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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
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Plans to transform an empty church hall in Strathmiglo into five flats have been approved by Fife councillors.
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A major independent review of how Scotland’s key agencies engage with the planning system has been published by the Scottish Government, setting out 17 recommendations aimed at speeding up decisions, reducing complexity and strengthening collaboration across the sector.
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North Ayrshire Council has published an interim progress report on action that has been planned to help reduce flood risk.
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The planning application for a new Forres Academy building next to Applegrove Primary School has been given the green light by Moray Council’s Planning and Regulatory Service committee today. The development will see a modern, three-storey building capable of accommodating 1,120 pupils.
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Two Scottish offshore wind farms with a joint capacity to generate almost 1.5GW of clean electricity have today each been awarded a Contracts for Difference (CfD) in a competitive UK Government auction process.
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Ice may seem like an unlikely building material, but scientists now believe it could be the key to establishing long‑term human settlements on Mars.
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Manor Forrest has submitted plans to Falkirk Council seeking to build around 200 new homes in the village of Maddiston.
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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.
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A new phase in the restoration of George Square will kick off a big year in the continuing transformation of Glasgow city centre.
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The Scottish Government has today published the fourth iteration of the National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) delivery programme.
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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
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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
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed fines totalling £371,700 on two former finance directors of Carillion plc for their roles in the construction giant's collapse.
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In 2014, Edinburgh’s controversial new tram system finally opened to the public and the highly scrutinised Edinburgh Tram Inquiry got underway, writes Steven Stewart. By 2023, a second phase of the tramline had been completed and the inquiry by Lord Hardie concluded. In recent months, City of
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