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  A pair of Australian construction bosses have managed to dupe authorities in one of the most authoritarian nations on earth into letting them compete in a international professional golf tournament.

  Glasgow’s iconic Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed ‘House for an Art Lover’ is transforming from one of Scotland’s most popular tourist attractions into a B&B for an exclusive overnight experience for two – for the first time in the building’s 20-year history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFnW7fYKPVs&feature=youtu.be Access to Scotland's first community-owned craft whisky distillery could be provided by an "electric elevator".

An Aberdeenshire gravedigger had a more intense Halloween experience than he was probably hoping for yesterday when the walls of a plot he was digging collapsed and trapped him inside.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_fUKDmI8bU They may have been constructed to be "indestructible" but increasing numbers of shopkeepers are refusing to accept new polymer bank notes because customers have taken on such claims as a challenge and are ruining them.

Grant Henderson Tankers (GHT) is a waste removal company, with quite simply one of the best email addresses in history. The Glaswegian firm is responsible for pumping the human waste out of mobile toilets, and according to its website it also does drain unblocking and 'septic tank services'.

Network Rail is calling for help to solve a 71-year mystery after detailed drawings for a second rail bridge over the Firth of Forth were found hidden in an old box under a desk in Glasgow. Historians are trying to find out why the plans, dating back to 1945, which would have seen a second bridge be

International superstar Emeli Sande has pledged her support to the multi-million pound redevelopment of Aberdeen’s historic Music Hall. The singer-songwriter, who hails from Alford in Aberdeenshire, is instantly recognisable from her striking profile emblazoned on the large building wrap surroundi

The logo to be used when Glasgow hosts a selection of games for the Euro 2020 football tournament was launched today featuring the city’s famous ‘Squinty Bridge’. Landmark bridges across Europe are being used as a theme for each of the tournament’s host cities with the Clyde Arc forming the

Plans have been approved for a pirate ship in the grounds of the house which helped to inspire JM Barrie to write Peter Pan. Designed by LDN Architects, the play equipment is part of a wider scheme to convert Moat Brae in Dumfries into a national centre for children's literature.

A cheeky Manchester United fan pulled off a cracking prank ahead of their clash with Liverpool, by leaving some Red Devils memorabilia on the Anfield roof. The Metro reports that the 42-year-old supporter, who wished to remain anonymous, worked as a builder on the site as Liverpool renovated the Mai

Scottish James Bond legend Sean Connery’s Spanish lawyers are facing jail for tax fraud after an investigation sparked by the sale of the actor’s Andalucian home. The actor had himself been questioned over the affair before investigations into him were dropped in 2014.

The house in Austria where Adolf Hitler was born is set to be demolished to stop it becoming a focal point for neo-Nazis, the BBC has reported. The future of the former guesthouse has been widely debated, with opinion torn between razing it or changing its use.

A Guinness World Record-breaking suspension bridge made entirely out of Lego has gone on display at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London. The Lego Bridge stands over three metres tall and spans 31 metres. The structure weighs 750 kg and is made up of more than 200,000 individual plastic bric

A construction worker in China who exercises on his lunch breaks has become an online celebrity for his efforts, China Daily reports. Shi Shenwei does not take a nap at noon as most construction workers do. The 23-year-old migrant worker from Longjiaoshan village, Dazhi city in Central China's Hubei