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A helter-skelter, lego exhibition and crazy golf course are some of the unlikely new instalments at cathedrals across the UK as a bid to reinvigorate these ancient buildings and raise awareness gets under way.

A Scottish civil engineer is hoping that Lego will choose his design of the Forth Bridge for a future box set after spending a painstaking four months building a 4.7 metre model of the landmark. Michael Dineen, who worked in South Queensferry for two years, went to extraordinary lengths to get

An electrician whose van kept getting broken into has wired it to give would-be thieves a 1,000-volt shock.

Seesaws have been installed in between the metal slats of the US-Mexico border wall so that children on either side can play together. Designed by architectural studio Rael San Fratello, the three pink seesaws straddle the wall between El Paso in Texas and Ciudad Juárez in Mexico.

An application to build a 140-metre observation wheel and visitor attraction on land at Spillers Quay in Newcastle has been granted planning permission.

Scots predict the eco homes of the future will have a giant battery to store energy from the sun and include windows which adapt to light to keep your home hot or cold without the need for heating or air conditioning.

A piece of street art in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg featuring a large cross has become the talk of town after it was partially covered with asphalt just a few days after it was completed.

Residents from a New York condo have paid $11 million to developers to stop the construction of a proposed neighbouring tower to protect their view from being interrupted.

An art student in London has decided to turn her depressing living situation into something constructive – or fermented.

The demolition of a school in Aberdeen that was delayed after baby gulls were found nesting on its roof has now has resumed after the birds flew the nest.

Local government, housing and planning minister, Kevin Stewart MSP, visited the Northfield area of Aberdeen last week to see how the Scottish Government’s Decarbonisation Fund is helping Grampian Housing Association implement energy efficiency measures. The Association’s homes are the fi

A church which played a central role in the Scottish Reformation has been virtually reconstructed as it may have appeared more than five centuries ago by researchers at the University of St Andrews.

A collection of photographs that explores the rich built heritage of Glasgow is to be displayed at a new exhibition.

A consultation proposing that new-build homes in England are fitted with an electric car chargepoint by 2050 has been launched by the UK Government.

A street in the Welsh coastal town of Harlech has been named the steepest in the world following a campaign by locals.