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People in China are being encouraged to opt for vertical burial or cremation under new government funeral guidelines aimed at coping with land scarcity. It's hoped the guidance, issued by nine government departments, will promote environmentally friendly forms of burial that take up little or no lan

Aberdeen councillor Ian‎ Yuill has urged has urged the city council to take action after he discovered that a contractor was holding a lamppost on the city’s Hammersmith Road in place with a piece of rope. Liberal Democrat Yuill said: "I couldn't believe what I saw as I was walking along Hammers

A Tayside eaterie, home of the best bacon butty in the world, is preparing for a 100-metre move costing £1 million. Back in 1960 the Horn Milk Bar, between Dundee and Perth, started life as a simple tartan shed.

Plans to build a Jack Nicklaus golf course in Scotland could be bunkered by an ancient woodland, The Scotsman has reported. The golfing legend hoped his designs for a new course at Ury Estate in Aberdeenshire would pull in golf tourists from all over the world.

RESIDENTIAL – FEWER THAN TEN UNITS Applicant: Ms Susan Maxwell

Scottish steel mills handed to new owner Liberty House New owner of two Lanarkshire steel mills which were mothballed by Tata Steel have been officially taken over by Liberty House.

Construction industry’s chance to pledge its support for The Lighthouse Club Construction industry charity, The Lighthouse Club, is calling on firms and employees across the sector to vote for it to benefit from a £20,000 donation pot pledged by Hudson Contract to mark its 20th anniversary.

Architects, engineers and builders are the joint second hardest working professions in the UK when it comes to bank holidays as almost nine in ten will be working today, according to new research. Those in HR (89 per cent) are the most likely to be working this weekend, followed architects, engineer

A team of experts has begun restoring the ancient tomb in Jerusalem where Christians believe Jesus was buried, in the first such works for 200 years.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Southside House

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John Ballantyne, a man instrumental in the planning of housing developments which changed the face of Broughty Ferry, has died aged 82, The Courier has reported. Mr Ballantyne, who was born in Auchtermuchty in 1933, was influential in the development of housing in the Nursery Road and East Balgillo

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Versalis UK Ltd