France experienced widespread strikes and protests on Thursday, disrupting daily life and closing the Eiffel Tower. Thousands marched across 200 cities, demanding higher taxes on the wealthy and ...

The skyline of Motherwell will change forever on Sunday, December 7, when Allan, Coursington, and Draffen Towers will be demolished in a single controlled blowdown. Built in the late 1960s and early ...

Hundreds of Scottish tenants are living in high-rise flats vulnerable to catastrophic gas explosions. Residents have demanded an urgent national review and safety improvements in the wake of a probe ...

PlymouthLive readers have been responding to "secret" proposals for thousands of new homes and fresh city centre tower blocks. Many supported the housing drive but cautioned that roads, parking and ...

The wrecking ball has finally been taken to the last of Ayr's Riverside flats today. It ends the long running saga which has held up progress on a £17.2 million housing development overlooking the ...

How did a single tower change an entire microclimate? Mercedes Tower’s height and reflective glass block hours of natural light, create powerful downdrafts, and trap heat, affecting thousands of ...

Controversial plans to knock down Thameside House in Staines, currently owned by the borough council, and replace it with high-rise tower blocks have been shelved. Instead, the riverside office block ...

Two Edinburgh multi-storey council housing blocks are being considered for demolition after costs for a planned refit have increased dramatically, according to city officers. According to a report to ...

Uncertainty over the future of what would be one of Derby's tallest buildings has been clarified after the site of the potential 17-storey Landmark development in Phoenix Street went on the market.

A WOMAN has been rushed to hospital after a blaze tore through a high-rise block of flats in a Scottish city. Fire crews raced to tackle the inferno at the tower block in Dundee this afternoon.