Nearly 30 local authorities are set digitalise their planning systems after securing £3.2m-plus funding from the government.

Students from New College Lanarkshire won all three categories – gold, silver and bronze – in the digital construction category, in the WorldSkills UK competition last week.

Leica BLK laser scanners have gone autonomous and can fly and walk: the scanners have been fitted to Boston Dynamics’ Spot the robot dog and a drone.

Construction of a new product and residue store retreatment plant – one of the largest ever construction projects at the nuclear facility – is to gather pace after the business case for the project was approved.