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The mystery surrounding why Stonehenge contains bluestones brought from a Welsh hillside is one step closer to being solved thanks to ground-breaking work by the ‘Stones of Stonehenge’ research team which included the University of St Andrews. Dr Tim Kinnaird, of the School of Earth

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A civil engineer’s bid to persuade Lego to choose his design of the Forth Bridge for a future box set has received the 10,000 votes it needs. Michael Dineen, who worked in South Queensferry for two years, spending a painstaking four months building a 4.7 metre model of the landm

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Barratt Homes has teamed up with the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) to uncover exactly how a fully liveable home would look and operate within the hostile environment of the Moon.

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Three trainees gravediggers unleashed a JCB on an “unspoilt gem” of ancient parkland after confusing it for a cemetery. The contractors were asked to dig a practice grave in an area of Easthill Cemetery in Frome, Somerset.

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A 14ft python has been found near a pub in Greenock by passing builders. The huge reptile, believed to be a Burmese python, was coiled up next to a metal fence and the men thought it was dead - before it started to slither.

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A construction worker got a huge grimacing picture of Prime Minister Boris Johnson tattooed on his stomach to raise money for a friend’s life-saving cancer treatment. Kenny Wilding from Kidderminster raised £800 for family friend Megan Smith who has been referred to the US for

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The installations of seesaws between the metal slats of the US-Mexico border wall that enabled children on either side to play together has won the 2020 Beazley Design of the Year award, run by London's Design Museum. Designed by architectural studio Rael San Fratello, the three pink seesaws straddl

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