Glasgow Rangers won at their bogey team Alloa Athletic on Saturday 1-0, but after the game both management and players slammed the state of the artificial pitch. The Daily Record quotes boss Kenny McDowall as saying, "I don’t know if they got a new order of pellets for Christmas here but our boys were saying that there seemed to be more on it than last time. Some of them couldn’t even get [the ball] airborne. I’m not keen on the pitch at all." And goal-scorer Nicky Law concurred, saying, "It’s a difficult pitch and I think they chucked an extra load of pellets on it for us. I’ll be picking out black balls from all areas of my body when I’m in bed tonight!"

South African inventor Hans Fouche recently claimed he had succeeded in 3D printing a working lawnmower in just nine hours using a 3D printer he invented himself.



However, on closer inspection of the story which appeared on the International Business Times, he 3D printed everything "except for the motor, the blade and the handle, which included the electrical switch, as well as the shafts for the wheels". So that's just the outer casing then?! You can read fully about Hans' mega 3D printer which he used to make his mower here and you can watch it in action below. Take note of his 'safety-first' open-toed flip-flops which he chose to wear when testing an experimental, self-printed machine which comprises of a razor sharp rotating blade.

Great read on the BBC Sport site about Bristol City fan Ben Swift, who due to the ground renovations happening at Ashton Gate this season, has been able to watch all home games for free from the roof of his garden shed! Since the East Stand was demolished last summer as the first stage of multi-million pound upgrades, with the help of a step-ladder, he's been able to get an unobstructed view of the action without leaving his property. Now known by fans as the Eastend Shedman, Ben has become somewhat of a cult figure.

Inspiring urban planning story on Co.Exist, about how the authorities in Hamburg are planning to 'bury' a stretch of Autobahn, and cover it in landscaped public parks. The 'big, loud gap' which the  A7 highway created, splitting neighbourhoods in two, will be transformed, in places, into areas of quiet tranquillity. 

Each new cover will stretch over a small length of highway and create a new park, with open meadows, woods, bike paths, community gardens, and tree-lined squares. In total, the roofs will cover over two miles and create over 60 acres of new green space.