BBC Scotland HQ in Glasgow is evacuated after fire breaks out in utility room on roof BBC Scotland headquarters in Glasgow is evacuated after a fire broke out Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were called at 11.26am amid reports of smoke Staff have been evacuated from the building at Pacific Quay in Glasgow By Jack Wright … Read more
Historian Tom Holland has joined the rector of London’s oldest parish church in calling for financial help from both sides of the Atlantic to fix the roof in part of the building where Benjamin Franklin once worked. The beams holding up the roof of the Lady Chapel at the 12th-Century St Bartholomew The Great church … Read more
Cat on a hot car roof: Driver sets off for work without realising her pet has hitched a ride A sleeping cat was woken abruptly as the car it was napping on began to move The cat owner didn’t spot the feline and set off to work in Khon Kaen, Thailand Cat stays on the … Read more
Denzel Washington said he’s not worried about getting older. Nor is he envious of the leading men lining up behind him (his son John David Washington is in the queue). And he doesn’t care if he no longer cuts the svelte figure he did when Geena Davis handed him his first Oscar statuette three decades … Read more
A car manufacturer has left customers dumbfounded after it emerged the roof rails on one of its electric estate cars are unable carry any weight. If drivers ignore this detail it could ‘result in an accident or damage to the vehicle’. That’s despite the brand’s optional accessories for the model including roof bars for an … Read more
Is this your idea of walkies? Dog owner is stunned to find his beloved pet on the ROOF after pooch climbed step ladder Vince Matteson, from Portland, Oregon, had been taking down Christmas lights His two-year-old golden retriever Ace followed him onto the roof of the house Footage shows the canine scale up the ladder … Read more
Lockdowns aren’t easy for anyone, but for those one in eight UK households who have no access to a shared or private garden, they’ve been near impossible. The good news is that a growing number of developers have found a solution to the problem: roof gardens. ‘I think it should be made a planning condition … Read more
Small but mighty! Moment a tiny Lada -once the butt of every car joke – transports a huge lorry cab on its roof with ease Lada Riva was spotted with the huge front of a juggernaut on top of his motor The tiny car sets off at the traffic lights in Tbilisi, Georgia, with it … Read more
Make yourself at home! Fearless fox makes itself comfortable on car’s soft top and refuses to get off Musician Chris Payn, 25, returned to his car following a gig in Poole, Dorset He discovered a fox sleeping on the roof of his MG convertible sports car Mr Payn initially thought a ginger cat was sleeping … Read more
The family of a student rugby player who died just days after signing his first professional contract have described how ‘desperately heart achingly proud of him’ they are. Tom Miller, 24, who was studying business management at Nottingham Trent University, suffered from a catastrophic brain injury after falling from a great height in Nottingham and passed … Read more