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The Wellgate Shopping Centre in Dundee was sold to a private investor for £1.4 million on Monday.

Two charities based in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, A Bear Named Buttony and Northsound Cash For Kids, have received a share of CALA Homes' community bursary initiative to help them continue to provide beneficial and vital support to children in the area.

A farmer who destroyed an ancient cairn to use as topsoil has been fined £18,000. Duncan MacInnes used the earth from Upper Tote Cairn in the north of Skye to help with a building project elsewhere on his land.

Lovell Homes, the housebuilder behind a 133-home development in Kinghorn, has donated furniture used in show homes to a local women’s charity that helps those suffering domestic abuse.

The developer behind plans for a block of flats beside the Forth and Clyde Canal near Firhill has lodged an appeal over the lack of a verdict from Glasgow City Council.

Stirling-based procurement services provider PfH Scotland, which represents 95 social housing providers across Scotland, has appointed 25 contractors to its new £0.25 billion Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing 2 (EESSH2) framework.

Housebuilder Dandara East Scotland has donated £1,000 towards Social Bite’s ‘Festival of Kindness’ campaign. The Edinburgh-based homeless charity aims to provide 300,000 meals, gifts, and essential items to those in need throughout Scotland and the UK.

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Police are trying to fill in the gaps to a mystery after a 58-foot-bridge was reported stolen. Treated deck boards on the bridge in East Akron, Ohio, were reported missing at the beginning of November, police say.

The Lochmaben team at roof tile manufacturer Russell Roof Tiles is supporting a children’s charity local to its site this festive season. Russell Roof Tiles is donating £500 to Westsound Cash for Kids – a local charity that helps children across Dumfries & Galloway. Its mission

A new permanent bridge over the railway on Dumbarton Road in Old Kilpatrick has now re-opened.

The building regulations – compliance and enforcement consultation is now open for views on the development of a new compliance plan manager role in the building standards system.

Preparatory work is underway for the construction of a new junction on the A1 near Queen Margaret University (QMU).

Fife Council’s procurement activity delivered more than £10 million in savings and benefits, as well as a range of local community benefits including employment opportunities, apprenticeships and work experience opportunities, a report to councillors has revealed.

The latest works by building services contractor Arc-Tech (Scotland) from within the education sector are now complete with the Larkfield Early Years Centre in Greenock.