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Criminals are saving stray cats by ­building mini mansions to keep them safe and warm, the Mirror has reported. The unusual alliance is part of a probation ­programme, with ­offenders serving out sentences in the community.

A baker from Glasgow has created an impressive recreation of Celtic Park in the form of a cake. Christie Howieson, who runs her own business Cake Days A Week, said the lifelike creation, which was ordered by a lady from Ayr for her husband’s 50th, took the best part of three days to make, the long

Two short films created by North-east school pupils have been shortlisted in a competition to celebrate the opening of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie to Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) project. The films by pupils at Inverurie Academy and Bucksburn Academy will now go to an online vote, with mem

New build, refurbishment and fit out contractor akp is inviting comedians into its canteen in an effort to increase the health and wellbeing of its staff. The firm has linked up with the Fringe Comedy Festival in Edinburgh for the initiative as it sees laughter being a good source of stress relief.

A construction worker from Seattle has found a unique method of showcasing his efforts to save a historic venue in the city from demolition. Developers have announced plans to bring down the Showbox Theater and build a 44-story high-rise apartment building.

Russian officials have been left red-faced after a statue of a Scottish scientist was erected in a tribute intended to honour a French architect. Civic leaders in St Petersburg intended to pay tribute to Jean-francois Thomas de Thomon, a French architect who designed a number of the city’s neo-cla

Stars of Fringe show Don Juan Andrew Paterson and Susie Berry are caught between a rock and a hard place as they channel the romance of the legendary lover Don Juan – a man so adept at the art of seduction, he thinks nothing of scaling a 100ft climbing wall in heels to reach the object of his desi

A woman has availed herself of the ancient Norman rite of Clameur de Haro in an attempt to stop the narrowing of a road in Guernsey. Rosie Henderson invoked the clameur by kneeling and crying for help and reciting the Lord’s Prayer, in Norman French.

A Russian asbestos company has given US President Donald Trump the stamp of approval by using his image to market its product. In a post to its page on Facebook, Uralasbest, which is one of the world’s largest producers and sellers of asbestos, showcased new pallets of its product adorned with a s

Tennis star Johanna Konta is facing opposition from environmental campaigners over proposals to build in ancient woodland that inspired the Winnie-the-Pooh adventures. The Woodland Trust is objecting to plans by the British number one to demolish a building and construct a four-bedroomed, one-and-a-

Northcare Manor, a new care home in Edinburgh which incorporates an old shopping street to help its residents reminisce, has opened with the support of a £7.73m funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland.

Artists’ impressions of a typical Kranôg unit The UK’s first off grid holiday home, which has no connection to mains power, water or sewage, has been developed by a Perth businesswoman.

A specially designed rope bridge slung between trees high over a Highlands road is giving red squirrels a safe crossing. Conservation charity Trees for Life installed the bridge over a road near Shieldaig last summer as part of its project to reintroduce red squirrels to the northwest Highlands.

Modern building materials used in energy efficient homes can make mobile phone signals weaker indoors by one million times, new research has found. A study commissioned by the telecoms regulator Comreg has concluded that the increased use of materials such as foil-layered insulation as well as alumi