And Finally

It has taken longer than planned but 141 years after the first stone was laid the Sagrada Familia has passed a milestone with the completion of four towers.

A proposed East Lothian underpass intended to be used exclusively by chickens is facing opposition from local residents who say there is no evidence they will use it.

Plans by Boris Johnson to build a pool at his home appear to be back on track after the former Prime Minister promised to build a “little newt motel” for great crested newts.

An action-packed play park for dogs is set to be the “best in Scotland” when it opens this weekend.

A power tool business has unveiled a cheeky new advertising campaign using fruity language to make a point about the firm’s strong service ethos.

The design of a new residential project in Dubai has taken root and branch inspiration from the Banyan tree.

A woman was rescued from an outhouse toilet after she climbed into it to retrieve her Apple Watch. The woman dropped the watch at a boat launch event in Bagley Township, Michigan, police said, and lowered herself inside the toilet.

A narrow house less than four metres wide but 32 metres long has been approved in South Ayrshire.

A 45-storey student accommodation development is set to be delivered in Leeds. Developer Olympian Homes and investor Cain International said the 191-metre Cirrus Point scheme will be “the tallest PBSA building in the world and the tallest building in Leeds”.

Drivers in a French village have complained after being disoriented by crisscrossed white lines on the road which the mayor has argued has purposefully made them slow down. The village of Bauné in western France introduced the series of crisscrossing white lines at interse

A faint meow during an inspection revealed a furry surprise for construction workers in the United States. Fire officials and construction workers in Kelso, Washington state found a litter of six kittens inside a newly drywalled wall during an inspection of a newly constructed apartment complex.

Alcohol flowed freely in the Portuguese town of Levira over the weekend after two vats holding about 2.2m litres of wine at a distillery burst and flooded the streets.

Architecture studio Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has unveiled designs for Sultan Haitham City, Oman’s first-ever smart city which aims to house 100,000 people. Located in Al-Seeb, a district of Muscat, the new city will comprise over 2.9 million square meters of public space,

A collection of nine traditional Hindu models believed to be at least 1,000 years old have been unearthed at a construction site in India.

A crane operator used his skills to rescue an unlucky dog after it fell into a hole on a construction site.