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Travellers are facing another hit to holiday budgets as airlines across Europe and beyond pass on the sharp rise in jet fuel costs with higher ticket prices. The latest increases come after jet fuel prices jumped shar...
It’s been a bumpy ride for UPFEST since the pandemic. Rising costs have forced the cancellation of events, the introduction of new locations and formats, and a switch to a biannual model. Europe’s largest live street ar...
Vulnerable households in England will soon have more breathing space to pay their council tax bills under sweeping reforms announced this week by the government. The changes, revealed on April 15 2026 by the Ministry of...
For decades, British students benefited from the Erasmus programme that offered incredible opportunities to study, train, or work abroad across Europe. Just one of many casualties of Brexit, the UK hasn’t taken part in...
After more than a century and a half, the golden eagle, one of England’s most majestic and long-lost birds of prey could soon soar again over the country’s northern landscapes. Once common in Shakespeare’s time, the gol...
When a group of painters, sculptors and printmakers came together for affordable artists’ studios, they ended up starting Artspace Bristol in 1976. It wasn’t until 1992 that the artists moved into the former Brooke Bon...
Skywatchers in the UK will get their first major meteor shower of 2026 this month, as the Lyrids return. While not the most active shower of the year, the Lyrids can still produce bright, fast meteors and the occasional...
We city-dwellers aren’t particularly well-known for being the chirpiest bunch of people, are we? And regardless of the fact that I think the residents of Bristol are given a bit of a bad rap, there are three littl...
Festival season is about to kick off. That only means one thing: You need a brand new outfit. Several, in fact. But don’t head straight to SHEIN to splurge on a load of fast fashion tat that will all eventually end up i...
Supermarket giant ASDA is rolling out a game-changing initiative across 700 of its stores across the country. As part of a new partnership with ME Group International, up to 700 Wash.ME self‑service laundry machines wil...
