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An appeal for a house on stilts in an Angus village has failed to win over councillors over flood fears from the passing burn.

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For the first time since the modernisation of the electricity network, horses are being used to extract timber on SSEN Transmission projects. It may be the image of a bygone era, but there is still very much a place for horse logging - the extraction of timber - from Scotland’s forests.

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A San Francisco company offering "sleeping pods" in a former bank for $700 (c. £530) a month has received over 300 applications for its remaining 17 beds, despite facing ongoing regulatory challenges. Brownstone Shared Housing, which aims to provide low-cost accommodation in expensive cities,

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The site of a former public convenience at Barassie Beach, Troon, is to become a new restaurant.

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Two Scots who are believed to own the biggest brick collection in the UK are looking for a museum to house all 6,000 of them.

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A PhD student has discovered a huge Mayan city by accident centuries after it disappeared under a jungle canopy in Mexico. Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres in the southeastern state of Campeche.

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A construction worker in Missouri saved a little squirrel that was covered from head to toe in wet spray foam. It was a casual day at the construction site when a contractor came to work and suddenly spotted some unexpected furry guests scurrying around his station.

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A spectacular ancient 'dun' (or fort) on Scotland’s national forests and land has been recognised for its cultural significance. Kraiknish Dun on the Isle of Skye has been designated as a scheduled monument of national importance after a recent assessment by Historic Environment Scotland (HES)

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After a black bear repeatedly punched a large hole in the fence of a homeowner in Vancouver, the family took the next logical step - to install a super-sized doggy door.

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Education consultancy and social enterprise Class Of Your Own (COYO) has announced the launch of a new school programme in collaboration with Jamie Oliver Restaurants.

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Actor Steven Seagal has been given land by authorities in Russia to build an International Centre for Martial Arts. The Gorki Holding Co., in which Seagal has a 26% stake, received a huge plot of land in the prestigious Rublevka area near Moscow, according to Russian news outlet Baza. Authoriti

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While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one new paper has claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang pyramid in Indonesia was constructed as far back as 25,000 BC – though there have since been doubts as t

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A ground-breaking discovery of a secret tomb at one of the new seven wonders of the world has been made by a team of researchers, including academics from the University of St Andrews.

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