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Seven international design teams have been shortlisted for a new site-specific museum to honour Jesus Christ’s baptism at Bethany, Jordan. Due to open in 2030 to mark the bimillennial of Christ’s baptism, the new museum is expected to be a globally significant spiritual and cultural land

An Estonian theatre company has reimagined Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with bulldozers, buses, and cement mixers in the starring roles.

A dream honeymoon turned into a nightmare when a couple checked into a 'five-star' EasyJet hotel in Rhodes, which turned out to be a noisy construction site.

Dubai’s billionaire ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has fitted solar panels on his Highland estate without planning permission.

Shouts of “shame” echoed through the council chamber as Swindon Borough councillors narrowly approved plans to rebuild a local leisure centre – the domed complex often linked to Britpop band Oasis. The Oasis centre, famous for its lagoon pool under a distinctive dome, first opened

Bellway’s construction team recently surprised one-year-old Harris Beattie at the company’s Landsdale development in East Kilbride, creating a day to remember for the construction enthusiast.

A former forklift operator has seen a change of career pay off after landing a monthly commission of £10,000 for selling property. Myles Eddy had been working in a warehouse in Cumbria when he accepted a job with Glasgow-based Prime Property Auctions less than two years ago, banking the huge p

A significant collection of 400,000-year-old Palaeolithic tools, unearthed in Kent, has sold for more than £41,000 at auction.

A radioactive wasp nest was discovered by workers at a nuclear facility in the US last month.

Residents of Castle Cary, Somerset have celebrated the fourth birthday of a sinkhole.

Games Workshop, the company behind the globally popular Warhammer game, has revealed that the presence of a single bat is delaying its plans to expand operations in Nottingham.

New legislation aims to make it easier for Americans to finance tiny homes.

Architect Jim Webster, co-founder of HAUS Collective, led a team of seven Scottish friends on a 1,000-mile cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats, raising almost £50,000 for two charities supporting people living with cancer.

A raccoon that captured the hearts of the internet after being left on a Toronto sidewalk has now been immortalised with a commemorative plaque, marking the 10th anniversary of a moment that became a social media sensation.

A planning appeal to convert a former gasworks site in Innerleithen into a storage yard has been rejected, after historic Google Earth images contradicted claims made by the applicant, RCR Limited.