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The house where Adolf Hitler was born is to be repurposed as a human rights training centre for Austrian police officers. The redevelopment of the 17th century house in Braunau am Inn at a cost of €20 million will begin later this year after an expert committee rejected alternative proposals to

A council has been criticised for chopping down a number of "stunning" palm trees to discourage people from having sex underneath them. Plymouth City Council left a row of stumps along the famous Hoe because council officials were "regularly having to clean up sex and drug paraphernalia" in the area

Argyll and Bute Council is investing in the area’s bridge infrastructure after successfully securing £5.4 million from the Scottish Government’s highly competitive Local Bridge Maintenance Fund. At a meeting of this week's Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee, members

A new charitable foundation aimed at helping children succeed in life has been launched by Scottish businessman Calum Melville, whose fast-growing Edison Group has been acquiring companies in the construction sector throughout the UK over the last year. The Melville Foundation, registered as a chari

A £2.2 million project to create a new community building and enhance visitor facilities at Port Ellen on Islay has secured up to £353,808 investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). The HIE investment completes the funding package for the project by South Islay Development (

Frasers Group, predominantly owned by Mike Ashley, has plans to significantly upgrade its iconic House of Fraser store on Buchanan Street, Glasgow.

Barratt Developments is supporting the Archie Foundation for its annual football tournament. Team Fire are preparing to go head-to-head with their emergency service partners Team Police and, this year, Team NHS and Team SAS too all in support of the Battle of the Badges football tournament to help r

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has seen a rise in the number of property owners seeking cover as rampant inflation prompts a surge in the volume of requests it receives for reinstatement cost assessments. With inflation being a hot topic in the national conversation with rising cost

A construction worker experienced a twist of fate that resulted in a $50,000 windfall. The worker from Silver Spring, Maryland, stopped by a convenience store and, as part of his Friday lunch break routine, purchased a scratch-off ticket, intending to enjoy his weekly lottery game.

A major civil engineering project to create a new junction off the A1 at Queen Margaret University (QMU) has been completed and officially opened. The project includes new northbound on and off slip-roads to the A1 which each meet a newly constructed roundabout, providing vastly improved access to t

Midlothian Council is hosting a public consultation for individuals to learn more about plans for the proposed new Mayfield Community Campus. A drop-in meeting is to be held at Mayfield Primary School on Tuesday 20 June between 4.30pm and 8.30pm

Building services contractor Emtec Group has promoted Calum Brown to head of finance. Having worked for over a decade in finance, Mr Brown began his career as a trainee accountant at Cumbernauld-based FBD Consultancy in 2012. Prior to joining Emtec, Mr Brown was finance manager at Amity Ho

More than 150,000 construction workers may be suffering in silence from common mental health problems, according to new figures from the Mental Health Foundation. Association for Project Safety (APS) president Ray Bone said fewer than half of male sufferers were able to talk about their problems pos

While preparing his late father-in-law's Los Angeles home for renovation, California-based estate agent John Reyes unearthed an astonishing haul of over one million copper pennies hidden in a tight crawlspace.

Important changes are being made to the CITB Health, Safety & Environment (HS&E) test for Managers and Professionals (MAP), supported by the launch of updated revision materials for candidates. The MAP test is an important way of assessing that Managers and Professionals know how to keep the