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Volunteer James Summers fixes a lighting unit at a service user's home. An Edinburgh -based charity which assists older and disabled people to continue to live safely at home in the Capital is calling for people to dig out their toolboxes and donate any tools they no longer use.

Aberdeenshire Council workers have had to erase road markings that have baffled drivers and led vehicles directly into each others’ paths. The local authority has had to remove arrows painted on to Stonehaven’s Market Square car park after locals noticed they were directing cars to go in differe

A group of children helped police investigators make an arrest by quickly constructing an arrow using their own bodies that led a police helicopter in the right direction. Quick-thinking kids who were taking part in an Easter egg hunt in the English village of Capel, Surrey, realised they were in th

Researchers have crowned the mound building termite the “top engineer of the natural world”, as a new study demonstrates the supremacy of their building techniques, and reveals they possess remarkable engineering skills. Scientists have already shown that termites build their mounds in a unique

NHBC has created a list of ‘builder lingo’ to help homeowners better understand ‘builder banter’ and technical terms when appointing a builder. Head of house building standards, Mark Jones, said the list defines some of the terms used in new home construction, repair and maintenance, providi

Homeowners in Scotland are the least likely in Britain to pursue major home improvements such as adding extensions or conservatories, the Herald has reported. A report looking at national planning application trends found that Scotland was the only part of Britain where the number of households seek

A demolition firm tore down the wrong house - and blamed the error on Google Maps. Lindsay Diaz, who owns a flat in Rowlett, Texas, pulled into her driveway to find her home was no more than a pile of rubble after workers went to Calypso Drive instead of Causteau Drive, one street away.

Four out of five (80 per cent) Scottish drivers have had to swerve to avoid potholes, the highest area of the UK, according to a new study. The analysis conducted by the AA found that out of the 25,000 members surveyed, Scotland’s drivers were the most likely in the UK to have had to make a sudden

Organisers of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Tay Road Bridge are looking for images of the iconic crossing. Spanning the estuary of the river Tay between Dundee and Newport-on-Tay, the 2250m bridge was designed by William A Fairhurst and took three years to build between 1963 and 1966 at a

An Australian construction worker has got his own back on his boss in a rather drastic way after he reportedly didn't get paid on time. A video uploaded to the Uptrend Engineering & Construction Facebook page opens with an image of a chainsaw, and reads: "Builders who don't wanna pay invoices."

Plans to build a Jack Nicklaus golf course in Scotland could be bunkered by an ancient woodland, The Scotsman has reported. The golfing legend hoped his designs for a new course at Ury Estate in Aberdeenshire would pull in golf tourists from all over the world.

Seeing builders stripped to the waist as they work on construction sites could be a thing of the past, thanks to a new Heriot-Watt University project that will send personalised sun-exposure text message warnings direct to their smartphones. Researchers at the University’s School of Life Sciences

A conceptual tubular glass house enclosing a mature fir tree at the centre may finally become a reality now that potential investors have been found. Tree in the House is designed by Kazakh architect Aibek Almassov of A Masow Architects as an inverted treehouse, intended to provide an escape from th

A Tayside eaterie, home of the best bacon butty in the world, is preparing for a 100-metre move costing £1 million. Back in 1960 the Horn Milk Bar, between Dundee and Perth, started life as a simple tartan shed.

Urban planning has changed dramatically over the years. Architects at Cantrell & Crowley take a look at some simple visualisations of complex planning ideas that have changed how we live.