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Photographs have been discovered which show the construction of a Victorian sewerage system which has served Aberdeen for more than 100 years. The images date from 1900 and 1901 and highlight the dirty and often dangerous work of the men sent underground to burrow out the Girdleness Outfall Scheme.

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A Dutchman has raised more than a few eyebrows around the town of Groningen this summer thanks to an innovative form of transport, the Daily Mail reports. The man was spotted making his way down one of the country's famous canals in a floating living room.

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MPs could move out of the Houses of Parliament for six years if they back a parliamentary committee’s recommendation of a temporary decant so restoration work can take place. The Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster will today recommend that MPs move into the nearby Department of Health wi

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Ladbrokes Premiership outfit Partick Thistle has appointed an architect to step into the suit of its mascot ‘Kingsley’. Craig Dunstable, 38, a lifelong Jags fan from Maryhill, has been selected following a job application process which launched in July.

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Wealthy London homeowners planning to dig underground extensions are to be hit by Britain’s first “basement tax” in a fresh crackdown on so-called iceberg homes, according to the London Evening Standard. Under new rules, residents in Westminster will have to pay an average levy of £8,000 to s

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An actress in Canada has shown her gratitude to construction workers who chased the thief who stole her purse and then helped bandage her wounds. Yvette Jones, 41, was walking to a photo shoot in Winnipeg, Manitoba, when an unknown man started talking to her, complimenting her on her top.

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Like many labourers in the north east, Michael Forsyth felt the sting in the downturn of the oil and gas industry. From high school he went straight into a plumbing apprenticeship for a firm that went into administration in 2010.

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A new robot builder can construct an entire house in two days. Hadrian X is a giant truck-mounted robot that can lay up to 1,000 bricks an hour using a 30-metre arm, meaning it can stay in a single position throughout.

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