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The UK’s largest ever mechanical puppet, the Man Engine, comes back to life as puppeteers pull on ropes to move him beside the old pit head at Geevor tin mine, Cornwall.
Built to celebrate the Cornish mining landscape’s World Heritage status, he stands at 11.2m when he “transforms”. The mechanical miner, which was created in 2016 and is powered by Volvo, is off on tour across parts of the UK.
Signs are that Carillion’s implosion has triggered a sudden downturn in contract awards. Is the shock liquidation at fault or are wider problems to blame?
Public bodies revisiting contracts after Carillion downfall
A bustling gingerbread Oxford Circus features alongside Battersea Sugar Power Station and Sugarset House at this central London exhibition
Marylebone Square is a mixed-use development that has breathed new life into a long-vacant site in the centre of London. Ben Flatman traces its evolution
The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
The government’s proposed changes to national planning policy saw just a few tweaks from the draft set out in the summer. Daniel Gayne looks at what has stayed and what has been changed
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