And Finally

A teenager has been appointed as interim leader of an English county council with an annual budget of over £400 million. Reform UK emerged as the largest party on Warwickshire County Council after the local elections in May, with 23 of the 57 seats.

An island off the west coast of Scotland, complete with a ruined 20th century castle, is on the market for £5.5 million.

A seagull took a sip of a maintenance worker's coffee before flying off with his mug. Darren Pardoe was bird-proofing houses in Porthleven, Cornwall, when he took a coffee break at a local pub on 3 June.

A housebuilder has invited construction workers to swap their hard hats for yoga mats and ‘warrior pose’ during a special on-site wellness session highlighting the importance of mental health in construction.

An Edinburgh building materials supplier is offering free food and extended opening hours to help customers hit by traffic delays.

An 8-week-old kitten living under a shipping container at a construction site has been rescued after a two-day effort.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a stark warning to homeowners about the "freemen on the land" movement, a group promoting the pseudolegal theory that individuals are not bound by mortgage contracts they do not consent to. This conspiracy theory, gaining traction through social media

A project to improve security at the House of Lords has turned into an embarrassing fiasco, with a new entrance door costing nearly £10 million, yet still requiring staff to manually operate it.

Over a century ago, a wealthy widow with citizenship in both the United States and Canada commissioned a unique building to celebrate the bond between the two nations.

A remarkably preserved two-story stone building in Jerusalem is believed by some archaeologists to be the site of the Last Supper.

A Syrian contractor made a remarkable discovery while clearing debris from a destroyed house in Maarat al-Numan, a city in Syria's Idlib province. Beneath the rubble, the contractor uncovered the remains of a Byzantine-era underground tomb complex, believed to be over 1,500 years old.

Google’s futuristic £1 billion headquarters in King’s Cross has been ruffled by a most old-fashioned problem — foxes. The as-yet-unopened “landscraper,” a horizontal skyscraper stretching through central London, has found its rooftop garden turned into a playgroun

A construction worker from Leeds has bagged a new house and a Mercedes as part of a competition prize bundle worth nearly £850,000.

A sleepless night turned into a cause for celebration for a Canadian construction worker after he discovered a lottery ticket had made him CA$100,000 (c. £54,000) richer. Ontario resident Bradley Rosehart is overjoyed after winning the jackpot in the Megadice Lotto draw on the 9 of April 2025.

An auction of quirky items to help raise money for the restoration of Parnham House in Dorset exceeded expectations by raising double the estimated amount.