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A construction worker has claimed the first $100,000 top prize in a new scratch-off game from the Maryland Lottery. Roberto Fuentes Valdivia bought five $10 MONOPOLY X50 tickets while stopping for coffee in Mt. Rainier and won big on the final ticket he scratched.

A report outlining a significant investment in Falkirk Council’s housing stock was approved by elected members at a full council meeting last week.

An affordable housing development in Newtyle left half-finished following the collapse of Hadden Construction will be completed by spring, Abertay Housing Association has confirmed.

Engineering students from Heriot-Watt University are spearheading calls to reopen a rail route that last served neighbourhoods in the south of Edinburgh over 60 years ago.

Persimmon East Scotland has supported the East Lothian Men’s Shed with a donation of building materials collected from its Burgh Gate development in East Lothian. The Men’s Shed movement encourages connection, conversation, and creativity, providing opportunities for members to come toge

Landscaping, building, and roofing materials specialist Marshalls has made a series of senior leadership appointments in both its landscaping business and at group level. Nick Platt, managing director for landscaping, joins Marshalls from Baxi, where he was the sales and marketing director for the U

Registrations are now open for the UK’s largest and longest-running multi-trade skills competition, delivered by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).

Residents, community groups and businesses are being offered the chance to access the latest information on a road that aims to cut congestion and boost business in Bishopbriggs.

Mohamad Al-Dah FIStructE has officially succeeded Tanya de Hoog as the new president of the Institution of Structural Engineers. As the Institution’s 104th President, Mohamad Al-Dah brings a wealth of experience to the role, with a global career spanning Cairo, Cardiff, London, Panama, Seoul a

Members of the City of Inverness Area Committee have agreed a list of proposed prioritised roadworks which will be funded out of Highland Council’s Capital Budget allocation for 2025/26.

Miller Homes has completed its purchase of St. Modwen Homes following clearance from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

Dumfries and Galloway Council is inviting submissions for its Call for Sites and Ideas as part of the development of the region’s third Local Development Plan (LDP3).

Construction work has begun for a Virgin Mary statue in Poland that will be taller than the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro. Set for Konotopie, a small village located between Lipno and Toruń, in the municipality of Kikół, the structure will be 55.6 metres high.

Glasgow-headquartered engineering consultancy MHB Consultants (MHB) has made a series of senior appointments as the business readies itself for a significant period of growth under its new managing director Fergus Aitchison.  George Marjane, Gillian Pettigrew and Jordan Brownlee have been appoi

Aberdeenshire-based housebuilder Kirkwood Homes has expressed deep disappointment over the Scottish Government’s decision to dismiss their appeal for new homes in Broughty Ferry. The proposals would have delivered 38 new homes as an extension of the existing development on land south of Linlat