Barrhead Housing has kicked off the new year with the launch of a high-quality affordable housing development with AS Homes Scotland. The start of work on the four-storey block of 12 energy-efficient flats at Cross Arthurlie Street in Barrhead has been welcomed by Councillor Danny Devlin, convenor o
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The Scottish Government has issued a Call for Evidence as part of a review of building standards and guidance relating to fire safety, and including work on the compliance plan approach, to help ensure the safety of people in and around Scotland's buildings. The consultation covers three main areas:
Fraser Architecture has released an online survey to gather community feedback on the use of the buildings at the Seaforth Road Campus in Stornoway. Fraser Architecture is seeking responses from members of the community who have an interest in creative or cultural work and may require premises.
Construction of a new transport interchange in Lanark is now underway. The work, which is expected to take 16 weeks to complete, will create an enhanced bus facility, marking a major investment in the future of Lanark and the wider public transport network.
A bankrupt builder from Derby has been jailed after illegally obtaining more than £400,000 for home improvement projects. Nigel Dinneen, 72, secured advance payments from five victims in the Midlands without revealing to them that he was declared bankrupt in July 2019, as he was legally requir
West Lothian is set to see over £1.6 million invested towards active travel in the local area. An upcoming meeting of West Lothian Council executive will be asked to approve proposals for funding to be allocated against specific projects and activities designed to improve and encourage active
A father-of-six has died in an accident at a demolition site in Renfrewshire. Derek Russell was fatally injured while working on a regeneration project demolishing empty flat blocks in Paisley on Friday.
New technology has been deployed to help enforce a Chinese smoking ban by taking away the privacy of toilet users when smoke is detected. Two shopping centres in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen have installed new glass toilet cubicle doors, which are designed to turn from opaque to transparent
A dilapidated cottage in the heart of Dalkeith has been granted a reprieve after planners ruled it a “rare survivor” of the town’s early built heritage. The centuries‑old, single‑storey property sits at the junction of Lothian Street and London Road and is listed for its histor
A construction company based in the Northwest of England has been fined £60,000 after a wall collapsed, knocking an employee through an open stairwell onto a concrete floor below. Ace Infra Ltd pleaded guilty after an incident led to employee Mark Jones to spend a month in hospital recovering
A homeowner is at his wits’ end after spending months trying to get a 550-pound bear removed from beneath his house. Kenneth Johnson, who lives in Altadena, California, claims the animal has been living in his crawlspace since November and that the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (C
Renovation and safety works at Ayr Sheriff Court have already cost more than £250,000, with further work still to be completed. A freedom of information request by the Ayr Advertiser shows that £262,898 has been spent across two phases of repairs at the scaffolded court building, and tha
US billionaire Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly gifted noise-cancelling headphones to his neighbours in Palo Alto in an attempt to quell discontent over his expanding residential compound. Over the past 14 years, the Meta CEO has spent upwards of $110 million (c. £82m) acquiring at least 11 prop
Construction is scheduled to begin at Inverness Crematorium today as part of a project to upgrade the current cremators. The works will include the refurbishment of the small chapel to better accommodate direct cremations and smaller services, as well as upgrades in the main chapel, featuring a new
Balfour Beatty has today completed the sale of ten UK assets from its Infrastructure Investments portfolio. In December 2025, the group sold its share in each of the assets to Equitix for combined proceeds of £87 million, with a total gain on the disposals of £7m.


