The only factory in Europe dedicated to producing iconic British construction toy brand Meccano is set to close. The plant, in Calais, France, will shut down by the first quarter of next year, leaving ...

Remember Meccano? Once it was a household name for generations of New Zealand children. When Frank Hornby established the first Meccano company (originally called Mechanics Made Easy) in Liverpool in ...

A Guinness World Records judge found herself getting into a tangle with a robot in Belfast, where students have built the world's largest Meccano construction. A total of 11,000 pieces of lightweight ...

A total of 11,000 pieces of lightweight metal went in to the span across part of the River Lagan, confirmed as the world’s largest Meccano construction Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for ...