December 2024

• England’s 10 best primary schools have been crowned for 2025 by the Sunday Times Parent Power Guide
• British Airways short-haul flights are being axed for next summer
• All the new easyJet routes coming to the UK in 2025
• The 5 biggest, most-read UK news stories of 2024 on Time Out
• The UK will be hit by heavy snow over New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day: exactly when and where snow will strike
• The 66 best Time Out features and long reads of 2024
• The world’s 100 best dishes have been crowned for 2025 – and none are from the UK
• McDonald’s has just unveiled its January menu, with three brand-new items
• In pictures: Doncaster Minster’s huge, spectacular Festival of Light installation
• On New Year’s Day British heritage railways will sound their whistles at the same time – here’s why
• One of the UK’s busiest train routes is getting 6 million more seats
• Gail’s is opening 40 new bakeries across the UK in 2025
• 2024 Santa Swims in the UK are being cancelled due to sewage and pollution
• When the Coca-Cola Christmas truck will return for 2024: dates, locations and everything you need to know
• Our choice of the best movies and TV shows for Christmas 2024
• The best Christmas TV to watch for 2023, from Doctor Who to The Godfather
• The Bull
• Aldi is opening 30 new UK stores in 2025: full list of confirmed locations
• Two British cuisines are officially among the 100 best in the world
• The world’s top bucket list destinations of 2024 have been named – and two are in the UK
• Revealed: the 10 worst major UK train stations for cancellations
• This northern English university is getting a controversial new name
• You can now stay in this 200-year-old printworks in the Peak District with its own pool and yoga studio
• It’s official: one of the world’s best ‘winter wonderlands’ is right here in the UK
• Why are Sunday train cancellations currently so bad in the UK?
• A new national park could be coming to north Wales
• The UK’s best family staycation destination has been crowned for 2025
• Don’t miss out! Last UK posting dates confirmed for Christmas mail deliveries in 2024
• Which Dobbies are closing down? Here’s the full list of 12 iconic garden centres closing across the UK before Christmas
• When is the winter solstice? The shortest day of 2024 is almost here
• The UK has plummeted down ANOTHER world passport ranking
• The 2024 race for Christmas No 1 in the UK: all the contending songs and odds
• The 12 best Airbnbs for large group getaways in the UK
• Shoe Zone is closing stores and slashing jobs across the UK – which shops could close?
• This picturesque island has been voted the best in the British Isles
• Why is there a Guinness shortage in the UK?
• This iconic Edinburgh gasholder is being turned into a public park
• The rise and fall of Megabus: how a budget coach company defined a generation
• Avanti West Coast has announced more train strikes from New Year’s Eve to May
• 2025 UK Bank Holidays: full list
• This major UK airport is getting new direct flights to the south of France in 2025
• A ‘once-in-a-decade’ Northern Lights display could hit the UK in early 2025
• Banksy has posted a new artwork – and the internet’s been going crazy trying to figure out where it is
• I grew up in the ‘most miserable town in the UK’ – this is what it’s really like
• Caffé Nero is opening cafés in John Lewis and Waitrose shops across the UK: full list of locations
• The 8 top hidden foodie destinations in the UK
• This is the UK’s ‘most generous’ city, according to GoFundMe data
• When will phone signal in the UK finally improve?
• These are the best UK staycations for road-trip lovers
• The UK’s highest pub is opening a new beer garden with awesome views
• What is the 100 day cough? UK outbreak explained, including whooping cough symptoms
• Revealed: the most popular baby names in the UK’s top 10 biggest cities
• The best UK music festivals to book for 2025
• Avanti West Coast strikes December 2024: industrial action announced over Christmas for major UK train line
• What does ‘Twixmas’ mean and what are the best ways to spend it?
• 4 UK universities have been named the most sustainable in the world
• The UK’s top 10 private schools have been crowned by the Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2025
• The UK’s top 10 comprehensive state secondary schools for 2025 have been named by the Sunday Times
• These are the UK’s top 10 grammar and selective schools for 2025, named by the Sunday Times Parent Power Guide
• The 13 cosiest cabins and lodges in the UK
• The UK’s 10 most beautiful scenic areas have been named by Which?
• Cambridgeshire is getting a new wetland to boost numbers of rare wading birds
• Europe’s largest electric vehicle supercharging hub is coming to the UK
• This small English airport is launching new daily flights to Amsterdam
• Two UK destinations have been named the world’s best places to ‘find joy’ in 2025 by Rough Guides
• Here’s how to see the green Geminid meteor shower in the UK this weekend
• This beautiful new 20-mile walking trail has just opened in Bath
• Three UK hotels have been named the best to visit next year in Condé Nast Traveller’s Gold List 2025
• The busiest days to travel by road over Christmas and New Year 2024 have been revealed – here’s when to avoid the crowds
• The 25 best new things to do in the UK in 2025 – for you to start planning now
• Two British destinations have been named the ‘most underrated’ in the world to visit in 2025
• These three northern English cities will soon be linked by more frequent train services
• UK rail fares are now officially the most expensive in all of Europe
• Here’s the full list of Cineworld cinemas closing across the UK
• Cineworld announces the closure of six more multiplexes across the UK
• This town is officially Britain’s most miserable place to live
• The UK’s poshest suburbs have been named – do you live in one?
• I went on the UK’s most glamorous train – with a five-course Christmas dinner and lovely vintage loos
• Will it be a white Christmas in the UK this year? Here’s where snow is predicted and when
• UK passports have dropped 10 places in global power rankings in the last year – here’s why
• It’s official: two of the world’s best natural swimming spots are right here in the UK
• The UK’s 10 best high streets for independent shopping for Christmas 2024
• Plans to build a huge £2 billion town just outside Edinburgh have been approved
• Revealed: the 10 most popular baby names in England and Wales
• Reading and Leeds Festival has revealed its massive 2025 headliners: lineup, tickets and everything you need to know
• 7 UK nightclubs have been crowned among the 100 best in the world for 2024
• The 12 best Christmas markets in the UK for magical festive shopping
• The UK’s 7 best Christmas shops for festive shopping, according to the Times
• It’s official: three of Europe’s most desirable islands to visit in 2025 are in the British Isles
• Storm Darragh Red and Amber Weather Warnings: all the locations set to be impacted by severe flooding, snow and gale-force winds
• This pretty seaside town is officially the UK’s happiest place to live
• The National Portrait Gallery is turning its collection into an immersive experience that will tour the UK
• Boomtown has revealed its eclectic first wave of artists for 2025: tickets, lineup and everything you need to know
• How to get Reading and Leeds 2025 tickets and when they go on sale
• The UK’s 10 sexiest accents have been named by Tinder
• The Paddington statue trial is expanding across the UK and Ireland
• The UK’s top 50 boutique hotels have been crowned for 2024
• These three train operators will be the first to be taken under public ownership
• This music festival has been named the best in the UK for 2025
• TreeDwellers Cornbury
• This English seaside brutalist icon has been saved by a campaign led by Tracey Emin
• Alton Towers’ oldest ride is closing after 44 years
• Glasgow’s TRNSMT festival has revealed its first headliners for 2025: how to get tickets
• Spotify Wrapped 2024: The UK’s top artists, songs and albums revealed
• The 35 best things to do in the UK right now
• Popular immersive Christmas experience LaplandUK is opening a second site in 2025
• This flashy new multi-million-pound museum is coming to Scotland
• Victorious Festival has announced its massive headliners for 2025 with Kings of Leon, Vampire Weekend and Queens of the Stone Age – how to get tickets
• 12 more second-hand clothing supermarkets are coming to the UK
• One of the UK’s most beautiful train stations is getting a £70 million revamp
• Will it soon be faster to get from London to Edinburgh by train than plane?
• This medieval English castle tower is opening to the public for the first time in 500 years
• UK snow December 2024: full list of locations to be hit by 500-mile ‘wall of snow’ this week
• 11 UK pizza chains have been crowned the best in the world