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Entrepreneurs based at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI) will appear on hit BBC series Dragons’ Den this Sunday to pitch their low carbon invention to the millionaire investors. Artur Napiórkowski and Denny Schenk won a place in ECCI’s Low Carbon Ideas Lab earlier

An actress in Canada has shown her gratitude to construction workers who chased the thief who stole her purse and then helped bandage her wounds. Yvette Jones, 41, was walking to a photo shoot in Winnipeg, Manitoba, when an unknown man started talking to her, complimenting her on her top.

China has finally opened the long awaited Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge. Announced in 2012, construction of the skywalk began in late November 2014.

Matroskin the cat A cat has gone from being a stray to being coveted by the Communist party and eventually memorialized with a statue outside a Russian hockey arena.

Like many labourers in the north east, Michael Forsyth felt the sting in the downturn of the oil and gas industry. From high school he went straight into a plumbing apprenticeship for a firm that went into administration in 2010.

Equipment supplied by Seddons Plant & Engineers Ltd will be used to help try and smash the world land speed record next year, it has been confirmed. Seddons is providing a total of five Honda Generators for use by the BLOODHOUND project team during its attempt next October, 20 years after the ex

Manchester City supporters will be able to pay to watch players prepare for matches at the Etihad Stadium through a glass tunnel thought to be the first of its kind in Europe. The Daily Mail reports that City fans prepared to pay for the privilege will be able to eat and drink in a newly built execu

A new robot builder can construct an entire house in two days. Hadrian X is a giant truck-mounted robot that can lay up to 1,000 bricks an hour using a 30-metre arm, meaning it can stay in a single position throughout.

White Hart Lane is not just a football stadium at the moment, it is now also a construction site. The home of Tottenham Hotspur has been partially demolished ahead of the building of the club’s new stadium.

American actor Robert De Niro has been granted planning permission to open a hotel in London’s Covent Garden. The boutique Wellington Hotel has been given the go-ahead by Westminster City Council.

Some footballers turn to management or television work after they retire but that's not possible for all players. A scheme is helping players in Scotland train for different career options.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the official opening of the Tay Road Bridge. Opened by the Queen Mother in front of a packed crowd on this day in 1966, the crossing connected the city of jute, jam and journalism to the Kingdom of Fife.

Got a spare £25 million? If you do, and you fancy treating yourself, 21,000 acres of prime Scottish countryside, complete with grouse moors, a Speyside salmon beat and rambling Edwardian hunting lodge could be yours.

Eerie photos of abandoned Olympic venues have been published by The Telegraph. While the Olympic Park in London has seen the main stadium. velodrome and aquatics centre all remain in use, what remains of Olympic venues in other countries is less impressive.

Developers and contractors are being warned of the perils of Pokémon Go players trespassing on construction sites, putting themselves in danger in their attempts to “catch ‘em all”. To play the game, players follow their phone’s GPS, which leads them to various places in the real world wher