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Russian officials have been left red-faced after a statue of a Scottish scientist was erected in a tribute intended to honour a French architect. Civic leaders in St Petersburg intended to pay tribute to Jean-francois Thomas de Thomon, a French architect who designed a number of the city’s neo-cla

Stars of Fringe show Don Juan Andrew Paterson and Susie Berry are caught between a rock and a hard place as they channel the romance of the legendary lover Don Juan – a man so adept at the art of seduction, he thinks nothing of scaling a 100ft climbing wall in heels to reach the object of his desi

A woman has availed herself of the ancient Norman rite of Clameur de Haro in an attempt to stop the narrowing of a road in Guernsey. Rosie Henderson invoked the clameur by kneeling and crying for help and reciting the Lord’s Prayer, in Norman French.

A Russian asbestos company has given US President Donald Trump the stamp of approval by using his image to market its product. In a post to its page on Facebook, Uralasbest, which is one of the world’s largest producers and sellers of asbestos, showcased new pallets of its product adorned with a s

Tennis star Johanna Konta is facing opposition from environmental campaigners over proposals to build in ancient woodland that inspired the Winnie-the-Pooh adventures. The Woodland Trust is objecting to plans by the British number one to demolish a building and construct a four-bedroomed, one-and-a-

Northcare Manor, a new care home in Edinburgh which incorporates an old shopping street to help its residents reminisce, has opened with the support of a £7.73m funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland.

Artists’ impressions of a typical Kranôg unit The UK’s first off grid holiday home, which has no connection to mains power, water or sewage, has been developed by a Perth businesswoman.

A specially designed rope bridge slung between trees high over a Highlands road is giving red squirrels a safe crossing. Conservation charity Trees for Life installed the bridge over a road near Shieldaig last summer as part of its project to reintroduce red squirrels to the northwest Highlands.

Modern building materials used in energy efficient homes can make mobile phone signals weaker indoors by one million times, new research has found. A study commissioned by the telecoms regulator Comreg has concluded that the increased use of materials such as foil-layered insulation as well as alumi

Elon Musk’s infrastructure firm The Boring Company has revealed plans to link Chicago’s Downtown area with O'Hare Airport using “autonomous electric skates” travelling up to 150 miles per hour. The company which said it “aims to alleviate soul-destroying traffic by constructing safe, affor

A real estate development and property management company has broken ground on a first-of-its-kind cannabis-only business park in California. Sacramento-based Canna-Hub held a groundbreaking ceremony last week with local officials saying they look forward to the positive economic impact the project

New Zealand’s transport agency has vowed to replace its “unfair” road signs to include women following a complaint from a seven year-old girl. Zoe Carew contacted the head of the New Zealand Transport Agency when she saw people working on power lines near the road and a warning sign that read

A new bar consisting of a helter skelter is to be installed in Edinburgh. Sip & Slide will be situated on George Street at the Edinburgh Fringe for the month of August.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14VF_ccdmCM Workers have unearthed rare 260-year-old wooden water pipes during a dig in Edinburgh.