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Councillor Mike Williamson, vice-convener of Perth and Kinross Council’s Housing & Social Wellbeing Committee, officially opened the show home at Persimmon Homes North Scotland’s Kinloch Brae development in Blairgowrie. He was joined by Persimmon sales director, Tanya Fowlie, to cut

North Lanarkshire Council has confirmed a major long-term investment in its housing stock, committing more than £531 million over the next five years to improve homes and support communities across the area.

High school students gathered at Okanagan College in Kelowna, Canada, this month for the institution’s long‑running spaghetti bridge‑building competition — a yearly test of engineering ingenuity using nothing more than pasta and glue.

SSEN Transmission has welcomed the decision by Scottish Ministers to approve its Section 37 application for the Chleansaid Wind Farm connection project in Sutherland.

A construction company that specialises in utility and infrastructure services has been fined £183,000 after one of its employees died after falling through a fragile roof.

Glasgow City Council has confirmed it is ‘minded to grant’ planning permission for a major new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development in Glasgow’s Central Business District.

Councillors in South Ayrshire have agreed to invest nearly £329 million in delivering capital projects over the next 12 years. Capital projects are large-scale, non-recurring investments such as the refurbishment of the Citadel Leisure Centre in Ayr, which is set to cost around £11m.

Four local charities have benefited from £18,800 of donations from Lochmaben manufacturer Russell Roof Tiles as part of the firm’s diamond jubilee year.

According to Savills, 2025 was another record year for the food & beverage sector (F&B) in Glasgow, with 38 new openings in the city centre totalling 87,000 sq ft of restaurant accommodation.

Building maintenance firm Cleartech is continuing to invest in the next generation of engineering and commissioning talent, with six apprentices currently attending college and a further eight team members who have progressed through the company’s apprenticeship routes in previous years.

Four enthusiastic pupils from Bilston Primary School lent a hand to Morgan Sindall Construction Scotland as the contractor began work on a new four‑classroom extension for the school. P7 pupil Ruben (11), P1 pupil Ellie (5), Anne (8) from P4, and Lewis (10) from P6 joined Councillor Ellen Scott, t

Glasgow City Council is rolling out a significant upgrade to the city's road network on the back of a three-year £119 million investment programme.

Plans to bring Elgin’s historic Grant Lodge back into public use have taken an important step forward thanks to new support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Moray Council has been awarded £212,427 to develop detailed proposals for the building, which has been empty for more than

Network Rail will soon begin £200,000 worth of essential repairs to the footbridge at Burnside station.

A multi-million pound new Eye Hospital for Edinburgh has moved a step closer after NHS Lothian appointed a main contractor. Kier will act as Principal Supply Chain Partner to build the state-of-the-art facility, which will serve adults and children across the region, as well as south-east Scotland.