4 h. ago How do you move a beloved Swedish church three miles up the road? With prayer, engineering and a special trailer

One of the country’s most beautiful buildings is set to undergo a winding journey

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4 h. ago The ‘big church move’: Swedish town begins to roll historic building 5km

Kiruna Kyrka’s slow journey is part of effort to stop town being swallowed by Europe’s biggest underground mineAfter eight years of planning, an estimated cost of 500m kronor (£39m) and an early morning blessing, a church in northern Sweden began a slow-motion 5km journey on Tuesday to make way for the expansion of Europe’s biggest underground mine.The 672-tonne Kiruna Kyrka, a Swedish Lutheran church inaugurated in 1912, is to be slowly rolled to its new home over two days, at a pace of half-a-kilometre an hour. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago How do you move a beloved Swedish church down the road? With prayer, engineering and some Eurovision

The Kiruna Church and its belfry are being moved along a 5-kilometer route east to a new city center in northern Sweden as part of the town’s relocation

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5 d. ago Heatwave reveals 'ghost' buildings at historic properties: Parch marks of long lost hall and buried wall show up in grounds of abbey and manor house

The marks in the grounds of Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire and Mottisfont in Hampshire give a view of both the foundations of a lost hall and the remains of walls.

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6 d. ago Historic ‘courthouse’ sixth form buildings with potential for 25 flats for sale at £1.2m

The building, part of Bury Grammar School, still has its original cells in the basement

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6 d. ago Listed office building in Welsh town now being sold as £400,000 house

Planning permission to change the use of the historic building was granted last year

Society

6 d. ago Historic Scottish lighthouse built by family of Robert Louis Stevenson goes on sale for £350,000

A local heritage charity said it was no longer able to care for the historic building due to financial pressures

Economics

8 d. ago Heartbreak as fire devastates historic Wishaw YMCA building before it can be restored for the community

'Wishaw needs this building. If there’s a way back we will find it'

Events

9 d. ago The pretty little villages set to be decimated by Heathrow's plans for a third runway

Three historic villages with listed buildings and residents who have lived there for four generations are set to be decimated by a third Heathrow runway.

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9 d. ago Bacon, beans and a side of scandal: The secret history of the full English

Bacon, eggs and endless debate – the full English is a dish that’s as iconic as it is controversial. Mark Riddaway unpacks its tangled history, from aristocratic feasts to builders’ caffs, and explores how it came to define the nation’s morning plate

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1 week ago Greater Manchester pub restored with original name as owners plan to become the 'entertainment venue' of area

'There’s a lot of history in this one building and we want to honour that'

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1 week ago New CCTV shows ceilings caving in as Russia hit by massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake

Newly released CCTV footage shows ceilings collapsing as one of the most powerful earthquakes in history rocked buildings in Russia last week.

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last month Beautiful city dubbed 'Venice's little sister' has barely any tourists

This gorgeous Italian city has been referred to as Venice's little sister, and it's the perfect getaway destination with stunning historical buildings, delicious Italian cuisine and more

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