And Finally

An electrician whose van kept getting broken into has wired it to give would-be thieves a 1,000-volt shock.

Seesaws have been installed in between the metal slats of the US-Mexico border wall so that children on either side can play together. Designed by architectural studio Rael San Fratello, the three pink seesaws straddle the wall between El Paso in Texas and Ciudad Juárez in Mexico.

An application to build a 140-metre observation wheel and visitor attraction on land at Spillers Quay in Newcastle has been granted planning permission.

Scots predict the eco homes of the future will have a giant battery to store energy from the sun and include windows which adapt to light to keep your home hot or cold without the need for heating or air conditioning.

A piece of street art in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg featuring a large cross has become the talk of town after it was partially covered with asphalt just a few days after it was completed.

Residents from a New York condo have paid $11 million to developers to stop the construction of a proposed neighbouring tower to protect their view from being interrupted.

An art student in London has decided to turn her depressing living situation into something constructive – or fermented.

The demolition of a school in Aberdeen that was delayed after baby gulls were found nesting on its roof has now has resumed after the birds flew the nest.

Local government, housing and planning minister, Kevin Stewart MSP, visited the Northfield area of Aberdeen last week to see how the Scottish Government’s Decarbonisation Fund is helping Grampian Housing Association implement energy efficiency measures. The Association’s homes are the fi

A church which played a central role in the Scottish Reformation has been virtually reconstructed as it may have appeared more than five centuries ago by researchers at the University of St Andrews.

A collection of photographs that explores the rich built heritage of Glasgow is to be displayed at a new exhibition.

A consultation proposing that new-build homes in England are fitted with an electric car chargepoint by 2050 has been launched by the UK Government.

A street in the Welsh coastal town of Harlech has been named the steepest in the world following a campaign by locals.

A New Mexico construction worker is being hailed as a hero after catching a two-month-old baby girl and toddler from an apartment window during a fire in northeastern Albuquerque.

A 1980s Whitehall office block, a cinema that once boasted the widest screen in the UK and the former headquarters of Birds Eye have been named in a top 10 of 20th-century buildings most at risk. Campaigning charity the Twentieth Century Society said that even buildings with listed status protection