And Finally

A solid gold toilet worth £4.8 million has been stolen from Blenheim Palace. Two days after the artwork went on display at the Duke of Marlborough's country home, burglars broke into the palace and ripped it from the wall, leaving in their wake “significant damage and flooding”.

Kanye West has been ordered to demolish homes he was building on his 300-acre Californian property. The unusual dome structures were reportedly inspired by the planet Tatooine from the ‘Star Wars’ films and were being built as possible low-income housing units or housing for homeless peo

A retired police sergeant who collects bricks as a hobby has amassed almost 3,500 bricks which he keeps in his garden shed.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has instructed the civil service to prepare plans to build a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland, according to reports. Documents leaked to Channel 4 News showed that the Treasury and the Department for Transport have been asked to analyse the costs and risks.

A former construction worker is attracting global attention due to his striking resemblance to footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.

A modular housebuilder is to hold recruitment days at UK prisons in a bid to ease the current construction skills and housing crisis.

Contemporary buildings by architects including Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind and Norman Foster have been fused with ancient sites in Iran in a conceptual project by architect Mohammad Hassan Forouzanfar. Zaha Hadid's Port House over Tepe Sialk in Kashan. Image courtesy of Mohammad Hassan Forouzanfar

An ode to the Queensferry Crossing by Scotland’s national poet has been set in bronze in a specially commissioned work. 

Pope Francis arrived late for his weekly prayer in St Peter's Square after getting stuck in a lift in the Vatican.

The graves of military veterans could be dug up as part of the U.S./Mexico border wall project.

An Aberdeen FC fan has painstakingly recreated the club's Pittodrie Stadium out of LEGO.

Ancient artefacts have been discovered during the archaeological excavations taking place before the initiation of the A9 Berriedale road scheme.

The UK’s top young students & apprentices (and former apprentices) – flew home from Russia yesterday covered in gold and glory.

A construction worker swapped his high-viz jackets and steel-capped boots for a selection of ladies’ frocks and high heels for a week in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Darren Brown, from Lowton, raised an impressive £1,600 as his efforts went viral.

A construction worker who spent the past 50 years buying and restoring vintage vehicles is now putting them up for auction.