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A group of nuns have prevailed in a legal battle over the ownership of a 15th-century convent. A court in Palma de Mallorca found in favour of the nuns, who had been in a dispute with the Bishop of Mallorca.
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Researchers from the University of Glasgow have developed a new type of heat pump, a flexible heat pump technology, which could help households save on their energy bills and contribute towards net-zero emissions goals. Heat pumps are a low-carbon alternative to gas boilers. They draw energy from ex
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A reforestation company has apologised after inadvertently starting a wildfire that destroyed at least 14,000 hectares of forest.
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Applicant: CA Yeaman (Edinburgh) Property Owner Limited. Planning Authority: Edinburgh
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David Wilson Homes, part of Barratt Developments, is seeking sub-contractors from across Fife to help deliver a new 342-home development in Craigtoun, St Andrews. Work will soon commence at the David Wilson Homes site, which sits close to Younger Gardens in the south-east of the Fife town. The new c
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A formal planning application has now been submitted to West Lothian Council to create a major new park on the site of the historic Winchburgh Brickworks.
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Aberdeen City Council has submitted a £20 million bid for plans to rejuvenate the beach area to the UK government’s Levelling Up Fund 2.
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Bancon Group has bounced back from the pandemic with a 1,250% boost to pre-tax profits, rising from £200,000 to £2.7 million in the latest financial year. The Aberdeenshire housebuilder and construction group saw its turnover rise by £40 million on the previous year to reach £
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A town mayor — who happens to be a miniature Shetland pony — has been effectively barred from his local pub over a planning row. Councillors in Cockington, a village in south-east England, made Patrick the pony their honorary mayor in a widely-publicised ceremony last month.
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Partnership housing specialist Lovell recorded a £13.9 million profit in the first half of 2022, up by 15% on the previous year, according to new figures released by parent company Morgan Sindall Group. Overall, the construction and regeneration group delivered a record performance in the firs
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The UK construction sector is set to face the spectre of increased insolvency, exacerbating price rises while rivalling inflation as a threat to successful project delivery, Turner & Townsend has warned. As inflationary pressure persists, the global professional services business’ latest U
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Work is officially underway on a large-scale affordable housing development in Bridgehousehill, Kilmarnock.
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A project to turn Arbroath courthouse into a £2 million community hub has passed another milestone. Angus Council has granted planning permission as well as listed building consent for the conversion of the B-listed former court, which closed its doors in 2014, The Courier reports.
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A man arrested on suspicion of causing a wildfire allegedly told police he was trying to kill a spider with a lighter. Utah man Cory Allan Martin, 26, was discovered at the site of the spreading fire on a mountain near the town of Springville, CNN reports.
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QUICKBLOCK, a Stirling-based company which makes unique "green" construction blocks, has raised a six-figure investment and plans a push into the defence market with a life-saving ballistic and blast resistant version.
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