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An Aberdeenshire gravedigger had a more intense Halloween experience than he was probably hoping for yesterday when the walls of a plot he was digging collapsed and trapped him inside.

Aberdeen City Council has agreed to take forward a feasibility study to build 2,000 new council houses in the city by 2022.

Pupils celebrate as Morgan Sindall start work on new school

Paisley-vased CGC has completed the task of giving an iconic West Yorkshire building a new lease of life.

ESH Border Construction has been appointed contractor on the prestigious project to transform the historic City Observatory site on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill, with work commencing this week.

Aberdeen Bypass beams set for delivery

Despite take-up in Edinburgh and Glasgow city centres in Q3 2016 being well down on the five-year quarterly average, leading real estate advisory firm Bilfinger GVA is optimistic that the market will recover from the post-Brexit downturn.

Plans have been submitted for the conversion of the listed BHS store at 64 Princes Street, Edinburgh, into a hotel, revamped retail space and restaurants.

MGM Timber has bought smaller rival Robert Reid & Sons of Hamilton for an undisclosed sum.

Moray Council has approved plans for Springfield Properties to build 2,500 new homes, two schools and Moray Sports Foundations’ new sports centre on the south side of Elgin in a long-term project worth half a billion pounds. The housebuilder has worked with the council over the last year to design

A competition has been launched by the Dundee Institute of Architects (DIA) for the public to submit ideas on how a site within the city’s Seabraes Yards could be used for children and young people. Renowned for its expertise in digital media and creative industries, the former railway goods yard

Ogilvie begins work on new Grangemouth school Children and young people with additional support needs in the Falkirk area will benefit from a modern new facility thanks to the Scottish Government’s Schools for the Future building programme.

A church has been forced to remove a huge 12ft wooden cross – because it forgot to apply for planning consent. The Scotsman reports that the cross was fixed last month to the outside of the Grade B-listed Gilfillan Memorial Church, in Dundee, which was built in 1887.

Scotch whisky firm Chivas Brothers has revealed plans to build a new £40 million bottling facility in Dumbarton. The company will close its operations in Paisley and relocate all employees to the new Kilmalid site over the next three years.

Galashiels-based housebuilding and contracting business Murray & Burrell Limited has ceased trading with the loss of 38 jobs. Thomson Cooper partner Richard Gardiner has been appointed as administrator.