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US President Donald Trump’s plan to restrict undocumented immigrants crossing into the United States from the Mexican border included a moat filled with snakes or alligators and an electrified barbed wall, according to reports.

The developer behind a failed bid for hundreds of homes at Aberdeen's historic Rubislaw Quarry has submitted new plans for the site. Canadian firm Carttera has lodged a proposal of application notice to Aberdeen City Council for 250 private flats, gym, function room, public bistro and promenade alon

North Lanarkshire Council has granted planning permission in principle for a new cinema and restaurant complex in Cumbernauld.

South Ayrshire Council has appointed Morrison Construction as the preferred contractor to deliver the new Sacred Heart Primary School in Girvan.

A final proposal for a member’s bill to improve protection for people who purchase a new-build home has been lodged at the Scottish Parliament.

NHS Fife has drawn up its designs for the replacement of two ageing health centre and instigated the next stage of the development process for its new elective orthopaedic centre.

Real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield is continuing its expansion in Scotland with the signing of three new recruits. (from left) Callum Napier, Kyle Stuart and Cameron Lineen

A construction specialist solicitor has joined Scottish firm Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) as a partner. Ross Taylor, who has headed up Taylor Law in Dunfermline for the last ten years, will be working as part of the firm’s construction team from October 1, specialising in content

A plan to introduce a biomass boiler system at a housing development in North Ayrshire is to be the subject of a public consultation. North Ayrshire Council is asking residents to have their say on the proposal, which would deliver savings on energy bills for tenants and reduce greenhouse gas emissi

Intrepid competitors from Scottish building services specialist MPACT Group have raised much-needed cash for two charities after pushing themselves to the limit at one of the country’s most challenging extreme course races.

Homeowners in England will be allowed to add two storeys to their homes without having to get planning permission, under new proposals unveiled by the Conservative Party.

Edinburgh has been announced as one of four cities to join a global movement of cities working towards sustainability, prosperity, inclusivity and resilience goals.

The UK Space Agency has announced a package of £488,000 for Machrihanish Airbase Community Company (MACC), the owners of a former RAF Airbase turned business park with airport near Campbeltown.

England’s housing minister Esther McVey has been ridiculed after she appeared to discover that 3D architecture designed on computers was a "new way" to design buildings. Speaking at the Conservative party conference in Manchester yesterday, McVey seemed to suggest that architects are moving in

A contractor which claimed the Scottish Government acted unlawfully in giving taxpayers' money to a competitor in the purchase of a Highland industrial yard has had a £25 million damages action dismissed.