A giant aquarium containing a million litres of water has burst, flooding the lobby of a Berlin hotel and nearby streets.
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A cryptocurrency firm in the Netherlands is using the heat produced by computers mining cryptocurrency to warm greenhouses growing tulips. The novel partnership has raised eyebrows, given the association of both tulips and some cryptocurrencies with speculative bubbles - but Bitcoin Brabant and
A construction worker plans to treat himself to a motorcycle after winning the lottery. Brent Drover, a resident of Burlington, Ontario, said that he’s been trying his luck in the Encore lottery ever since he “was of legal age to purchase tickets.”
A driver has built a life-size snowman in the middle of a busy road after getting trapped in the snow.
The outgoing governor of Arizona has been spending his final days in office by frantically, and illegally, attempting to fill in sections of the incomplete wall on the US-Mexico border with shipping containers. Republican Doug Ducey, who will hand the keys of his office to his Democratic s
A worker who was unfairly dismissed for refusing to join his colleagues in the pub after work has won a case against his erstwhile employer. Mr T, not to be confused with he of A-Team fame, was a senior advisor at a firm in Paris.
A family of four were charged more than £80,000 in error after EDF sent a £1 million electricity bill. Richard Baron from Kent thought the bill was "quite amusing" at first until the energy provider proceeded with the first direct debit payment, leaving the family more than £7
A video of a man using an old scooter as a unique construction tool has been shared online. In the video, one can see the man is using his Bajaj Super scooter to uplift the construction material using a rope tied to the engine.
The next phase of the British Antarctic Survey’s modernisation programme is set to begin with a 6-month construction season at the Rothera Research Station. The station is the UK’s largest Antarctic research and operations hub that supports leading researchers in frontier science in the
Charlotte Church has won planning permission to open a green wellness retreat - complete with a “womb room” - at a mansion in a Welsh valley. The singer bought Rhydoldog House, which was once owned by the Laura Ashley family, while it was halfway through a renovation and has sp
Paw Patrol's construction pub Rubble will take to the screens next year in his own spin-off of the popular kids' show, Nickelodeon has announced. Rubble & Crew, set around the character of the beloved bulldog, will debut on the children's network on February 3rd.
A Dutch supermarket chain was forced to pull a World Cup advert featuring singing and dancing construction workers after a backlash from fans and human rights groups. The television commercial by Jumbo featured orange-clad workers smiling and laughing as they performed a conga line through a scaffol
Plans have been revealed for Scotland’s first underground ‘Hobbit Village’ in the Borders.
A 19th-century jail in southern France is to become a luxury hotel after being sold under a programme to modernise the country’s prisons.
The tallest residential skyscraper in the world could be built in Dubai, according to reports.