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Construction workers at a building site in northern Brazil were rattled by the discovery of a giant 10.5 metre-long snake weighing 400kg. The enormous anaconda slithered out following an explosion at a cave in Altamira, Para.

A pagan from the Borders has crossed swords with planning officials who have refused him permission to build a sacred shrine in honour of Herne the Hunter. Andrew Cleghorn, 52, from Kirkburn, wants to build, on his smallholding, an altar, statue plinth and sacred well in tribute to the god, The Scot

Almost nine out of 10 UK homeowners get cold feet when it comes to hiring tradesmen to carry out home improvement work, according to new research.

https://youtu.be/zBWddXUCBsY The superstructure of what will be the world’s highest bridge has been completed this week in China and a new timelapse video of work on the project to date has been released.

A man tried to drive home on a 2.5 tonne road roller after a night out drinking, a court has heard. The BBC reports that John Johnston, 27, admitted committing the offence in Dumfries at the weekend.

A burnt mound which was uncovered by archaeologists As the fieldwork underway along the West Link route in Inverness draws to a close, a prehistoric arrowhead is just one of the intriguing artefacts of archaeological interest that have been uncovered.

Oor Original was bought for £50,000 - the largest amount of any statue An auction of 70 colourful Oor Wullie statues has raised £883,000 to build two new operating theatres at a children's hospital in Dundee.

A new piece of research has found that those working in the construction industry take less holidays from work than those employed in other sectors. A study by holiday provider Sunshine revealed the majority of those who do not use the most of their annual leave do so because they feel “too busy�

Photographs have been discovered which show the construction of a Victorian sewerage system which has served Aberdeen for more than 100 years. The images date from 1900 and 1901 and highlight the dirty and often dangerous work of the men sent underground to burrow out the Girdleness Outfall Scheme.

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