April 2025

• Manchester’s ‘high line’ viaduct park could be about to get much, much bigger
• A direct train could soon link Brighton and Newcastle for the first time – route, start date and everything we know so far
• A popular lido near London has reopened after a £2 million revamp
• It’s official: 4 of the best hikes in the world are in the UK
• The UK’s 5 best museums in 2025
• You’ll soon be able to stay in the English country house from ‘Bridgerton’ and ‘Brideshead Revisited’
• The 14 best indoor and outdoor waterparks in the UK for 2025
• HAIM are going on a huge 2025 UK arena tour: dates, ticket prices, presale and everything you need to know
• It’s official: 4 of Europe’s top 50 beaches are in the UK
• Chessington World of Adventures theme park is getting a ‘Paw Patrol’-themed area
• Liverpool is introducing a ‘tourist tax’ for visitors: cost, date it comes into effect and what you need to know
• The best family-friendly festivals in the UK for 2025
• The UK’s best loaf of bread has been crowned for 2025
• In photos: Just Stop Oil’s final protest on the streets of London
• The 39 best beaches in the UK (updated for 2025)
• A new designer outlet shopping centre is opening in England – here’s the full list of shops
• The 10 best cheap UK holiday destinations right now
• The UK’s 10 worst airports for delays – full list of most delayed hubs in 2024
• The Glastonbury 2025 final resale is this weekend – here’s how to get tickets
• Britain’s best pier has been crowned for 2025
• How to watch the FA Cup semi-finals live on TV this weekend: channels, kick-off times, and streaming for Crystal Palace v Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest v Manchester City
• The UK will bask in a scorching mini-heatwave next week
• The 125-year-old chocolate bar going up for sale in the UK
• The legendary old Debenhams being turned into a bowling alley
• One of the UK’s oldest pubs has been forced to close
• Virgin Atlantic is launching its first ever flights from the UK to this trending Asian city
• How to watch the Pope’s funeral on TV in the UK this weekend: timings, channel and streaming
• Manchester Marathon 2025: start time, route map and everything you need to know
• A ‘world-first’ underwater museum will soon open in an historic quarry in Wales
• The UK’s ‘Beer of the Year’ has been crowned for 2025
• One of the world’s 16 new UNESCO-designated geoparks is here in the UK
• British pubs will stay open late in May to celebrate a major World War II anniversary
• I went on a road trip through the Highlands and discovered a food-lover's paradise
• Asda is massively expanding across the UK with 25 new supermarkets
• England’s tallest water tower is set to reopen as a tourist attraction after a multimillion-pound revamp
• Nottingham Cathedral is getting a vast £1.7 million restoration
• What is Britain’s new longest direct train route?
• Five more British bars have been added to a prestigious, Michelin-like guide to the best bars in the world
• It’s official: one of the world’s most walkable cities is in the UK
• Jet2 is launching five new cheap routes from the UK to popular European holiday hotspots: full list of destinations
• How and when to see the Lyrid meteor shower in the UK this weekend
• ‘The Stolen Girl’: behind the filming locations for the Disney+ abduction thriller
• You can now get £4 tickets on 23 UK coach routes with Flixbus
• Northeast England could be getting an entire village dedicated to movie-making
• Disturbed are going on a massive UK tour with Megadeath: ticket prices, presale and everything you need to know
• Jodie Comer is taking her play ‘Prima Facie’ on tour around the UK and Ireland – here’s how to get tickets
• How to get tickets for Mumford and Sons 2025 UK tour: presale, ticket prices and everything you need to know
• B&M is opening 45 new stores across the UK: full list of confirmed locations so far
• Stevie Wonder UK tour: dates, tickets, presale and everything you need to know
• The Kooks are going on a massive UK arena tour in 2025: dates, ticket prices, presale and everything you need to know
• The UK’s 40 best fish and chips shops, mapped
• Chappell Roan at Edinburgh’s Summer Sessions 2025 second date: presale, prices and everything you need to know
• Parts of the UK are set to be hit by snow this week: full list of locations
• Edinburgh’s trams and buses are officially getting contactless ‘tap-on, tap-off’ payments
• 10 iconic modern UK buildings at risk of being demolished or neglected
• A warning has been issued over the rise of Asian hornets in the UK – everything we know so far
• UK airports could soon completely scrap boarding passes and check-in
• Now on the market: this remote Scottish Highland lodge with its own beach
• The budget airline with new flights from the UK to one of Europe’s ‘best cities’
• The best British airlines for food, ranked
• Inside £1 billion plans for the ‘Welsh tube’
• The UK’s tallest skyscraper outside London has been approved
• Here’s the full list of WH Smith stores that are closing for good in 2025
• How to watch The Boat Race 2025 on TV: channel, timings and everything you need to know
• Royal Mail has just unveiled the UK’s ‘postbox of the future‘
• The world’s biggest cruise ships can now dock at Dover
• How and when to see the pink moon and blue giant star in the UK night sky this weekend
• Pintxos, please: how Brits fell head-first for Basque cuisine
• Why UK to Europe train fares could soon drop in price by 30 percent
• Britain’s best coastal town to move to in 2025
• 10 UK airports have introduced new security rules for hand luggage – here’s what you need to know
• The first Universal theme park in Europe is coming to the UK in 2031 – what you need to know
• Sephora is opening its first ever shop in Liverpool
• Margate House
• Minecraft Movie fans can go wild at special ‘Chicken jockey’ screenings across the UK this weekend
• Discover the UK’s first gin with protected status at a UNESCO valley in Wales
• Morrisons has announced closure dates for 17 stores across the UK: full list of supermarkets shutting
• Sticky floors and £1 shots: a love letter to Britain’s last high-street nightclubs
• ‘People are annoyed at regular club culture’: inside the renaissance of Britain’s free party scene
• An Italian rail company will launch high-speed London-Paris trains by 2029 – what to expect from the latest Eurostar competitor
• One of the world’s best cities now has daily UK flights
• Manchester’s Co-op Live is opening a new canalside bar and café
• Cadbury has unveiled the world’s biggest Creme Egg in the UK
• What you need to know about the price increase for emergency UK passports
• The world’s last seagoing paddle steamer is making a historic return to Devon
• The UK’s best seaside town, according to Google
• A £17 million mansion linked to Jane Austen is set to be demolished
• These stunning English islands have reopened to visitors – and they’re home to 1000s of wild puffins
• It’s official: the UK will host the Women’s World Cup in 2035
• The UK is set for the hottest day of the year this weekend
• This luxury Scottish hotel has launched a Highland cow safari
• Here’s a first look at the new Center Parcs village in Scotland
• ‘Reunion’: the filming locations behind the nail-biting new BBC revenge series
• A new steam train will launch in the Chiltern Hills this summer
• Legendary theme park Drayton Manor is offering free entry to celebrate its 75th birthday
• The Hoxton is opening a new hotel in Edinburgh this summer
• IKEA is expanding across the UK with new smaller stores – full list of confirmed locations
• Eurostar flash sale April 2025: get £35 tickets to Paris, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and more
• One of Europe’s most pedestrian-friendly city breaks is in the UK
• Britain’s only floating train line will soon reopen
• Tuberculosis is on the rise in the UK: everything you need to know about spread of deadly Victorian disease
• The huge abandoned warehouse (once the ‘world’s largest’) getting a £250 million makeover
• Britain’s 30 best villages in 2025