And Finally

Future colonisers of Mars will have to look closer to home in search of building materials, according to new research, in some cases inside their own bodies.

In a bid to save money and make a stinging statement about the UK's housing crisis, a London-based artist has made a converted skip bin his home for the past two years.  In 2023, Harrison Marshall found himself in a rental rut. A yellow skip bin had been donated to him, and he decided to m

Prisoners have a right to conjugal visits that cannot be refused on the basis of inadequate facilities, Italy's top court has ruled. The Supreme Court of Cassation last month ruled in favour of an anonymous 34-year-old prisoner who was denied private time with his wife on the basis that the structur

In the Dutch city of Alkmaar, an unusual discovery beneath a 17th-century house has left archaeologists scratching their heads. As part of a restoration project, workers removed the wooden floorboards of a house built in 1609.

Thieves in England stole around 20,000 litres of Guinness as pubs and shops struggled with a pre-Christmas shortage of Ireland's most famous export. A truck carrying 400 kegs, each filled with 50 litres of the stout, was stolen from a depot in Northamptonshire in mid-December, according to The Guard

Over the course of 2024, Scottish Construction Now published more than 240 articles in our popular And Finally section – sharing offbeat and weird construction news stories from around the world. But which were the most popular? Read on to find our most-read And Finallys of 2024.

Sylvester Stallone is in hot water with his neighbours over an unusual addition he wants to make to his home. The Rocky and Rambo star purchased a sprawling Palm Beach, Florida, estate back in 2020 for just over $35 million.

A rare spherical egg that a man spontaneously bought after a few pints has sold at auction for £200.

A London construction worker has won a £145,000 supercar after entering a competition for just 69p. Sorin Calistru, from Greenwich, was at work when BOTB presenter Christian Williams surprised him with the news that he had won the Lamborghini Huracan in the weekly Special Edition Competition.

The world's deepest and longest road tunnel is being built in Norway. The tunnel will connect the districts of Randaberg and Bokn, which are separated by a 16-mile body of water, cutting the 21-hour journey across the country in half.

Kilmac civil engineering managing director Athole McDonald has donated a chess table and intricate pieces handcrafted from old Porsche parts by an old school friend to YMCA Tayside in Perth city centre.

The ruins of a pyramid roughly 1,375 years old that was built during the peak of a multiethnic society known as the Metzca lordship have been discovered by construction workers 'by accident'. The discovery brought an abrupt end to construction work to add a third lane to the Pachuca-Huejutla highway

Cartoons such as Peppa Pig and Paw Patrol prevent women from going into construction and road maintenance work as they perpetuate gender stereotypes, a Spanish MP has said.

A sprawling Florida mansion set beside a beach of powdery white sand overlooking the azure Gulf of Mexico is the most expensive property listed for sale in the United States. 

A father couldn't believe his eyes when he spotted a Costa coffee cup snugly wedged into the wall of his home.