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A six-acre island off the Devon coast complete with private beach, fortifications, planning permission for a luxury hotel, and reportedly 15 ghosts, has been put up for sale. Drake's Island, just 600 yards from Plymouth, was used as a military defence for hundreds of years - with 18th-century cannon

Former Glasgow subway carriages could be repurposed as glamping pods, community hubs, cafes or even art galleries after being put up for sale. Up to 20 of the city's old-style trains could be yours for £5,000 each.

The company behind plans drawn up by Silicon Valley billionaires for an $800 million (c. £620m) utopia in central California have been forced to put the project on hold after the release of a report highlighting huge potential costs to taxpayers. California Forever had promised

A mysterious monolith has baffled police officers in Las Vegas after it was spotted glimmering in a remote mountain range near the city.

Workers battling a dam breach in southern China tried to seal the gap by driving construction trucks into the emerging hole.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's $27 million (c. £21m) San Francisco mansion is reportedly riddled with problems, according to a lawsuit filed by Altman's legal team. The luxury abode located in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighbourhood, was said to once be the most expensive listing in San Francisco,

A large mural of a smoking woman on the outside of a conserved building in Singapore can remain in place but the owner has been fined for not seeking approval for the unauthorised works.

A new study has shown that olive pit waste can effectively reduce energy usage in buildings, demonstrating how the circular economy can be applied to the construction sector.

A town in Sweden is giving southern European property a run for its money, as it offers plots of land for less than a cup of coffee. Götene, 200 miles southwest of Stockholm, is offering 29 plots of land for as little as 1 krona – equivalent to around 7 pence – per square metre

A battle between Greek and Mayan gods has begun in the Mexican courts.

Scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) have turned to their love of LEGO brick building when designing launch pads and shelters for astronauts visiting the moon.

A woman has opened up about her strange addiction to eating bricks after getting hooked on the 'chalky' taste when she was a teenager. Patrice Benjamin-Ramgoolam from London appeared on ITV's This Morning yesterday, ten years after she first spoke her obsession on the show.

A massive Gavin and Stacey mural has divided a Welsh town. Dinas Powys homeowner Anya Clements commissioned artist Tee2Sugars to create the artwork, featuring eight characters from the hit BBC comedy, on her garden wall.

A Chicago homeowner was left reeling after an administrative error resulted in his property tax bill increasing sixteen-fold from $1,800 to more than $30,000.

A secret society has been covertly refurbishing garden gnomes in a Canadian city, according to reports.