Now the main construction works are expected to begin in mid-to-late February 2025, with the renovation of Building West being progressed first. This phase of work is being funded by a £6.3m grant ...

Work to secure the site of a derelict building following a devastating fire through Dorchester town centre has begun - but is proving to be a ...

Thanks to the draught that they let in, they can make it much harder to heat a room. That's where knowing how to draught-proof a chimney comes in, which, fortunately, can be a quick and easy fix.

Upstairs in the main bedroom, the brick chimney breast discovered behind crumbling plaster is a reminder of the local kilnworks, and the scaffold-pole bedframe (another of David’s designs) sits ...

A permit is needed for any scaffolding or hoarding that needs to be placed on the highway, it does not control the standard in which the scaffold or hoarding is put up, this remains the responsibility ...

The dramatic incident happened on Cresswell Street, in the city's west end. The moment was caught on video, showing the bricks tumbling onto the pavement below narrowly missing parked vehicles.

A bus crash in Oxford has seen scaffolding smash through the top deck’s windows. The incident occurred earlier this afternoon (Monday, January 20) on the corner of Hollow Way and Horspath Road.

Nova Scotia RCMP are turning to the public for help after reports of a chimney repair scam in the Halifax area. In a news release on Friday, police say that between Jan. 5 and Jan. 10 they ...

A chimney sweep whose tragic death at the age of 11 inspired reform has become the youngest person to be honoured with a Cambridge blue plaque. George Brewster died in 1875 after tragically being ...

George Brewster, whose 1875 death at work led to child labour reforms, joins Cambridge recipients Darwin, Cromwell and Turing A Victorian chimney sweep has become the youngest person to be ...