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The Chinese city of Chongqing has created a “mobile phone lane” on a stretch of pavement, offering a path for those seemingly too engrossed in messaging and other activity on their phones to pay close attention to where they are going. However, the city’s property manager says the move is inte
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Dumbarton Football Club has revealed a plan for a new, 4,000-capacity stadium to the west of the town. The club has kick started the next stage in the planning process by submitting Proposal of Application Notices to West Dunbartonshire Council, which will be followed by community consultation befor
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Renfrewshire Council is making progress resolving a subsidence problem in Ferry Road, Renfrew. Over the last few months, the council have been investigating the issue and it is now believed that a leaking manhole is the cause of the problem.
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As the Considerate Constructors Scheme publishes a new 'Spotlight on...' initiative focusing on inappropriate and offensive language used in the construction industry, SCN revisits one from the ‘And finally...’ archive. During its ‘you’re not you when you’re hungry’ campaign, Snickers re
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A wealthy accountant who built a leisure centre the size of four tennis courts in his back garden without planning permission could be forced to pull it down. Graham Wildin's extension has a two-lane bowling alley, 16-seat cinema, squash courts, a private casino and a bar.
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Searching for houses just got a little bit less boring. Dutch real estate agency Huizen Promoter has built a roller coaster through an open house.
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A Dutchman's attempt at a romantic wedding proposal was simply smashing. The unidentified lover in the central town of Ijsselstein rented a crane, planning to descend in front of his girlfriend's bedroom window first thing Saturday morning, play her a song and then pop the question. Instead the cran
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A footbridge installed as part of a £3.8 million upgrade at Perth railway station has been nominated for a Carbuncle Award. The structure is in the running for the Pock Mark category, which recognises the worst planning decision.
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What happens when you secretly order a truckload of plastic balls and then fill your entire living room with them? The world improves by a small, but measurable margin.
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First-time buyers have been handed a tax boost after finance secretary John Swinney announced sweeping revisions to his replacement for stamp duty which will see 50 per cent of all household transactions paying no tax. Revisions to the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), which will replace St
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A couple who secretly turned a pigsty into a four-bedroom home have been ordered to tear it apart and sell it – for just £20,000. From the outside the property still looks like an ordinary farm building, made of unpainted grey concrete blocks with a big sliding door and no windows.
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A large sinkhole has appeared near a green on the UK mainland's most westerly golf course. The 9ft (3m) deep, 22ft (7m) long hole was caused by heavy rain washing away a drain running under part of Traigh Golf Course, near Mallaig.
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A Shanghai-based company has used a giant 3D printer to create a six-storey apartment block and mansion. The two buildings – constructed on the Suzhou industrial park in China’s Jiangsu Province – took just days to complete.
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An architect has come up with a solution for love-shy Japanese couples - complete with stripper pole and hot tubs. Rintaro Kikuchi has a simple explanation for why nearly half of the adults in Japan are now celibate and the country's birth rate is plummeting.
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Local bus CCTV has caught the moment a sinkhole opened up in a pavement beneath two South Korean pedestrians. Emergency workers rescued the man and woman, who were then taken to a nearby hospital in Seoul with minor injuries.
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