Being a plumber, electrician and gardener is the best way to stop AI taking your job
Posted: Monday, August 4th, 2025
If you want to avoid artificial intelligence taking over your job in the future, learn a trade
Essex electrician has roundabout signs rejected
Posted: Thursday, June 22nd, 2023
A sparkie’s bid to sponsor signs on two roundabouts has been refused by planning chiefs who described them as “clutter”
Barbie caused a ‘worldwide’ shortage of pink paint
Posted: Monday, June 5th, 2023
Barbie needed so much fluorescent pink paint that it caused a worldwide supply shortage for an entire company
Builders find body of man murdered in the 1960s and buried in back garden
Posted: Wednesday, May 24th, 2023
A woman who bought a South London house was left horrified after builders discovered the body of a man murdered in the 1960s and buried in her garden 14 months after she moved in
'Government insulation scheme ruined my home'
Posted: Monday, May 15th, 2023
A home-owner said his flat has been ruined by black mould caused by a government "green" insulation schem
Builder celebrates lottery win by buying his coworkers bacon butties
Posted: Monday, May 15th, 2023
A builder from Milford Haven who won big on the lottery celebrated his victory by treating all his workmates to a round of bacon rolls
Creepy ‘goblin’ terrifies builders after being discovered in abandoned warehouse
Posted: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
A bizarre creature like a "goblin foetus" was recently found by horrified builders at an abandoned warehouse
New-build homes are turning lives into a nightmare
Posted: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
Residents have been left fuming after complaining about new-build homes that have turned their lives into a nightmare
Dancing Thornbury builders go viral on TikTok
Posted: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
Dancing Thornbury builders go viral on TikTok
How much are France’s striking energy workers costing the government?
Posted: Tuesday, May 9th, 2023
In "a beautiful image" amid the power struggle, French electricians are cutting power to the rich and giving it to the poor
I’m a female construction worker – men refuse to believe I’m a joiner
Posted: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023
A female construction worker has surprised fellow workers by revealing her evening look
Texas landscaper killed by swarm of bees while suspended from tree
Posted: Monday, April 24th, 2023
A Texas landscaper died after being attacked by a giant swarm of bees as he hung suspended from a tree
Disabled North London bricklayer 'can't park at post office' because McDonald's delivery drivers are always in his space
Posted: Friday, April 21st, 2023
A furious North Londoner says he can’t park at his local post office due to delivery drivers taking up all the space
Mystery as landscapers find car filled with bags of concrete buried in backyard of Facebook engineer's $15m Silicon Valley mansion
Posted: Friday, April 21st, 2023
Police in Silicon Valley are working to unravel a potential murder mystery after a wealthy couple performing renovations on their yard unwittingly dug up a car
Man woke up to find his dog had chewed his toe 'to the bone'
Posted: Thursday, April 20th, 2023
A retired builder has told how he woke up in horror to find that his pet puppy had chewed his big toe 'to the bone
Builder says he’ll lose £3,000 over Ulez which ‘tradesmen can’t afford’
Posted: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023
A builder created huge debate after claiming London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone could cost tradesmen thousands of pounds
Pensioner and dying husband in dire straits after paying builder £66,000
Posted: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023
A pensioner and her dying husband paid out more than £65,000 to a builder who left them with nothing but a half-built extension
Family left £10,000 out of pocket after builders left extension half finished
Posted: Monday, April 17th, 2023
A “financially comfortable” family whose home was allegedly ruined by builders have said they've been forced to rely on foodbanks
Man who played in the Champions League for Man Utd in 2003 is now a builder and trained plumber
Posted: Saturday, April 15th, 2023
On March 18, 2003 Lee Roche was thrown in at the deep end - handed his Champions League debut against Deportivo La Coruna in a 2-0 defeat
Cowboy builder conned family out of £60k and left home in ruins
Posted: Friday, April 14th, 2023
A cowboy builder allegedly conned a family out of £60,000 and left their home in ruins
Lewis Capaldi can't find any builders for 'hell hole' £1.6m home Ed Sheeran helped buy
Posted: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023
Singer Lewis Capaldi admitted he can't find any builders to take on the renovation of his £1.6 million farmhouse that his friend Ed Sheeran helped to find
Homeowner prosecuted after wall collapse injures builder
Posted: Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
A Derbyshire property owner has been prosecuted after a builder sustained life-changing injuries when a wall collapsed on top of him
Man pulls knife on builders after entering site illegally
Posted: Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
A man threatened construction workers with a knife after entering a building site illegally outside Reid's Pharmacy on New Street on Saturday afternoon
More cash-strapped Britons are attempting risky DIY tasks at home
Posted: Monday, April 3rd, 2023
Cash-strapped Britons are tackling dangerous gas and electrical DIY jobs after watching online tutorials, a survey has found
Leeds-based Romanian joiner wins right to appeal against Citu sacking
Posted: Friday, March 31st, 2023
A Romanian joiner who was told by his boss a foreigner could not lead British workers has been allowed to appeal against his employment tribunal loss
Fix Radio tries to get UK filthiest site radio into Tate gallery
Posted: Tuesday, March 28th, 2023
The Bald Builders declare Britain’s Filthiest Builders Radio a work of art
The Bald Builders crown the UK's filthiest site radio
Posted: Friday, March 24th, 2023
After searching for weeks, the Bald Builders have found Britain's Filthiest Builders Radio
Apprentice tradie is brutally pranked by older workmates in initiation ritual
Posted: Monday, March 20th, 2023
A carpentry apprentice has been praised for laughing off an initiation prank by older workmates under the guise of a 'flexibility test',
Demolition workers destroy new Banksy artwork
Posted: Friday, March 17th, 2023
Demolition workers have torn down a building containing a new artwork by Banksy
Inside the £3million mansion builder Kevin won in a £50 raffle
Posted: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023
A builder who has spent years on construction sites has won a stunning £3million townhouse in a raffle
