January 2025

• This pretty English seaside town’s winter gardens are getting a multimillion-pound ‘grand revival’
• Britain’s ‘most famous country house’ has revealed its official reopening date following major restoration
• This northern zoo is launching lodges with the ‘ultimate African safari experience’
• The 14 best Airbnbs for large group getaways in the UK
• Where was the new season of ‘Death in Paradise’ filmed?
• We ate at the UK’s ‘best’ gastropub – here’s what it was really like
• The 18 best campsites in the UK
• 10 new road offences are being introduced for cyclists in the UK
• The ‘world’s best barbecue’ festival is coming to Scotland this summer
• German Doner Kebab is opening 25 new restaurants in the UK this year
• The Royal Shakespeare Company has revealed its summer programme for 2025: full list of shows
• Loved ‘The Traitors’? Here’s how to apply and take part in series 4
• The 10 best immersive living museums in the UK
• Lloyds Bank Group is closing 136 more UK branches: full list of Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland locations shutting in 2025
• British rail passengers are getting a new government-backed website selling train tickets
• Eurostar ticket prices could be more affordable from April: here’s why
• Here’s the full list of WH Smith stores that are closing for good in 2025
• Could WH Smith’s high street stores be turned into HMV music shops?
• How to enter the 2025 Great North Run ballot: deadline, entry cost and everything you need to know
• The most over-touristed places in the UK, according to Reddit
• The UK will be blasted with snow tomorrow: full list of 13 cities getting flurries
• The 15 best places to visit in the UK in 2025
• Second homes in this historic English city will soon face a 200 percent council tax rate
• Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2025 has just announced Sam Fender as its first headliner – and revealed its location
• Parklife 2025: legendary Manchester festival has just revealed this year’s full lineup – here’s how to get tickets
• Edinburgh is officially one of Time Out’s most beautiful cities in the world for 2025
• 200 UK companies just signed up for a permanent four-day working week
• WH Smith could sell all 500 of its UK high street shops: everything we know so far
• NatWest is closing 53 more UK bank branches by June 2025: full list of locations shutting
• Where is ‘Out There’ Filmed? Inside the filming locations of the ITV thriller
• The 11 best places for family holidays in the UK
• The world’s best university for studying computer science is here in the UK
• This English beach town is getting a ‘once in a generation’ £14 million glow-up
• This magnificent 700-year-old castle in Yorkshire is now on the market
• The 10 best places in the UK to retire in 2025
• This pretty English city is one of the world’s most exciting foodie destinations in 2025, says the Michelin Guide
• This UK city has just been declared home to an official new Paddington Statue
• BRITs Week 2025: Full lineup and how to get tickets to see Kasabian, Clean Bandit, Cat Burns and more
• Sainsbury’s is closing all its in-store cafés and cutting 3,000 jobs: full list of closures
• This beautiful, long-extinct butterfly has returned to the UK
• It’s official: the world’s best university for medicine is in the UK
• Storm Éowyn travel disruption: full list of rail and flight cancellations in the UK
• New weather warnings issued as Storm Éowyn strikes the UK this week: where and when will be worst affected
• Everything we know so far about the new £600 million theme park coming to the UK
• Folkestone is the UK’s best place to visit in 2025, according to Time Out
• Digital driving licences and passports are coming to the UK this year: everything you need to know
• The 25 best Airbnbs in the UK: the weird and the wonderful
• A mysterious ‘Knights Templar’ cave near London is looking for a tour guide
• JMW Turner’s 250th birthday is being marked by a year of events across the UK
• How to get free tickets to hundreds of UK attractions and National Trust properties in National Lottery Open Week 2025
• What to see at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival – and how to get tickets
• The world’s 25 most ‘at risk’ heritage sites have been named – and one is in the UK
• The full list of Wetherspoons pubs at risk of closing
• Edinburgh Zoo is offering an exclusive tiger feeding experience for £2,000
• The fascinating reason humpback whales are being spotted all over the English coast this winter
• Stoke-on-Trent's Victorian train station has received a stunning multi-million pound makeover
• Discover how to win Omaze’s spectacular £6 million coastal mansion in Norfolk (and cash)
• Discover 7 historic UK sites being rejuvenated with £27 million from the National Lottery Fund
• 18 British record stores have been crowned the ‘greatest in the world’
• Full list of the 47 train stations near London getting contactless payments – including Stansted Airport and commuter towns
• Two British destinations are in the BBC’s list of the world’s best places to visit in 2025
• What to watch this week: best new shows and movies to watch in cinemas and at home
• All the countries British travellers are being warned to avoid visiting in 2025
• Another ’emergency alert test’ is being sent to UK phones this year – here’s everything we know so far
• I went sky-diving to overcome my fear of heights – it didn’t quite go to plan
• Legendary luxury train The British Pullman is launching a dinner series with Michelin-starred chefs
• Legendary Glasgow nightclub The Shed could reopen – but under a new name
• The UK’s best pub has been crowned for 2025
• It’s official: 2 British airlines are among the safest in the world
• How to celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday in the UK in 2025: the 5 best places to visit in Jane Austen’s England
• Virgin’s cross-Channel train competitor for the Eurostar just got a step closer to actually happening
• A Norwich restaurant has started charging £100 for pineapple on pizza
• Is this Welsh city really the UK’s worst place for a staycation?
• The places in the UK where house prices are rising (and falling) the most
• The world’s 10 worst foods have been named and shamed – featuring one UK classic
• Britain’s busiest train line is getting £3.8 billion of repairs and will have closures for 10 years
• This British airline is officially one of the safest in the world in 2025
• The Royal Opera House is selling thousands of iconic costumes from just £1
• 6 British cities are officially the best in the world right now, according to Time Out
• 16 UK bars have been crowned the best in Europe for 2025 – here’s the full list
• ‘Six The Musical’ is coming to UK cinemas: here’s when and where to catch the West End hit this year
• Revealed: the UK’s 10 worst cities for traffic and congested roads
• The UK’s first drug consumption room has opened in Scotland
• This part of England has been named the world’s best place to visit in 2025 by the New York Times
• The 17 best fish and chip shops in the UK
• The UK’s 13 best new hotels opening in 2025
• The National Trust is restoring nature across an area bigger than Greater London over the next decade
• These are the UK’s best places to live in 2025, according to science
• A beautiful complex of geothermal swimming pools could soon be built in Gloucestershire
• The UK government has revealed a plan to cap resale ticket prices and tackle Oasis-style ‘dynamic pricing’
• Edinburgh is introducing a tourist tax for overnight stays
• The Great British Rail Sale is returning for 2025: how to get half-price discounts on millions of tickets
• The 10 cheapest places you can fly to from the UK in 2025
• The 22 best museums in the UK
• The 25 best major music tours and concerts coming to the UK in 2025, from Oasis to Dua Lipa
• All the finalists of the 2025 National Burger Awards across the UK
• Fairer Schools Index 2025: the 20 best schools in England revealed
• The best pub in every English county has been crowned by the Telegraph
• The latest 2025 passport rankings are in – and the UK is in the top five
• Where is ‘Playing Nice’ Filmed? Inside the filming locations of the ITV thriller
• Where was ‘The Traitors’ filmed? Inside the Scottish castle from season 3 you can actually visit
• This pretty Welsh island could soon get a £250 million holiday park – but some locals aren’t happy about it
• This beautiful heritage railway in Lancashire is getting a £1.3 million revamp
• The 13 best Airbnbs with pools in the UK for the ultimate staycation
• The 17 best flower deliveries in the UK: from letterbox to vase-based
• The important new travel rule you need to know if you're travelling to the UK from this week
• Devon is getting a stunning new country park
• Waterstones wants to open at least 12 new stores across the UK this year
• Aldi was officially the UK’s cheapest supermarket in 2024, new data shows
• 19 amazing UK treehouses you can actually stay in
• Here’s the full list of Iceland stores that are closing for good
• Birmingham is officially one of Time Out’s best places to visit in Europe in 2025
• This dazzlingly futuristic football stadium is coming to England
• This small English island is getting a new £1.5 million walking trail
• Jo Malone is opening 14 new stores outside London by 2026: full list of potential locations
• Co-op is opening 75 new UK shops in 2025: full list of confirmed locations
• Meet the women taking on Britain’s craft beer scene
• It’s official: none of the world’s most on-time airports or airlines are in the UK
• The 18 cosiest places to stay in the UK
• Neil Young has been confirmed as the second headliner of Glastonbury 2025
• Why are plans for a £3.5 billion ‘British Disneyland’ near London so controversial?
• The 10 best theme parks in the UK
• The Quadrantids meteor shower peaks in the UK this weekend: how to see Britain’s first shooting stars of 2025
• Everything you need to know about heavy snow in the UK this weekend, including weather warnings and worst-affected areas
• The 10 most haunted places in the UK
• Liverpool is offering unlimited weekend travel for just £2 this month
• The Great Western Railway Getaway sale starts this week: how to get half-price train tickets in the UK
• British Airways’ new loyalty programme explained: new tiers, how to earn points and everything you need to know
• This pretty northern cafe has been named one of the world’s most legendary dessert places