construction news stories from around the world. But which were the most popular? Read on to find our most-read And Finallys of 2024.

Sylvester Stallone is in hot water with his neighbours over an unusual addition he wants to make to his home. The Rocky and Rambo star purchased a sprawling Palm Beach, Florida, estate back in 2020 for just over $35 million.

A rare spherical egg that a man spontaneously bought after a few pints has sold at auction for £200.