42 h. ago Housebuilder donates £1250 to Glenboig Development Trust as part of ongoing per

Newest contribution from Taylor Wimpey West Scotland brings the amount handed over thus far to £2800, with £25 pledged for each new home sold and legally completed in the first phase of 161 homes.

Economics

58 h. ago Scientists discover the household pet that develops dementia like a human

The breakthrough was hailed as a “perfect natural model for Alzheimer’s” by scientists who worked on it

Politics

67 h. ago Builder says contaminated soil no longer a concern at Braehead housing development

Bellway Homes has said there has been repeated testing of soil and groundwater at houses situated off Laymoor Avenue, in the Ferry Grove development.

Politics

5 d. ago Social landlord taking 'positive steps' towards Ayrshire's challenges

The South Scotland Labour List MSP heard about new housing developments within Ayr town centre and in rural locations.

Events

8 d. ago Hunt for missing journalist, 38, who missed flight home to UK after solo hike

London-based journalist Alec Luhn was last seen setting off for a long hike in Norway. A major search operation is now underway after he failed to show up for a flight home

Events

8 d. ago Top 10 housebuilder celebrates transformation of abandoned land in Ravenscraig

Top 10 housebuilder Keepmoat is celebrating the completion of its The Castings development on Meadowhead Road in Ravenscraig, which saw 14.2 acres of disused land transformed into a vibrant, new community.

Culture

3 w. ago Latest phase of Perthshire housing development gets underway with 25 homes to be built

Muir Homes has now started work on the second phase of 25 private homes at its Deer Pines development in Stanley, Perthshire.

Politics

4 w. ago The £200 billion landbank that could boost the UK’s housing supply

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Economics

4 w. ago Pan by Michael Clune review – a stunning debut of teen psychosis

This wild ride of a novel is remarkable for the honesty of its treatment of both mental illness and adolescenceThe narrator of American nonfiction author Michael Clune’s first novel is the 15-year-old Nicholas, who lives with his father in a housing development so cheap and deracinated it inspires existential terror. It’s a place exposed to “the raw death of the endless future, which at night in the midwest in winter is sometimes bare inches above the roofs”. Just as frightening is Nicholas’s sense that “anything can come in”. One day in January, what comes into Nicholas is the god Pan – a possessing, deranging, life-threatening spirit. Or that, anyhow, is how Nicholas comes to interpret his increasingly disabling anxiety.Pan is remarkable for the honesty of its treatment of both mental illness and adolescence. It shows more successfully than any other book I’ve read how these can be experienced as black magic – indeed, it allows that they might be black magic. N...

Politics

last month First Timber Kits Delivered by Muir Timber Systems at Reddingmuirhead Housing Development

Muir Timber Systems has successfully delivered the first timber kits to Carmichael Homes’ new housing development in Reddingmuirhead, Falkirk.

Politics