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Pupils at Forfar Academy watched as their head teacher was rescued by firefighters from the top of a crane on Friday. Melvyn Lynch had to be saved from a height of around 25 metres - but the lunchtime drama was actually a Scottish Fire and Rescue Service training exercise.

A city in Morocco is to become home to one of the world's largest solar power plants aiming to deliver half the country's energy by 2020. Based near the Sahara desert, Ouarzazate will see a complex of four linked solar mega-plants that, alongside hydro and wind, will help provide nearly half of Moro

A 760 mph capsule-based transportation system which would connect London to Glasgow in as little as 30 minutes could be built in the UK, according to its developers. Speaking at BaseStone's Construct//Disrupt, an event held in London to explore the future of transportation technologies, the company

Did you know that the most expensive building in the world is the Abraj Al Bait in Saudi Arabia, costing a staggering $15 billion USD? Or that the second and third most expensive structures are in Singapore? An infographic created by Cliona Moynihan from Irish architecture practice Cantrell & Cr

30km tall buildings with spaceports, driverless vehicles and mini-cities in the sky are just a few of the things we can expect to see in 2045, according to a new report from Hewden. The equipment hire firm’s ‘2045: Constructing the Future’ report was launched yesterday to coincide with the dat

An artist has transformed her parents’ house into an elaborate haunted house for Halloween. Christine McConnell decorated the house for the spooky occasion after being inspired watching "Monster House".

The boss of a company at the centre of a road rage row caught on CCTV says he has fired the van driver seen in the footage. The manager of APC Lofts in Salford, who did not want to be named for fears over his safety, said he was “appalled” at the driving of one of his former joiners on the M62.

A Halloween display depicting dead construction workers has been erected in a small US town by locals fed up with never ending road repairs. The elaborate display includes skeletons operating backhoes and a local tram falling into an enormous hole. A skull and crossbones on an orange road sign warns

The house where Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead is now set to be used as a party venue by two local businessmen. Footage has emerged of business partners David Scott, 33, and Kagiso Mokopane, 23, giving a candid tour of the house, beers in hand, exp

A Boeing 737 aeroplane fuselage is to be transformed into a dining area at an entertainment centre in Glasgow. The go-karting and leisure centre named The Experience, based in Hillington, is located at a former Rolls Royce Aero factory and the social enterprise is looking to reconnect with that hist

Proposals have been unveiled to clean up a dirty unused canal in Berlin’s historical centre to create a place the public can literally dive into. Called the Flussbad (“river pool”), the goal of the project is the permanent transformation of a 1.5km stretch of river that has gone unused for mor

Contractors, designers and developers can now experience projects before they start on site, thanks to the creation of a new virtual reality dome. The Immersive Dome from Soluis creates a fully immersive experience which allows users to engage with 3D environments.

Architects have unveiled plans for a trio of housing towers in Vietnam linked by aerial bridges and shielded from the harsh tropical sunlight by swathes of bamboo. The three 22-storey-tall blocks will be linked by a planted roof garden and bridges, and a series of small pavilions that overlook the w

A 1,200ft-long foot bridge offering dizzying views across the Geierlay canyon in Germany opened to the public on Saturday. Thousands of thrill-seeking tourists have been making the trek across the bridge, which is suspended 300 feet (91 metres) above a scenic forested valley between Morsdorf and Sos

A Chinese tourist has had the shock of his life after a glass walkway suspended 3,500 feet above the ground cracked while he was standing on it. Lee Dong Hai was enjoying the view from the Yuntai Mountain walkway when he heard a cracking sound.